China has confirmed that Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng met the US vice-president-elect J.D. Vance in Washington on Sunday.
Han also met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now a close aide to US president-elect Donald Trump, as well as other representatives of the American business community, according to a statement by official news agency Xinhua.
In his meeting with Vance, Han said that Beijing is ready to work with Washington to “implement the important consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and president-elect Trump”, said Xinhua.
According to the statement, Han said this would include “promoting the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-US relations”, the statement said.
In his meeting with Musk – picked by Trump to co-lead a government efficiency drive – Han said that China “welcomes US companies, including Tesla, to seize the opportunity to share the fruits of China’s development and make new and greater contributions to the promotion of China-US economic and trade relations”.
According to Xinhua, Musk told Han that Tesla was willing “to deepen its investment and cooperation with China and play an active role in promoting US-China economic and trade exchanges”.
