The Biden administration will hold its first in-person talks with senior Chinese officials in Alaska next week.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet with Chinese officials March 18 in Anchorage, Alaska, according to a State Department press release.

The US envoy will meet with People’s Republic of China (PRC) Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi and State Councilor Wang Yi.

"Secretary Blinken and NSA Sullivan will discuss a range of issues with the PRC," the State Department notes.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during a news briefing Wednesday that it was important for the administration that the first meeting with Chinese officials be held on American soil.

"This is not a strategic dialogue.There’s no intent at this point for a series of follow-on engagements. Those engagements, if they are to follow, really have to be based on the proposition that we’re seeing tangible progress and tangible outcomes on the issues of concern to us with China,” Blinken said during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday afternoon.