Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington on October 26, 2023. (Photo: China's Foreign Ministry)

In the first visit by a Chinese Foreign Minister to Washington since 2018, Wang also met Biden for an hour, talks that the White House described as a "good opportunity" in keeping lines of communication open between the two countries which have deep policy differences.

Wang's meetings with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US national security advisor Jake Sullivan spanning over two days totaled nine hours, US officials said, describing these interactions as "candid and in-depth".