At a summit meeting in Washington, D.C. on Monday, the U.S. and South Korean presidents will discuss modernizing their 71-year-old alliance and fleshing out a trade deal reached last month.

As South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung prepares to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump, he would face his first major foreign policy test, i.e. balancing ties with the US and China

Wang added that China's policy is to maintain stability and continuity with South Korea and he urged both sides to "improve national sentiment and manage sensitivities properly" to move bilateral relations forward steadily.