Jinping in his address during the delegation-level talks said that he and Modi had engaged in 'candid conversations like friends, heart-to-heart discussions on bilateral relations'.
The one-on-one tete-a-tete between PM Modi and Xi Jinping over dinner on Friday lasted for two-and-a-half hours, well beyond the planned time, and was 'very open and cordial'.
India has also ruled out any scope of discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Kashmir issue.
On the boundary issue, the Chinese envoy said that the two nations need to keep it in the larger picture of China-India relations and do not let the boundary dispute affect the normal development of bilateral relations.
Jaishankar earlier on Monday said that India and China 'should not allow differences to hamper their bilateral relationship'.
Speaking on Doklam, the minister said both the countries are exercising restraint in the matter.
In reply, PM Modi told Xi that the Indian side was willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, strengthen strategic communication, promote bilateral relations in a wide range of fields.
Gokhale is on a two-day China visit to meet Wang, also China's Foreign Minister and is expected to convince Beijing not to block a resolution to declare Azhar an international terrorist at a UN panel.
Earlier this week, top diplomatic sources had said that China was set to lift its technical hold on the listing of JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the 1267 sanctions committee of the UN Security Council in early May.
China said India has never recognised the sensitive border state and the Indian leadership should refrain from any action that may 'complicate the boundary question'.
