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United States

Officials meet for Xi's visit to US

State Councilor Yang Jiechi and US National Security Adviser Susan Rice agreed in New York on Wednesday that they will work closely to ensure the success of President Xi Jinping's visit to the US in September. Xi has put forward important proposals for advancing a new type of major-country relationship between the nations in a recent phone conversation with his US counterpart Barack Obama, Yang said.