Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) delivers a speech during a welcome banquet jointly hosted by Washington State government and friendly communities in Seattle, the United States, Sept. 22, 2015. Xi arrived in this east Pacific coast city on Tuesday morning for his first state visit to the U.S. (Xinhua/Li Tao)
SEATTLE, United States, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) aims at common development, rather than seeking sphere of influence.
Xi kicked off his first state visit to the United States in the West Coast city of Seattle Tuesday, a landmark trip aimed at building up trust and stepping up cooperation between the world's two biggest economies.
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