Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing 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-US relations to a new level," Wen told Obama at their meeting in the State Guesthouse in Beijing.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets visiting U.S. President Barack Obama in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2009. [Ma Zhancheng/Xinhua]