Reshaping of ties encouraged for China, US

Vice-Foreign Minister Le Yucheng has called on China and the United States to build mutual respect, reverse the wrong course on bilateral ties, renew cooperation and fulfill key global responsibilities.

The senior diplomat used the four "Rs"-respect, reversal, renewal and responsibility-to explain Beijing's position on developing China-US ties during his address to the Vision China event on Thursday.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger's historic visit to China, a prelude to the normalization of diplomatic ties.

In his speech titled "Anything is possible when China and the United States choose to cooperate", Le said "the challenges we face today call for the same vision and courage to break the ice again".

Le said mutual respect is the foundation for successful people-to-people and state-to-state interactions and "it is not a difficult starting point".