Xi urged the multi-billionaire to "continue to play an active role in promoting China-US economic and trade cooperation", the official Xinhua news agency said.
'There is never a justification for violence. No excuses, no exceptions: America is a nation of laws,' he said.
The ministry did not specify if the signal was detected from the downed plane's black box.
The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on Saturday afternoon.
'One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on,' Biden said. 'It's a good thing, him not showing up.'
Brazil now joins a growing number of countries in the typically conservative and Catholic-influenced Latin American region that have passed measures in favour of LGBT rights.
The error prompted a wave of hilarity online, with one Twitter critic asking if the president had made the mistake "on porpoise."
Britain's world marathon record-holder Paula Radcliffe was among those who paid tribute to Grunewald on Wednesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday.
A merchant shipping information service run by Britain's Royal Navy meanwhile reported an "incident".
