Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun

China is willing to work together with the US to translate the new positioning for bilateral relations into concrete actions of meeting each other halfway, and jointly promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-US relations, Guo Jiakun, spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday in response to a question about the Chinese and US leaders agreeing to work toward building a bilateral relationship of constructive strategic stability, providing strategic guidance for China-US relations over the next three years and beyond.

President Xi Jinping held talks with President Donald Trump this morning, and the two leaders agreed on a new vision of building a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability, providing strategic guidance for bilateral relations over the next three years and beyond, Guo said. 

The "constructive strategic stability" should be a positive stability with cooperation as the mainstay, a sound stability with moderate competition, a constant stability with manageable differences, and an enduring stability with promises of peace, Guo noted.

In response to a second question about Taiwan question mentioned by the Chinese leader, Guo said that during the talks between President Xi and President Trump, President Xi pointed out that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy. 

"Taiwan independence" is fundamentally incompatible with peace across the Taiwan Straits, and maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits represents the biggest common denominator between China and the US. The US side must handle the Taiwan question with the utmost prudence, Guo said.