On June 17, 2026, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng delivered a speech at the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) Gala 2026, saying that with President Xi Jinping and President Trump at the helm, the giant ship of the China-U.S. relationship has set out on a new journey. Friends from the business community are both passengers and sailors on this ship. He called for pulling together with all hands on deck, so that the ship will forge ahead on the right course of building a constructive relationship of strategic stability, and sail toward win-win cooperation. Ambassador Xie offered five proposals to the U.S. business community: act on the new vision for the bilateral relationship; kick start more bilateral interactions; jointly foster new platforms for cooperation; strive to be front-runners in new arenas of scientific innovation; and build new bridges between our two peoples.