[1/4] U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, shakes hands with Lin Feng, Director General of China Ministry of Commerce as U.S. Republicans in Congress have criticized the possibilityRaimondo will establish a working group with China during the visit to discuss U.S. semiconductor export controls. China's ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, who met Raimondo last week, said China seeks "mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation". 'MANY CHALLENGES'Raimondo, the fourth high-level U.S. official to visit China recently, is the first commerce secretary to make the trip in seven years. China and the United States agreed this month to double the number of flights permitted between them - still a fraction of the number before the pandemic.

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Persons: Gina Raimondo, Lin Feng, China Nick Burns, Andy Wong, Raimondo, I'm, Mintz, " Raimondo, China Nicholas Burns, Joe Biden, Xie Feng, Wendy Cutler, Xi Jinping, Walt Disney, David Shepardson, Michael Martina, Robert Birsel, Bill Berkrot Organizations: . Commerce, China Ministry of Commerce, Beijing Capital International Airport, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Micron Technology, U.S, Chinese Commerce Ministry, Republicans, Asia Society Policy Institute, United, Walt, Shendi Group, Reuters, Boeing, Thomson Locations: China, Beijing, Rights BEIJING, United States, Shanghai, America, U.S, Washington