President Xi and I have made tremendous strides on the issues facing our two countries.

During my last visit last May, we created the Board of Trade.

Through that, it's a brand new mechanism, and with something that's been unbelievably successful, our teams have been working to encourage a more balanced trading relationship.

During this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology, and superintelligence — SI.

The decisions we make in these areas today can promote peace and prosperity for decades and decades to come.

I'm confident there is much we can achieve.

Throughout history, pursuit of those common interests has connected our people across the vast oceans, those big, tremendous distances, and many differences, and even made us allies in World War II.

Look at the greatness that we had together fighting in World War II.

Brave American pilots volunteered to come to China and fight for the very survival of a legendary country, and that legendary Flying Tigers group — they were just unbelievable.

It was the United States Marines' encounter with Chinese people that inspired the Marines to adopt a Chinese phrase they still use today — gung-ho.

The Marines use it as an expression of great enthusiasm, but in Chinese, it literally means working together.

Just as our people worked together to win WW2, President Xi and I will continue working together to forge a better future for both of our nations.

President Xi, Madam Peng — thank you once again for making this historic visit, and welcome to the United States of America.

I'm very glad to pay a state visit to your beautiful country, the United States of America.

Thank you President Trump and Ms. Trump for the warm hospitality that you've extended to me and my wife.

On behalf of the 1.4 billion and more Chinese people, I wish to begin by extending sincere greetings to the American people and warm congratulations on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.

Both China and the United States are great countries, and both the Chinese and American peoples are great peoples.

I am visiting the United States at President Trump's invitation to carry on our friendship, expand cooperation, and promote the well-being of both our peoples.

Facing the changes in our world in our times and of historical significance, today China and the United States, as two major countries, shoulder a historic responsibility of advancing human development and progress.