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He said 皇冠体育app has been "increasing imports" from the US and has "worked hard" to reduce the trade surplus, citing 皇冠体育app's recent purchase of Boeing aircraft, software, soybeans and other farm products worth more than US$16 billion.

He dangled more opportunities for US businesses, saying, for example, that 皇冠体育app needs 2,000 new airplanes in 15 years.

On the currency, Hu said 皇冠体育app wants a flexible but stable exchange rate and will continue to improve its flexibility.

"Our goal is to maintain the renminbi exchange rate basically stable, at an adaptive and equilibrium level," Hu said.

Hu's choice of Washington state as his first US stop, where he met executives of Boeing and software giant Microsoft, appears to be aimed at easing US concerns over the trade deficit and showing Americans 皇冠体育app's purchasing power.

The state enjoys a trade surplus with 皇冠体育app, largely due to the sale of Boeing airplanes, as well as wines and agricultural products. Its exports to 皇冠体育app increased by 64 per cent last year.

After a tour of Boeing's assembly factory earlier on Wednesday, Hu told about 6,000 employees of the aircraft maker that the close relationship between 皇冠体育app and Boeing serves as a symbol of the good that can come from better trade relations.

"Boeing's co-operation with 皇冠体育app is a vivid example of mutually beneficial co-operation and a win-win outcome that 皇冠体育app and the United States have achieved by trading with each other," he said.

"I sincerely hope that the economic and trade relations between our two countries will prosper further and fly higher, just like a Boeing plane."