Washington, Apr 8 (IANS): Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan visited an art school in US' Palm Beach accompanied by her counterpart Melania Trump, a media report said.

At the Bak Middle School of the Arts, Peng on Friday took tour of classrooms, watched performances by students and talked with them, Xinhua news agency reported.

She also joined a class about politics and economics, answered a question from a student reporter about her connection with arts, and was presented with a student's painting as souvenir.

Noting that China and the US should enhance communication and cooperation in the area of arts, Peng said she hoped that those at the art school would make greater contribution in strengthening the bilateral ties.

Peng is in Palm Beach with Xi for the Chinese President's first meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump.

Earlier the two leaders agreed that the meeting, held at the seaside Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, was "positive and fruitful".