"At the same time, Chinese audiences will have access to more of the finest films made anywhere in the world," added Biden, who spent the day in Los Angeles with Xi, before the Chinese leader's departure.
The comments were made in a statement shortly before the end of Xi's five-day trip to the United States which began in Washington and Iowa before a final 36 hours in California.
The agreement allows more American exports to China of 3D, IMAX, and similar enhanced format movies "on favorable commercial terms," said the White House.
A Chinese quota system restricts the number of foreign movies coming into the country annually to 20. In 2009 the WTO ruled against Chinese limits on the import of films, DVDs, music and books, but little has changed.
The deal was welcomed by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, who said US studios and independent filmmakers see China "as one of their most important world markets.
"But barriers imposed by China and challenged by the United States in the WTO have artificially reduced the revenue US film producers received from their movies in the Chinese market," he said.
"This agreement will help to change that, boosting one of America's strongest export sectors in one of our largest export markets."
The Motion Picture Association (MPAA) also hailed the accord.
"This landmark agreement will return a much better share of the box office revenues to US studios, revising a two-decade-old formula that kept those revenues woefullyunder normal commercial terms," said MPAA boss Chris Dodd,
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