August 1, 1955 (June 14), Yi Wei, China and the United States for the first time held talks at ambassadorial level.

1955 Sino-US ambassadorial talks held its first meeting in Geneva, the League of Nations Building. Prior to this, during the period of April 1954 to July meeting in Geneva convened to resolve the issues of North Korea and Indochina, the agency arrangement through the then British Ambassador to China, the two sides had sent on behalf of on diaspora issues between the two countries at the June 5 , 10, 15, 21 in Geneva preliminary discussions. on
1955 April, Zhou Enlai during Indonesia to attend the Asian-African Conference, declare to the world: "The Chinese government is willing to negotiate with the U.S. government to sit down, especially to ease tensions in the Taiwan problem. July 13, the U.S. government through the United Kingdom proposed to the Chinese government: the two sides exchange ambassadorial level representatives meeting in Geneva. the the ambassadorial talks participate in China and the United States for the first time in
representative of China, China's ambassador to Poland, Wang Ping-nan, the representative of the United States is the U.S. Ambassador in the Czech Republic A Johnson. The two sides reached an agreement on the agenda: (1) the repatriation of their nationals problem; �� The two sides have other practical issues in the dispute. In its 14th meeting held on September 10 of the same year, the Sino-US ambassadorial level representatives to reach agreement on issues of civilians on both sides to return, published the declaration of the People's Republic of China and the United States of America on civilians returning ambassadors agreement . " "The statement said, both sides think the other people in their willingness to return to their country by" enjoy the right to return, and announced that it has taken, and will continue to take appropriate measures to enable them to exercise their right to return as soon as possible. "Subsequently, the talks have entered the second class. Due to lack of sincerity on the U.S. side, the meeting has not consistently progress and interrupt the talks after the 73rd meeting held on December 12, 1957.