Chinese diplomats will meet with US officials in Alaska next week.

On Thursday, the US condemned the country's moved to change Hong Kong's electoral system, further reducing democratic representation in the city's institutions and introducing a mechanism to vet politicians loyalty to Beijing.

Government spokesman Zhao Li Chen told a news conference in Beijing that he hopes the meeting will focus on cooperation.

The two sides should understand each other's policy intentions, correctly, step up mutual understanding, manage their differences and bring the bilateral relationship back onto the right track.

We urge the US to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs, stop interfering in China's internal affairs, not go down the wrong path even further, China will resolutely safeguard its sovereign security and development interests.

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders last month and appeared at odds on most issues even as she warned that confrontation would be a disaster for both nations.