“The world today is neither peaceful nor tranquil,” Xi wrote in a congratulatory letter to the National Committee on US-China Relations – some of his first remarks since the Congress – according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
“As major powers, strengthening communication and cooperation between China and the US will help to increase global stability and certainty, and promote world peace and development,” he reportedly told the New York-based non-profit organisation.
Xi added that China was “willing to work with the US to give mutual respect, coexist peacefully … (and) find ways to get along in the new era”, the broadcaster reported.
Doing so “will not only be good for both countries, but also benefit the world”, Xi wrote.
The Biden administration said this month that China is the only competitor to the US “with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to advance that objective”.