President Xi Jinping on Friday urged world leaders to ensure the stability of supply chains, saying countries needed to "join hands" instead of "breaking chains" while pointing to growing uncertainty in the Asia-Pacific region.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the importance of 'high-level exchanges' with Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, suggesting a possible meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the upcoming APEC summit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Asia-Pacific governments to hold their supply chains together as global trade faces renewed pressure. This came a day after Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump reached a temporary easing of trade friction during Xi’s visit to South Korea, according to Chinese state media readouts given to Cryptopolitan.

In his keynote address, Xi said that Asia must remain united through cooperation rather than division. Taking a subtle swipe at the Western strategy of moving factories out of China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping used the APEC summit to advocate for a new global body to govern AI, positioning China as a trade alternative to the US. China proposed the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization to enhance AI's role as a public good.

Meeting between Xi Jinping and Lee Jae-myung on Apec sidelines is the first between the two leaders since the latter assumed office in June.

The face-to-face talks, their first since Trump’s return to office, come on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in South Korea on Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and hold talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump on high-profile issues ranging from tariffs to security.