Chinese enterprises encouraged to invest in US Midwest

DES MOINES, Iowa - Visiting Vice-President Xi Jinping encouraged more Chinese companies to invest in Iowa and the US Midwest and to help create local jobs.

At a welcome dinner in the state capital on Wednesday, he also promoted exchanges between local governments in China and the US, saying they are the foundation of relations.

It is the second time the Chinese leader has visited the American heartland. In 1985, then a county official in China's Hebei province, Xi led a delegation to Iowa to learn advanced agricultural technology.