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China urges wider US dialogue on technology and youth exchanges at Beijing meeting

2026-11-15

Empty conference room as a diplomatic-dialogue illustration, not the Beijing meeting or its venue.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for more cooperation with the United States in science, technology and artificial intelligence during a meeting in Beijing on Friday with participants in the US-China Political Dialogue 2026. The delegation was led by former US ambassador to China and former senator Max Baucus. It was not presented as a new treaty negotiation or a formal agreement between the two governments.

Wang said China was not the United States and would not become another United States, while arguing that the countries could pursue mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and cooperation. He said the dialogue, launched in 2010, had been held fifteen times and had helped mutual understanding. He urged both sides to turn their leaders' understandings into concrete policies and actions and to maintain stable, positive long-term expectations.

Businesses seek a more predictable relationship

The minister opposed what he described as overextending security concerns and politicising cooperation. He placed particular emphasis on exchanges involving young people and students, and said both countries should meet their international responsibilities in supporting peace. These were Wang's policy positions; they did not resolve the countries' wider disagreements.

Delegation representatives said they wanted stronger trade and AI cooperation and greater trust. They welcomed Xi Jinping's initiative to invite 100,000 US young people to China for exchanges and study over five years. An invitation target is distinct from the number who have already visited.

Michael Hart, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, said he hoped to see more working-level cooperation in 2027 and broader engagement by political leaders, businesses, students and other organisations. Jeffrey Lehman, vice-chancellor of New York University Shanghai and chair of AmCham Shanghai's board of governors, said a predictable relationship mattered to the chamber's roughly 1,000 member companies as they planned investment and supply chains. Their comments described business expectations, not guaranteed future investment.

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