A group of US lawmakers on a rare visit to Beijing has told China's Premier Li Qiang the world's two largest economies need to step up engagement and "break the ice" as both superpowers make further inroads into stabilising ties.

The visit on Sunday was the first House of Representatives delegation to visit China since 2019.

The COVID-19 pandemic ended formal House visits in 2020, and relations rapidly deteriorated due to disagreement over the origins of the coronavirus that had spread throughout the world.

The trip by the bipartisan delegation, announced in September, follows a call on Friday between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping as both countries seek a course out of a period of strained ties exacerbated by trade tensions, US restrictions over semiconductor chips, the ownersh

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