VIENTIANE, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China and Laos on Monday agreed to build a community of shared future with strategic importance during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the Southeast Asian country.

The two sides made the decision during the meeting between Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Bounnhang Vorachit, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and president of Laos.