Xie Feng discusses China-U.S. relations at USCBC reception dinner

Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., Xie Feng, delivered a video speech at an event hosted by the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of China-U.S. diplomatic relations on Thursday, Nov. 7.

In his speech, Ambassador Xie emphasized that the three principles put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation both sum up the experience of China-U.S. relations over the past decades and point out the right path for the two countries to get along in the new era. He said he hoped the U.S. side will work with China in the same direction, stand on the right side of history, make the right choice in line with the trend of the times and the people's will, and jointly move the relationship forward along a stable, sound, and sustainable track.

“China will never become another United States. Differences should be an impetus for exchanges and mutual learning, rather than a pretext for exclusion and confrontation,” Xie highlighted.

Noting that China and the U.S. are the world's two largest economies, he said that the success of China and the U.S. is an opportunity, not a challenge. The Earth is big enough for the two countries to develop respectively and prosper together, he added.

As permanent members of the UN Security Council and nuclear-power states, China and the United States have an obligation and must uphold peaceful coexistence as a baseline, Xie stressed. The Taiwan question is the first and foremost red line that should not be crossed in China-U.S. relationship, Xie said, adding that the one-China principle and the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiqués should be honored in both word and deed.

As the largest developing and developed countries, China and the U.S. can jointly make a big difference, Xie said and urged the two countries to make the list of cooperation longer and longer. "Tariff war, trade war, tech war, or industrial war would produce no winner. Protectionism only locks one in backwardness and cost them the future,” he stressed.

In addition, Ambassador Xie pointed out that the Chinese economy remains a front runner and a major engine of the global economy. He said China will continue to promote high-quality development and expand high-standard opening-up, so as to bring more stability to a turbulent world, fresh momentum to the world economy, and new opportunities to businesses globally.

In his speech, Xie stated that the USCBC and friends from the American business community are indispensable participants in and contributors to China-U.S. relationship, and also its beneficiaries and stakeholders.

“The China-U.S. relationship has never been smooth sailing, but as long as we keep forging ahead, we will definitely reach our destination. The historical trend of peaceful coexistence between our two countries will not change, the ultimate wish of our two peoples for exchanges and cooperation will not change, and the expectations of the whole world for a steadily growing China-U.S. relationship will not change,” Xie said.

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