With regard to global and regional issues, Wang said the two countries should continue to strengthen coordination on macroeconomic policy through multilateral mechanisms such as the G20, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund, and work together to promote the recovery and growth of global economy.

He called for more communication and coordination between China and the United States on regional problems, including the Korean nuclear issue, the Iranian nuclear issue, Syria, North and South Sudan, and Afghanistan.

Wang said the two countries should actively enhance cooperation on global problems such as climate change, energy security, food security, internet security and epidemic disease, and provide more "public products" for the international community.

The foreign minister urged the U.S. side to properly handle "sensitive issues" in their bilateral relations, including Taiwan, Tibet and other major issues involving China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The United States should strictly fulfill the commitment it has made, and be cautious on the issues to prevent China-U.S. relations from suffering any more setbacks, he said.

Wang also called for further exchanges between the legislatures, local governments, businessmen, scholars and students between the two countries to enhance mutual understanding and friendship and "make the call for cooperation the mainstream voice of the people in the two countries."

HISTORIC GROWTH

Wang said China-U.S. relations have seen "historic growth" over the past 35 years.

"The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979 could be the most significant strategic event in international relations in the latter half of the 20th century," said the foreign minister.

China and the United States are now each other's second largest trading partner, with bilateral trade growing 200-fold and investment topping 100 billion U.S. dollars over the past 35 years.

In the past five years, the heads of state of the two countries have held 14 meetings. The two countries have developed more than 90 dialogue and cooperation mechanisms, including the Economic and Strategic Dialogue.

In 2013, nearly four million Chinese and Americans travelled between the two countries, compared to only a few thousand in 1979. Countless people from the two countries are now linked via daily flights across the Pacific, and through the Internet and mobile phones.

Now the two countries have far broader and closer cooperation on regional and international issues than 35 years ago. China and the United States have maintained close communication and coordination on addressing the global challenges of the international financial crisis, climate change, energy security and food security, as well as on regional hot-spot issues such as the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, the Iranian nuclear issue and the Syria crisis.

Wang said history has proved that a healthy China-U.S. relationship is not only in the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also conducive to peace, stability and development of the Asia Pacific region and the world.