Trump accepts Xi's invitation to visit China

Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with his wife Peng Liyuan, meet with US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, at the Mar-a-Lago Resort in Florida on Thursday afternoon. [Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday extended an invitation to his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to pay a state visit to China in 2017.

Trump accepted the invitation with pleasure, and hoped to make the trip at an early date, according to officials.