The summit meeting between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump is one of the most anticipated events after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, where Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, declared that China has entered a "New Era". Trump's three-day state visit to China from Wednesday acquires special significance also because Sino-US relations will be the most consequential external factor in China's development over the next three decades.

A peaceful external environment is needed for China to realize the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, and for the United States to pursue Trump's ambitious "Make America Great Again" policy. So as an established power and an emerging power, the US and China should work together to beat the "Thucydides trap", in accordance with Xi's diplomatic policy of a new model of major country relationship between the two sides.