--- description: China President Xi Jinping committed to working with the U.S. to fight cybercrime in a speech Tuesday night in Seattle. title: China’s President Wants to Work With the U.S. On Cybercrime image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted9158974d54a871/698864f4196cf40f3803828d/gettyimages-459019124.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [cybersecurity](/tag/cybersecurity/) ## cybersecurity Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # China’s President Wants to Work With the U.S. to Fight Cybercrime by [Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2015 3:17 PM CUT  Xi Jinping, China's president, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama. Xi Jinping, China's president, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2015 3:17 PM CUT China’s President Xi Jinping committed to working with the U.S. [to fight cybercrime](http://fortune.com/2015/09/21/cybersecurity-xi-jinping-china-obama/ "undefined") in a speech Tuesday night in Seattle—the leader’s first stop in his one-week visit. Xi said that his government would not condone any form of hacking or commercial theft, and any violation would be punished based on relevant laws and treaties,[ reported the New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/world/asia/xi-jinping-of-china-to-address-wary-us-business-leaders.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=0 "undefined"). “China is ready to set up a high-level joint dialogue mechanism with the United States on fighting cybercrimes,” Xi said. His address to a roomful of American and Chinese business executives was designed to soothe industry, especially [the high-tech sector](http://fortune.com/2015/09/21/xi-jinping-china-tech/ "undefined"), though it remains to be seen how seriously the Obama administration takes Xi’s comments. “We won’t paper over those differences,” said Daniel Kritenbrink, a senior China advisor to President Obama, referring to the policy gaps on cyberspace and economic issues between the two countries. Still, Kritenbrink said the White House hopes to have a “very robust discussion” with the leader. [READ MORE: What China’s Xi Jinping’s U.S. visit means for cybersecurity.](http://fortune.com/2015/09/21/cybersecurity-xi-jinping-china-obama/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4046332/china-president-cybercrime/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4046332/china-president-cybercrime/"},"headline":"China’s President Wants to Work With the U.S. to Fight Cybercrime","datePublished":"2015-09-23T15:17:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:11:27.456Z","description":"White House promises a ‘robust discussion’","url":"https://time.com/4046332/china-president-cybercrime/","keywords":["cybersecurity","Technology","China","Xi Jinping","U.S.","Seattle","diplomacy","President Obama","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted9158974d54a871/698864f4196cf40f3803828d/gettyimages-459019124.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted9158974d54a871/698864f4196cf40f3803828d/gettyimages-459019124.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"World Leaders Meet At The G-20 Summit","caption":"World Leaders Meet At The G-20 Summit","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cybersecurity/","name":"cybersecurity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4046332/china-president-cybercrime/","name":"China’s President Wants to Work With the U.S. to Fight Cybercrime"}}]}] ```