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It is a great pleasure to attend the U.S.-China Business Council's commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. First of all, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the friends who have contributed to the development of China-US relations for a long time.
Forty-five years ago, the leaders of the older generation of China and the United States, with extraordinary foresight and political courage, decided to formally establish diplomatic relations between the two countries. History has proven that their decision was completely correct.
Over the past 45 years, China-US relations have gone through ups and downs, but they have always forged ahead. The trade volume between the two countries was less than $2.5 billion when diplomatic relations were established, and it will reach more than $660 billion in 2023, with a two-way investment stock of more than $260 billion, and more than 70,000 United States companies investing in China. The two countries have established 286 pairs of sister provinces, states and cities, with more than 300 flights per week and more than 5 million passengers per year on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. In international and regional affairs, the two countries have carried out good coordination and cooperation. The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States has achieved the effect of "one plus one is greater than two", which has not only benefited the people of China and the United States, but also promoted world peace, stability and prosperity.
Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,
History inspires us and also indicates the future. The 45-year history of China-US relations has fully proved that cooperation between China and the United States will benefit both sides, and fighting will hurt both. On January 1 this year, President Xi Jinping and President Biden exchanged congratulatory letters on the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
How to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and promote the steady and long-term development of China-US relations in the next 45 years is a common issue of the times faced by China and the United States. China's answer is clear: the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation put forward by President Xi Jinping are a summary of the experience of China-US relations over the past 45 years, a revelation brought about by major power conflicts in history, and a fundamental principle for us to follow in handling China-US relations.
China and the United States have different political systems, histories, cultures, and stages of development, and the two sides should respect each other's differences and strive to achieve harmony while differing. We should respect each other's social systems and development paths, and refrain from interfering in each other's internal affairs, obstructing and curbing each other's development, or harming each other's core interests. China's determination to safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests is unwavering, and China's development and growth cannot be stopped by any external force.
China and the United States account for one-quarter of the world's population and one-third of the world's total economy. Non-conflict, non-confrontation and peaceful coexistence are in themselves a contribution to human peace. There is only one earth in the universe, and mankind has a common home, and we need to work together with the "earth". China is the largest developing country in the world, and United States is the largest developed country in the world, and the two countries should set an example and inject more positive energy and stability into the chaotic world.
President Xi Jinping pointed out that it is common interests that bring China and the United States together, and mutually beneficial cooperation that brings us to the future. Since the beginning of this year, I have contacted more than 100 United States businessmen and people from all walks of life, and I deeply feel everyone's ardent expectations for strengthening cooperation between China and the United States and achieving win-win results. Achieving common development requires China-US cooperation, and solving global challenges requires China-US cooperation. Facts have proven that Sino-US cooperation is a good thing for the two countries and a good news for the world, there is no way out for confrontation, there is no winner in the "new Cold War", and cooperation is the only correct choice for both China and the United States.
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded successfully last week. The "Decision" adopted by the plenum has drawn up a grand blueprint for China to further deepen reform in an all-round way and promote Chinese-style modernization. We will build a high-level socialist market economy system, improve the system and mechanism for promoting high-quality economic development, build an institutional mechanism to support comprehensive innovation, improve the macroeconomic governance system, improve the system and mechanism for urban-rural integrated development, improve the system and mechanism for high-level opening up, improve the system of whole-process people's democracy, improve the system of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, deepen the reform of the cultural system and mechanism, improve the system of safeguarding and improving people's livelihood, and deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system.
