BEIJING: A delegation of US lawmakers met with Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun on Monday (Sep 22) in the first House of Representatives visit to Beijing in six years, with talks aimed at bolstering exchanges including military-to-military communication. And in particular around military matters," Smith said, according to a pool report organised by the US embassy in Beijing. The leaders agreed to further talks on the sidelines of a forum in South Korea at the end of October. Trump also said he would visit China early next year and that Xi would come to the US at a later date. The COVID-19 pandemic ended formal House visits in 2020, and relations rapidly unravelled due to intense debate over the origins of the coronavirus that had spread all over the world.