China and the United States are two major countries with global influence, and the gravity of their relations is self-evident, said Wang as Xi wrapped up his U.S. trip on Saturday.

China's economy is likely to remain solid in the first quarter of this year, growing 6.8 percent from a year earlier, Goldman Sachs forecast.

The U.S. Carl Vinson Strike Group has departed from Singapore and sailed northward to the Western Pacific ocean near the Korean Peninsula, the United States Pacific Fleet Commander announced.

A passenger train heading from Moscow to Belarus collided with another train Saturday at 10:16 p.m. local time when it made an emergency brake to avoid hitting pedestrians.

A freight train fully loaded with Russian wheat arrived at Manzhouli land port in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Saturday.

China's prestigious Peking University will start staff recruitment and student enrollment for its British campus in the city of Oxford in June.