Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi holds talks with US National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Beijing, July 25, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

According to Yang, given the current global political and economic situation, to ensure fruitful results to be yielded in the G20 leaders' summit to be held in Hangzhou in September, will help to send the world a message of confidence and inject vitality to the growth of global economy.

China and the US, as the top two largest economies, are indispensable in this regard, he said, calling for close cooperation between the two countries to promote the G20 to play an effective role in global economic governance.

Rice said her visit aims to pave the way for US President Barack Obama's participation in the G20 summit and his meeting with President Xi Jinping.

She said, just as President Obama has noted there is no more consequential relationship than US-China ties, and the US welcomes a prosperous and stable China to play active role in international affairs.

The US-China cooperation has yielded great progress in addressing global challenges such as climate change and Ebola, Rice said, adding that bilateral cooperation has reached an unprecedented level.

Washington hopes to enhance mutual understanding and deepen cooperation with China in bilateral areas such as military-to-military as well as in regional and international issues such as peacekeeping, Rice said.

The US hopes that the two sides could properly manage, control and solve their differences, she added.

The US is willing to work together with China and ensure the leaders' meeting in Hangzhou a success and the G20 summit a success, Rice said.

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