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February 2, 2021 | Issue 2021-03| Click to Subscribe
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Yang Jiechi Holds a Video Conversation with the National Committee on United States-China Relations |
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On February 2, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi held a video conversation with the National Committee on United States-China Relations. ( Full text of Yang's remarks )
By focusing on cooperation and managing differences together, China and the US will be able to return the relationship to the course of sound and steady development, said Yang.
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Yang said efforts can be made in the following aspects:
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First, China should be seen as it is. China is committed to the path of peaceful development, and a win-win strategy of opening-up. The 1.4 billion Chinese people wholeheartedly support the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and they are rallying closely around the CPC and forging ahead on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics with great resolve and determination. No force could stop China's development. China hopes that the U.S. will work with China to keep the relationship on the right track, and strengthen cooperation and coordination to achieve common development.
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Second, normal interactions need to be restored. The growth of China-U.S. relations is the result of decades of commitment and dedication by Chinese and Americans from all sectors to maintaining engagement, exchange, communication and cooperation. The U.S. side should remove the stumbling blocks to people-to-people exchanges, and more should be done to send a positive message of China and the U.S. working together, to encourage a positive public perception of each other and win more public support for growing China-U.S. relations.
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Third, proper management of differences is called for. As two big countries with different histories, cultures and systems, China and the U.S. may disagree on some issues. What matters is that we manage our differences properly so that they do not stand in the way of our overall relations. Both sides need to respect each other's histories, cultures and traditions, respect each other's core interests and major concerns, and respect each other's choices of political system and development path. The U.S. should honor its commitment under the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiqués, strictly abide by the one-China principle, and respect China's position and concerns on the Taiwan question.
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Fourth, mutually beneficial cooperation ought to be broadened. China and the U.S. have broader space for cooperation in areas like COVID response, economic recovery and climate change. The two sides should promote closer exchanges and cooperation between the two militaries and in law enforcement, drug control and cyber security, and more communication and coordination on regional hotspot issues and on major global challenges such as poverty alleviation through development, counter-terrorism and nonproliferation, so as to provide more public goods to the world.
Yang stressed that the future of China-U.S. relations will be brighter. As long as the two sides bear in mind the fundamental interests of people in our two countries and beyond, respect each other, seek common ground while putting aside differences, keep disagreements under effective control, and expand common interests, the China-U.S. relationship will embark on a path of improvement and development, a prospect that would benefit our two peoples and the entire world tremendously.
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Sounds of Spring—China-U.S. Musicians Virtual Concert 2021 |
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To celebrate the 2021 Spring Festival and call upon all friends to work together to overcome difficulties and create a better tomorrow, the Chinese Embassy in the United States invites American and Chinese Musicians to present a virtual concert ‘Sounds of Spring’.
Students and faculty of Chinese and US partner institutions as well as the guest artist LangLang are going to perform together and share with the audience their joy and friendship through music, to kick off a beautiful spring for the people of the two countries with their illustration of art.
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