On February 16, 2024 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the latter's request on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The two sides had a candid, substantive and constructive meeting.

Wang Yi said, President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden had a successful meeting at the end of last year, where they had an in-depth exchange of views on strategic and overarching issues critical to the direction of China-U.S. relations and reached important common understandings. The most important task for the two sides now is to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, make the "San Francisco vision" a reality, and move forward China-U.S. relations along the track of sound, steady and sustainable development. To this end, the two sides should adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, and actively explore the right way for the two major countries to get along with each other. The U.S. side should take an objective and rational view of China's development, pursue a positive and pragmatic China policy, and honor President Biden's commitments with concrete actions.

Wang Yi stressed that there is but one China in the world, and Taiwan is part of China's territory. This is the true status quo of the Taiwan question. It is the "Taiwan independence" separatist activities and the connivance and support of external forces that are trying to change this status quo. If the U.S. side genuinely hopes to see stability across the Taiwan Strait, it should abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiqués, and follow through on its commitment of not supporting "Taiwan independence".

Wang Yi emphasized that the attempts to "de-China" in the name of "de-risking" and to build "a small yard with high fences" to "decouple from China" will ultimately backfire on the U.S. itself. Wang Yi called on the U.S. side to lift its illegal unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals and refrain from doing things harmful to China's legitimate development rights and interests.

The two sides had an exchange of views on carrying out people-to-people and cultural exchanges and facilitating personnel exchanges. Wang Yi urged the U.S. side to stop the unwarranted harassment and interrogation of Chinese citizens and do more things conducive to enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples. As an old Chinese saying goes, "An act of kindness, no matter how trivial, is worth doing, while an act of evil, no matter how small, must be shunned."

The two sides discussed exchanges at all levels between the two countries in the next stage, and agreed to maintain dialogue and communication in various fields and further deliver on the "San Francisco vision". Both sides spoke highly of the work of the China-U.S. counter-narcotics cooperation working group, and expressed the expectation that the coming high-level meeting between the law enforcement departments of the two countries will achieve positive results. Both sides agreed to continue to promote dialogue and consultation on foreign policy, Asia-Pacific affairs, maritime affairs and artificial intelligence, and maintain military-to-military communication.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Korean Peninsula and other regional hotspot issues, and agreed to keep contact between the two sides' special envoys for Peninsula affairs.