当地时间2月14日上午，正在美国访问的国家副主席习近平在白宫会见美国总统奥巴马。习近平当日先与美国副总统拜登举行会谈，其后来到白宫椭圆形办公室，与美国总统奥巴马举行了这场引发外界高度关注的会晤。
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I want to welcome Vice President Xi to the Oval Office and welcome him to the United States. This is obviously a great opportunity for us to build on the U.S.-China relationship, but also an opportunity to return the extraordinary hospitality that Vice President Xi showed Vice President Biden during his recent visit to China.
奥巴马总统：我欢迎习副主席来到白宫椭圆形办公室，欢迎他来美国访问。这显然是发展美中关系的大好机会，而且也是回报习副主席在拜登副总统前不久访问中国时盛情款待的一个机会。
As I indicated during my recent visit to APEC and the East Asia Summit, the United States is a Pacific nation. And we are very interested and very focused on continuing to strengthen our relationships, to enhance our trade and our commerce, and make sure that we are a strong and effective partner with the Asia Pacific region. And obviously, in order to do that, it is absolutely vital that we have a strong relationship with China.
最近我在访问亚太经济合作组织和出席东亚峰会期间曾表示，美国是一个太平洋国家。我们非常愿意，也非常注重继续加强我们的关系，提升我们的贸易和我们的商业活动，并确保我们是亚太地区强大和有效的合作伙伴。很显然，为了做到这一点，绝对至关重要的是我们与中国保持强大的关系。
Over the last three years I’ve had a great opportunity to develop a strong working relationship with President Hu. And we have continually tried to move forward on the basis of recognizing that a cooperative relationship based on mutual interest and mutual respect is not only in the interests of the United States and China, but is also in the interest of the region and in the interest of the United States -- in the interest of the world.
在过去的三年里，我有很好的机会与胡锦涛主席发展了坚实的工作关系。我们还为取得进展继续努力，认识到基于共同利益和互相尊重的合作关系不仅符合美国和中国的利益，而且符合该地区和美国的利益——符合全世界的利益。
On the basis of that understanding, we have established very extensive strategic and economic dialogues between our two countries. We have been able to pursue a significant consultation on opportunities for both countries to improve their economic relationship and their strategic relationship, and also manage areas of tension in a way that is constructive.
