Xi and Trump foster friendship
At the invitation of United States President Donald Trump, President Xi Jinping traveled to Mar-a-Lago in Florida and met with his US counterpart on April 6 and 7, marking the first meeting between the two leaders after Trump assumed office.
During the two days, the two leaders held talks in which they had an in-depth exchange of views on the China-US relationship and international and regional issues of common concern, and reached many important agreements.
As an important achievement from the Mar-a-Lago meeting, Xi and Trump announced the establishment of four high-level dialogue mechanisms: diplomatic and security dialogue; comprehensive economic dialogue; law enforcement and cybersecurity dialogue; and social and people-to-people cultural dialogue.
During the meeting, the two sides initiated a diplomatic and security dialogue and a comprehensive economic dialogue.
On Nov 8, Trump arrived in Beijing to start a three-day state visit to China. Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan led Trump and his wife on a tour of the Palace Museum.
Following a number of official events, the two leaders witnessed the signing of deals totaling more than $250 billion. many people living in areas unsuited to agriculture or industry, such as isolated mountain villages, the opportunity to improve their lives by moving to more suitable environments.
More than 3.4 million people were relocated to new settlements where they were encouraged to develop agriculture and tourism, while a further 6 million saw their houses renovated and fitted with modern amenities that allowed them to live in greater comfort.
Meanwhile, about 4 million people who were impoverished because they were unable to work through illness or injury benefited from local government initiatives to raise reimbursement for medical bills to more than 80 percent.
The central government’s poverty alleviation fund rose by 30 percent year-on-year, while local government funding rose by 22 percent. In total the funds surpassed 140 billion yuan ($21.5 billion).