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President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States from Sept. 22 to Sept. 25 at the invitation of President Barack Obama.

The current international situation continues to undergo profound and complex changes. The China-US relations have entered a new period of transition. Under such background, President Xi's visit to the U.S. is of great significance, which inherits the past and forges ahead into the future.

The China-US relations go far beyond the bilateral context and have rich strategic implication. At present, the relations between the two countries have developed steadily on the whole.

The two countries maintain close cooperation and communication. However, contradiction and friction still exist in regional and sensitive issues. How to build a new model of major-country relationship between China and the U.S. is a test for the leaders of the two countries.

China and the U.S. stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. Both President Nixon's China visit in 1972 and Deng Xiaoping's visit to the U.S. in 1979 have proved that confidence, sincerity and determination should be strengthened in difficult times. The vast Pacific Ocean has ample space to accommodate our two great nations. China and the U.S. can take a path which is completely different from the old ones featuring confrontations between great powers and realize mutual benefit and collective wins.

This article was edited and translated from 《习近平访美将带来哪些“惊喜”》, source: People's Daily.