China, US to strengthen coordination: Xi

BEIJING - China and the United States should strengthen policy coordination during their respective reform and restructuring process, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

Xi made the comment in a meeting with special representative of President Barack Obama, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, in Beijing.

The just concluded Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee stressed economic reform. "China will push forward reform with greater impetus and maintain the sustainable and healthy growth of the economy," Xi said.

"China hopes the US advances restructuring, realizes fiscal stability and sustainability and ensures steady economic recovery and growth," Xi said.