His trip will include a four-day state visit to Beijing, followed by visits to Xian, Shanghai, Guilin and Hong Kong. This will be the first visit by a US president to China in almost ten years, since George Bush's visit in February 1989. Presidents Clinton and Jiang first met at the November 1993 APEC meeting in Seattle, and they last met on 29 October 1997 in Washington, DC for the first formal US-China Summit since 1989. These discussions will build on the dialogue and initiatives launched during President Jiang's October 1997 visit to the United States. Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen visits the US to discuss the 1985 Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation agreement and nonproliferation, among other topics.
China issues new nuclear export control regulations.
China joins the Zangger Committee. Wei Jianxing assures Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujral that China is not selling M-11 missiles to Pakistan. US Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Chinese Minister of Defense Chi Haotian sign an agreement to establish a consultation mechanism to strengthen military maritime safety. The day after the US-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement went into effect, five US firms asked the US Department of Energy for authorization to provide nuclear technology and service to the country. The US House of Representatives voted 417-4 to ban the Chinese launch of American satellites in a bid to halt the transfer of sensitive satellite and missile technology to China.