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The Chinese readout described the conversation between the two leaders on Wednesday as 'candid and in-depth'.
Xi will be the first national leader to shake Putin's hand since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him.
Nearly 3,000 members of China's rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress, voted unanimously for the 69-year-old in an election in which there was no other candidate.
China's National Health Commission said 39,452 new cases were reported on Monday, including 36,304 local asymptomatic cases.
The high-profile meeting in Bali is the first since Biden became US President in 2021.
The meet will take place on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Indonesia.
By 2012, he was President and by 2017, during his second tenure as President, his 'Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era' got accepted as the manifesto of the Party, making him the next helmsman after Mao.
He edged out several senior leaders, including moderate number two leader Premier Li Keqiang in a major shake-up at the top.
Xi is widely expected to win a third leadership term, cementing his place as the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong.
A Vatican source said China declined an 'expression of availability' saying Xi had no free time.