The US supports reinforcing bilateral people-to-people exchanges and is willing to effectively resolve problems in that regard, Pompeo added.

At a news conference in Bangkok on Thursday, Pompeo said that "the meeting with my Chinese counterpart today was always professional".

Ruan Zongze, vice-president of the China Institute of International Studies, said, "In fact it is China's lasting growth that makes a more powerful cooperative partner (for the US) in the global arena."

Ruan said close China-US collaboration at the Group of 20 is an example, and such teamwork has served like a powerful glue that steadfastly binds together the interests of the two countries.

Their bilateral trade accounts for roughly one-fifth of total world trade, and it is necessary for Beijing and Washington to foster mutual trust and eliminate fluxes and uncertainties in the face of fresh global complexities and challenges, Ruan said.

Speaking of the latest round of China-US high-level economic and trade consultations that concluded in Shanghai on Wednesday, Pompeo said "this was a very professional discussion", adding, "We are working with them (China) on many fronts."