(21 Sep 2025)
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Beijing, China – 21 September 2025
1 .US lawmaker, Adam Smith, Democratic member of House Armed Services Committee, walking in and shaking hands with Chinese Premier Li Qiang
2. Li greeting David Perdue, US Ambassador to China, zoom in to handshake
3. Li greeting Michael Baumgartner, Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
4. Wide of Li greeting Ro Khanna, Democratic member of House Armed Services Committee
5. Li greeting Chrissy Houlahan, Democratic member of House Armed Services Committee
5. Wide of meeting
6. Wide of Smith and Li
7. Wide of US delegation
8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Li Qiang, Chinese Premier:
“There are netizens saying that it has been about six years since the last time the US Congressmen visited China. I believe your visit is an icebreaking trip that will further the ties between the two countries.”
9. Wide of US delegation
10. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Li Qiang, Chinese Premier:
“It is important for our two countries to have more exchanges and cooperation, this is not only good for our two countries but also of great significance to the world.”
11. Mid of Smith
12. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Li Qiang, Chinese Premier
“We hope the US will work together with China to jointly promote the development of China-U.S. relations in the right direction so as to further benefit the two countries and the people around the world.”
13. Wide of meeting
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Smith, D- Washington, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee:
“China and the US are the two most powerful and influential countries in the world. It is really important that we get along and we find a way to peacefully co-exist in the world. I really welcome your remarks about wanting to build and strengthen that relationship.”
15. Pan from Chinese officials to Smith and Li
16. Li and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Smith, D- Washington, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee:
“We certainly have disagreements and will have disagreements, but open dialogue is absolutely crucial to resolving those and making sure that we find a way to peacefully deal with those. So we want to have that dialogue on a number of issues. Certainly, trade and economics is at the top of the list, but we are also mostly representatives of the House Armed Services Committee, so we’re very focused on our mil to mil (military-to-military) conversations.”
18. Pan of US delegation
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Smith, D- Washington, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee
“As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I’m deeply concerned that our two militaries don’t communicate more.”
20. Mid of Baumgartner
21. Mid of Ro Khanna
22. Wide of meeting
STORYLINE:
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers pushed for more military-to-military dialogue in a meeting Sunday with China’s Premier Li Qiang, a rare congressional visit since the US-China relations soured.
The last trip by a group of senators was in 2023, and Sunday’s delegation was the first from the House of Representatives to visit Beijing since 2019.
Li welcomed the delegates led by Rep. Adam Smith and called it an “icebreaking trip that will further the ties between the two countries.”
“It is important for our two countries to have more exchanges and cooperation, this is not only good for our two countries but also of great significance to the world,” Li said.
Smith, a Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said both sides were in agreement on the overarching aim of the visit.
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