For better Sino-US ties

Vice-President Xi Jinping's five-day official visit to the United States from Monday starts this year's high-level interactions between China and the US.

Both countries have attached great importance to Xi's visit, because it is meant to further advance their cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit. The new tone for China-US ties was set by President Hu Jintao and US President Barack Obama when Hu paid a state visit to the US at the beginning of last year.

Xi is expected to settle the details of bilateral relations with US officials so that the two sides can fulfill the commitments they have made and expand their ties further.