On October 1, 2014, President Barack Obama of the US met at the White House with Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Obama said that he speaks highly of China's constructive role in international affairs, and expects to visit China this November and have in-depth communication with President Xi Jinping on further promoting the building of the new model of major-country relationship between the US and China, thus to advance bilateral practical cooperation in all fields and jointly deal with international and regional issues and challenges such as climate change, the Ebola epidemic and terrorism.

Wang Yi said that the US side proposed that China and the US should join efforts to maximize cooperation and minimize divergence. We agree to this. China welcomes President Obama to visit China and is willing to join hands with the US to deepen bilateral strategic mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation in all fields and effectively build the new model of major-country relationship between China and the US.

Wang Yi also expounded on China's principled stance on the current situation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

On the same day, Wang Yi also held a meeting with Assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs Susan Rice, exchanging in-depth views on issues of common concern and reaching extensive consensuses.