BEIJING, Dhu-AlQa'dah 3, 1433, Sep 19, 2012, SPA - China's Vice President Xi Jinping and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met here today for more than an hour to discuss U.S.-China military relations, Pentagon press secretary George Little said. Panetta said the meeting went over the allotted 45 minutes because Xi was so focused on finding a way to improve relations, according to a report of the Associated Press. In addition to being China's vice president, Xi is also a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission that oversees the 2.3 million-member People's Liberation Army, and is due to take over as head of the ruling Communist Party later this year and as president in the spring. --SPA 13:21 LOCAL TIME 10:21 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1031311