.United States National Surveillance Specialist Jake Sullivan drinks hands with China's Head of state Xi Jinping during the course of their meeting at the Great Venue of the People in Beijing on August 29, 2024. Trevor HunnicuttBEIJING u00e2 $" Chinese Head of state Xi Jinping informed U.S. national security specialist Jake Sullivan during a conference Thursday that Beijing hopes Washington is going to discover "a right means" to get along." While great modifications have actually taken place in the 2 countries and in China-U.S. relations, China's commitment to the target of a dependable, well-balanced as well as lasting China-U.S. relationship continues to be the same," Xi said, depending on to an English-language release discussed by China's Department of Foreign Affairs.Tensions in between the world's two most extensive economies have actually grown in recent times, splashing over from field in to financial and also technology.The Mandarin leader claimed Thursday he wishes the U.S. would view China's advancement "in a positive" lighting and "work with China to locate a correct way for two major countries to quadrate each others," according to Beijing.Sullivan, expert to the outbound Biden administration, gotten here in Beijing Tuesday for two times of appointments with Wang Yi, China's leading ambassador. On Thursday, Sullivan met Zhang Youxia, vice leader of the Mandarin Communist Event's Central Armed force Commission.This is Sullivan's first travel to China as national safety and security advisor, despite having complied with numerous opportunities with Wang in latest years.The final formal excursion to China by an U.S. president's nationwide safety advisor resided in 2016, when Susan Rice journeyed to Beijing under the Obama administration.U.S. President Joe Biden and also Xi have actually chosen to communicate by phone in "arriving full weeks," the White Property said Wednesday. Sullivan is set up to leave China eventually Thursday.While the result of Nov's U.S. presidential political election stays vague, being difficult on Beijing is an uncommon issue that each USA political events concur on.Biden quit of the USA presidential race this summer months, endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat nominee.Harris' present national protection specialist, Phil Gordon, claimed in May at an Authorities on Foreign Relations activity that the "China challenge" is actually a lot above Taiwan, and also requires ensuring that Beijing "doesn't have the advanced modern technology, knowledge and also army functionalities that can test us.".