Xi meets Biden at Filoli estate, California

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the Filoli estate south of San Francisco on Wednesday on the sidelines of a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

The summit is the first face-to-face meeting between the two heads of state. During their talks, Xi said the China-U.S. relationship should develop in a way that benefits the peoples of the two countries and fulfills their responsibility for human progress.

Xi also expressed his firm belief in a promising future of the bilateral relationship. Biden also hailed "real progress" with Xi as they agreed to restore military-to-military communications in a bid to ease soaring tensions.

China also agreed to tackle the production of ingredients for the drug fentanyl, responsible for a deadly epidemic of opioid abuse in the United States. They also agreed to hold talks on artificial intelligence.