China News Service, Beijing, May 22. The China Daily Commentary Channel, the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Chinese American Society jointly held a seminar on "The Future of Sino-US Relations" in Beijing on the 21st. More than 20 Chinese and foreign experts and scholars discussed the current international situation and Sino-US relations.
Yao Ying, director of the Commentary Department of China Daily, said in her speech that standing at a new historical starting point, China and the United States should accurately understand the new positioning of "China-US constructive strategic and stable relations" and promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral relations based on managing differences, expanding cooperation, and maintaining stability. The media should play an active role and become a platform to promote rational, objective and constructive dialogue, rather than amplifying differences and creating confrontation.
On May 21, the "Future of Sino-US Relations" seminar was held in Beijing. The picture shows Yao Ying, director of the Commentary Department of China Daily, delivering a speech at the seminar. Photo by Zou Hong
Yuan Zheng, deputy director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that building a "constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the United States" is not only the new positioning of the relationship between the two countries, but also the common mission entrusted to both sides by the times. The so-called "constructive strategic stability" should be lasting stability that focuses on cooperation, has moderate competition, controllable differences, and can expect peace. Facing many challenges in global governance, China and the United States will both benefit from cooperation and lose from confrontation. Cooperation is the only right choice, and stability is the common welfare of both countries.
Siddharth Chatterjee, former United Nations Resident Coordinator in China and visiting professor at Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University, said that China and the United States have carried out public health cooperation in Kenya and other places to help reduce maternal mortality, which shows that the two sides can create tangible global public benefits by working together. In the face of complex challenges, China and the United States should transcend narrow competition and strengthen collaboration in the fields of global development, global governance and multilateral system reform, promote the international system to better respond to the needs of different countries and ordinary people, and establish a more equitable, inclusive and effective international order.
Zhao Mei, a researcher at the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that under the current situation, the two sides should deepen educational, cultural, youth and academic exchanges, inject positive energy into the relationship between the two countries through people-to-people bonds, and promote the stability and long-term development of Sino-US relations.
Experts attending the meeting agreed that in the face of the complex and ever-changing international situation, China and the United States must not only face up to differences and competition, but also see the practical needs and broad space for cooperation. To build a "constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the United States", the two countries need to strengthen strategic communication, expand practical cooperation, consolidate the basis of public opinion, and promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations under the guidance of the heads of state consensus. (over)
