Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets visiting US President Barack Obama in Beijing on November 18, 2009. [Xinhua]

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets visiting US President Barack Obama in Beijing on November 18, 2009. [Xinhua]

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday that the fruitful visit of United States President Barack Obama to China was of far-reaching significance.

"It is my sincere hope that your current visit will lift the comprehensive and cooperative China-U.S. relations to a new level," Wen told Obama at their meeting in the State Guesthouse in Beijing.