China-US relations through the footsteps of Xi Jinping

May 2006, in Washington, New York and New Jersey

Xi made his fourth trip to the United States in 2006 as Party Secretary of China's eastern Zhejiang province to promote economic and trade cooperation and communication.

He led a delegation to attend a celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of friendly province/state relations between Zhejiang and New Jersey.

During the trip he met the management of large US companies, including Henry Paulson, who was then CEO of Goldman Sachs.

Xi Jinping (right), then Party Secretary of Zhejiang province, shakes hands with the then New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine in Trenton, New Jersey, in May 2006. [Photo: people.cn]