BEIJING — State Councilor Yang Jiechi met with Democrat and Republican representatives from the United States on Dec 3, calling for long-term, steady and healthy China-US ties.

The US delegates are attending the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting in Beijing.

Yang stressed the importance of implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of two countries to deepen mutual cooperation, respect each other’s core interests, and properly handle differences.

Both sides agreed to strengthen party-to-party exchanges and make good use of dialogue platforms between political parties to consolidate the political foundation of bilateral ties.