On April 13, 2013, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Ziguangge, Zhongnanhai, exchanging views on deepening Sino-U.S. cooperation as well as international and regional hotspot issues of common concern.

More than 40 years of development in China-U.S. relations have shown that common interests are much bigger than the differences between the two nations and both sides' interests will get more closely integrated in the future, Li said. He noted that China will work with the United States to find a path for a new type of relations between two major powers based on mutual respect, increased mutual trust, expanded cooperation and appropriate settlement of differences.

"The parties involved should shoulder their responsibilities and be ready to bear the consequence to safeguard the regional peace and stability," Li added. He noted that troublemaking on the Korean Peninsula issue would harm the interests of all the parties involved. "To do that is nothing different from lifting a rock only to drop it on one's own toes," Li said.

On China-U.S. relations, the premier noted that cooperation between China and the United States, two major economies of the world, would cater to the international trend and benefit the world. The two sides should achieve new breakthroughs on the depth and quality of the bilateral cooperation, and make further efforts to cultivate fair competition and protect legitimate rights and interests of their businesses so as to create new growth points for cooperation, Li said. "I hope the U.S. side could take substantial actions to lift the ban on exportation of high-tech products to China," Li told Kerry. The Chinese premier also offered his suggestion that China and the United States should participate in and promote the economic integration process in the Asia-Pacific region with open, transparent and inclusive spirits.

Kerry said the United States and China are both powers of global influence. The bilateral cooperation has benefited the two nations and would have significant influence over the world. According to Kerry, the United States highly values its ties with China, and is willing to make concerted efforts with China to improve the bilateral cooperation mechanism, strengthen communication and coordination, step up mutually beneficial cooperation and jointly address the global challenges and regional issues so as to make bilateral cooperation more fruitful.

Both sides also decided to issue a joint statement on climate change between the two countries and announced the establishment of a Climate Change Working Group within the framework of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) to push forward cooperation in relevant areas.

State Councilor Yang Jiechi attended the meeting.