Cui Yuying (R), vice minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and vice minister of the State Council Information Office (SCIO), meets with Kevin Rudd, president of the Policy Research Institute of America Asian Association. [Photo by Jiao Fei/China SCIO]

Cui Yuying (C) poses for a photo with Kevin Rudd and other delegates. [Photo by Jiao Fei/China SCIO]

Cui Yuying, vice minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and vice minister of the State Council Information Office (SCIO), met with Kevin Rudd, former Australian prime minister and now president of the Policy Research Institute of America Asian Association in Beijing on March 21.

They talked about China-U.S. ties under the new situation and the international publicity of the Belt and Road Initiative, and exchanged views on presenting China to the world.