Chinese leaders announced that Vice President Xi Jinping, the Communist Party’s designated successor to Chinese president Hu Jintao, will try to correct “the trust deficit” when he visits Washington this week. Xi told a gathering of Chinese and U.S. officials commemorating the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s opening to China that he hoped his visit “can play a positive role in advancing the Sino-U.S. cooperative partnership.”

To build mutual trust and become genuine partners, here are ten things Xi could say to President Obama: