.US National Protection Specialist Jake Sullivan drinks hands with China's President Xi Jinping during their conference at the Great Hall of people in Beijing on August 29, 2024. Trevor HunnicuttBEIJING u00e2 $" Chinese Head of state Xi Jinping informed USA national safety and security advisor Jake Sullivan during a meeting Thursday that Beijing wishes Washington will certainly locate "an appropriate means" to manage." While fantastic changes have occurred in the two nations and in China-U.S. connections, China's devotion to the objective of a dependable, well-balanced and sustainable China-U.S. partnership remains unmodified," Xi said, according to an English-language release shared by China's Department of Foreign Affairs.Tensions between the planet's 2 biggest economic conditions have actually escalated in the last few years, splashing over from business in to money as well as technology.The Chinese forerunner mentioned Thursday he really hopes the U.S. would certainly view China's development "in a positive" illumination as well as "work with China to discover a best method for pair of primary nations to quadrate one another," depending on to Beijing.Sullivan, advisor to the outbound Biden management, arrived in Beijing Tuesday for two days of appointments along with Wang Yi, China's leading diplomat. On Thursday, Sullivan met with Zhang Youxia, bad habit chairman of the Chinese Communist Gathering's Central Armed force Commission.This is actually Sullivan's first journey to China as nationwide surveillance expert, in spite of having actually satisfied multiple times along with Wang in current years.The final formal excursion to China by a commander in chief's nationwide security consultant was in 2016, when Susan Rice took a trip to Beijing under the Obama administration.U.S. Head Of State Joe Biden and also Xi have decided to speak by phone in "arriving weeks," the White Property said Wednesday. Sullivan is scheduled to depart China later on Thursday.While the outcome of November's united state governmental election stays unclear, being difficult on Beijing is actually a rare problem that both U.S. political celebrations concur on.Biden dropped out of the united state governmental race this summer, endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat nominee.Harris' current nationwide security advisor, Phil Gordon, mentioned in May at a Council on Foreign affairs event that the "China difficulty" is much greater than Taiwan, and also requires making certain that Beijing "doesn't have the sophisticated technology, intellect and also armed forces functionalities that may challenge our team.".