Xi, Obama stress economic ties

Key meeting seen as opportunity for leaders 'to know each other'

Leaders of the world's two largest economies focused on strengthening closer economic ties during their second meeting on Saturday morning, with President Xi Jinping calling for more cooperation in bilateral investments, energy and infrastructure as well as local exchanges.

Xi stressed that the economic relationship lays an important foundation for the countries' relations. They have formed a highly complementary and interdependent economic relationship, said the Chinese president, adding that not only will cooperation between China and the United States benefit each other but also impact the global economy.