President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visit to the United States is attracting broad global attention, as many see the meeting as a chance to steady China-US relations and lift confidence amid worldwide turbulence.

Xi will be in the United States from Wednesday through Friday at the invitation of President Donald Trump. It will be his second state visit to the country since 2015 and comes less than six months after Trump's visit to China in May.

Analysts said the back-and-forth visits by the leaders of the two biggest economies are important for the global economy, because a stable relationship between Beijing and Washington supports peace and predictability.

US Representative Judy Chu said Xi's arrival in Washington is significant because it gives the two leaders a chance to meet face to face and talk through the major issues shaping their relationship.

A positive signal

Edward Cai, who leads the All American Chinese Association in Southern California, said he hopes the talks will send a constructive message about stabilizing ties, improving communication, deepening trust and widening cooperation.

He added that disagreement between China and the United States is not itself alarming, as long as both sides keep talking, manage their differences and avoid mistakes or confrontation.

Cai said a stable relationship benefits both peoples and also matters for global peace, stability and prosperity. He expressed confidence that the two leaders can guide the relationship back toward steadier footing.

Wichai Kinchong Choi, a senior executive at Kasikornbank in Thailand, said it is always reassuring when the leaders of the world's two major powers sit down together.

Speaking as the global economy faces wide uncertainty, he said practical engagement between Beijing and Washington would help both countries and give firms and governments in the Asia-Pacific more certainty.

Mohamed Sabreen, a Cairo-based expert on international affairs and Middle East issues, said dialogue and managed competition are more useful than confrontation. He warned that a fresh trade war or sharper strategic tensions could spread uncertainty well beyond the United States and China.

He added that many Middle Eastern countries would rather maintain partnerships with both powers than be forced to pick sides.

Bali Deepak, a professor of Chinese studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, described the meeting as highly significant because it arrives at a sensitive moment in US-China ties.

He pointed to the May visit to Beijing, when the two leaders agreed to pursue a constructive relationship based on strategic stability. The upcoming talks, he said, offer a chance to manage, rather than settle, the underlying rivalry, including US tariffs and other pressure measures aimed at China.

Deepak said the US-China relationship may be the most consequential external factor for strategic conditions in the Asia-Pacific, and that greater stability could reduce uncertainty for Asian economies and supply chains.

James Shikwati, founder and director of the Inter Region Economic Network, a think tank in Nairobi, said stable US-China relations are preferable to confrontation for Africa because they create a more predictable environment for development.

Technology cooperation

Klaus Heinrich Raditio, an international relations lecturer at the Driyarkara School of Philosophy in Jakarta, said the United States and China should cooperate on AI-based technologies in a way that strengthens peace and stability.

He said Indonesia hopes Global South countries will also take part in the development and use of such technologies.

In May, Xi and Trump agreed on a new vision for a constructive China-US relationship built on strategic stability over the next three years and beyond. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Monday that Xi would have an in-depth exchange of views with Trump during the visit on bilateral issues and on global peace and development.