China has confirmed that Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng met the US vice-president-elect J.D. Vance in Washington on Sunday.
Han also met Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now a close aide to US president-elect Donald Trump, as well as other representatives of the American business community, according to a statement by official news agency Xinhua.
The meetings came two days after Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s phone conversation on Friday, when they “discussed balancing trade, fentanyl, TikTok, and many other subjects”, according to the Chinese readout of the call.
According to the readout, Xi said that he and Trump “attach great importance to mutual interactions” and “hope for a good start of the China-US relationship” during Trump’s second term.
Trump will be officially sworn in as the next occupant of the White House on Monday.
In his meeting with Vance, Han said that Beijing is ready to work with Washington to “implement the important consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and president-elect Trump”, said Xinhua.
According to the statement, Han said this would include “promoting the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-US relations”.
