Mohammed arrived in Beijing on Thursday following visits to Pakistan and India, showing the world that his country still has allies after the grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's Istanbul consulate.
"China is a good friend and partner to Saudi Arabia," Xi told Mohammed in a meeting in the Great Hall of the People.
"Saudi Arabia's relations with China can be traced back a very long time in the past," the crown prince said.
"Over such a long period of exchanges with China, we have never experienced any problems with China."
He met with Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng earlier on Friday.
"Is the crown prince's tour symbolic of Saudi Arabia's pivot to the East? Yes," Najah al-Otaibi, a senior analyst at the pro-Saudi think-tank Arabia Foundation, told AFP.
"Riyadh wants to strengthen alliances in Asia -- especially now with the continuing fallout with the United States over Khashoggi's murder and other issues, and attempts by the EU to put Riyadh on a blacklist over money laundering allegations."
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