Senior Chinese and US military officials vowed further naval cooperation on Tuesday.
Chinese leaders' interest and even participation in sports has emerged as a way to strengthen relations between China and other countries.
China and the United States should explore a new type of relationship between major countries, Xi said ahead of his summit with Obama.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said his upcoming talks with US President Barack Obama will feature discussions on important and strategic issues.
China, US hold talks ahead of summit meeting
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi held talks with Tom Donilon, National Security Advisor to US President Obama, in Beijing to prepare for the upcoming summit between the two countries' leaders.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles on Tuesday in Beijing.
A former US treasury secretary said Thursday that enhanced Sino-US economic relations would benefit both.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with US President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended condolences to his US counterpart Barack Obama for the casualties and losses caused by a massive tornado.
China will take the opportunity of President Xi Jinping's upcoming visits to three Latin American nations to further increase political trust and consolidate friendship with them, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
The meeting between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be a seminal event in Sino-US relations, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said.
The upcoming summit meeting between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Obama will be an attention-grabbing event.