BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, met with Graham Allison, a professor at Harvard University, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Wang said Chinese people value harmony without uniformity, which is fundamentally different from the Western zero-sum mindset. This perspective emphasizes achieving harmonious coexistence through the recognition of and respect for differences, ultimately fostering and strengthening common interests between nations.

China and the United States now need to construct a new narrative that can regulate future interactions between the two major powers, he noted.

Wang said that the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping provide essential guidance for China in handling affairs with the United States. He expressed the hope that the U.S. side will work with China to address the fundamental issue of mutual perceptions, set the tone for the China-U.S. relationship, and to find the right way to coexist under the guidance of the three principles.

"We hope that people of insight across U.S. society would play an active role in fostering an objective and positive perception of China and promoting proper interaction between the two countries," Wang added.

Allison said that the concept of harmony without uniformity shares common ground with the U.S. value of respecting diversity, and both sides should find a strategic positioning for coexistence to avoid falling into Thucydides Trap.

The United States and China should establish a new principled framework for the future development of bilateral relations, with mutual respect as the first principle, Allison said, expressing his willingness to continue contributing to advancing communication and exchanges between the two sides and promoting the stable development of bilateral relations. Enditem