Trump left Beijing on Friday after two days of talks with President Xi Jinping that featured pageantry and warm rhetoric but limited detail on concrete outcomes across trade and investment.

In a statement on its website, the ministry said the two sides had agreed to establish an investment board and a trade board to negotiate reciprocal, product-specific tariff reductions, as well as broader cuts on unspecified goods including agricultural products.

Also on agriculture, Beijing said both sides would work to resolve non-tariff barriers and market access issues.

"The US side will actively promote the resolution of China's long-standing concerns regarding the automatic detention of dairy products and aquatic products, exports of bonsai in growing media to the United States, and recognizing Shandong province as an area free of avian influenza," the ministry said.

"The Chinese side will also actively promote the resolution of US concerns regarding registration of beef facilities and exports of poultry meat from some US states to China," it added.

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The ministry did not identify companies or provide details on volumes, values or timelines.

Saturday's statement marked China's first public characterisation of the outcomes of trade talks held this week in Beijing and Seoul, and comes amid questions over what Trump’s first state visit to China in nearly a decade has delivered.

Trump has said China agreed to buy 200 Boeing aircraft, but analysts have questioned the lack of a timeline.

The commerce ministry confirmed arrangements on "Chinese purchases of US aircraft and US assurances on the supply of aircraft engines and parts to China", without elaborating.

It said discussions on the details were continuing and that the agreements would be "finalised as soon as possible".

On Friday, Boeing confirmed that China had committed to purchasing 200 aircraft during a visit to Beijing by Trump -- a deal that could ultimately balloon with orders for 750 additional planes.

"We had a very successful trip to China and accomplished our major goal of reopening the China market to orders for Boeing aircraft," the company, whose CEO Kelly Ortberg was part of the US delegation to China, said in a statement.

"This included an initial commitment for 200 aircraft and we expect further commitments will follow after this initial tranche," Boeing said, without specifying which models were on the negotiating table.

When asked by AFP to specify which planes were part of the deal, Boeing declined to comment.

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