Premier Li Keqiang called on Thursday for China and the United States to carry out dialogue in multiple areas and at various levels to dispel misunderstandings and help manage and mitigate differences.

Even though the two countries cannot work everything out anytime soon, Beijing and Washington could exchange their opinions and enhance mutual trust through dialogue, Li told reporters after the conclusion of the fourth session of the 13th National People"s Congress, China"s top legislature.

The two sides should focus on their common ground and expand converging interests, Li said.

China and the US, as the world"s largest developing and developed countries, respectively, both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation, he said.

China hopes the two countries will respect each other"s interests and major concerns, refrain from interfering in each other"s internal affairs and strive for sustained and healthy development of bilateral relations, he said.

"We hope that the China-US relationship will be future-oriented, overcome obstacles and move in a positive direction," Li said.

His remarks came as senior officials from the two nations are set to hold a high-level strategic dialogue in Anchorage, Alaska, next week.

The two-day meeting will be attended by Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

This will be the first high-level, face-to-face diplomatic contact between the two countries since US President Joe Biden took office in January.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in a statement on Thursday that China asks the US to view the country and bilateral relations in an objective and rational manner, and abandon a Cold War mentality and zero-sum game mindset.

The announcement of the meeting came exactly a month after a telephone conversation between President Xi Jinping and Biden.