Vice-Premier Li Keqiang called for more trust and broadening common interests between China and the United States while meeting a visiting US congressional delegation on Thursday.

Li said the two countries should take care of each other's core interests, which form the basis of relations, while managing and controlling contradictions and differences. He hopes the US Congress will play a more constructive role.

Headed by Ed Royce, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the five-member delegation consists of Republicans and Democrats.