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China, US celebrate 30 years of cooperation
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January 13, 2009, Tuesday
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CHINA and the United States yesterday kicked off a series of events to mark three decades of one of the world's most crucial relationships.
"Like a scroll of vivid historic scenes, these pictures showcase significant progress in the 30 years of China-US relations and inspire us," President Hu Jintao said in a congratulatory message to a photo exhibition marking the three decades of progress.
Thanks to the "pingpong diplomacy" that melted the ice between the two nations, then-US President Richard Nixon paid a groundbreaking visit to China in 1972. The two countries formally established diplomatic relations on January 1, 1979.
In his congratulatory message to the exhibition, US President George W. Bush said the past 30 years had "strengthened the bonds between the two countries."
"In 1975 I saw a nation just beginning its journey of modernization," he said. "In 2008, I was proud to watch Beijing host a successful and thrilling Olympic Games."
The year-long photo exhibition will tour Chinese cities, before going to the United States, with the final display in the Atlanta-based Carter Center in December 2009.
Yesterday afternoon, a seminar was held in Beijing to review the past three decades and look to the future.
The two-day seminar gathered senior Chinese diplomats. It also included former US President Jimmy Carter, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former national security advisors Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski as well as US ambassadors to China.
"As a Chinese saying goes, 'When you drink the water, think of those who dug the well,' said Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at the seminar. "I want to pay high tribute to leaders of the older generations and all those visionaries working for the diplomatic relations between the two countries."
With US President-elect Barack Obama to take office in a week, the future of bilateral ties were a hot topic at the seminar.
"China expects the new US administration to show enough strategic vision and political wisdom and inherit and work from the good China legacies left by the earlier administrations," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said.
Later yesterday, President Hu met with a US delegation led by Carter on the sidelines of the celebrations.
"As old friends of the Chinese people, you played an important role in establishing China-US diplomatic ties and witnessed that historic decision," Hu told the delegation.
"For a long time, whether in office or retired, you have made unremitting efforts in building the friendship between the two nations and developing the relationship. I highly appreciate those efforts."
The Chinese president called for the two nations to review and deal with bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, and jointly respond to the global challenges.
"For all American citizens, particularly for these leaders, this is a wonderful occasion to celebrate," Carter said.
"Like a scroll of vivid historic scenes, these pictures showcase significant progress in the 30 years of China-US relations and inspire us," President Hu Jintao said in a congratulatory message to a photo exhibition marking the three decades of progress.
Thanks to the "pingpong diplomacy" that melted the ice between the two nations, then-US President Richard Nixon paid a groundbreaking visit to China in 1972. The two countries formally established diplomatic relations on January 1, 1979.
In his congratulatory message to the exhibition, US President George W. Bush said the past 30 years had "strengthened the bonds between the two countries."
"In 1975 I saw a nation just beginning its journey of modernization," he said. "In 2008, I was proud to watch Beijing host a successful and thrilling Olympic Games."
The year-long photo exhibition will tour Chinese cities, before going to the United States, with the final display in the Atlanta-based Carter Center in December 2009.
Yesterday afternoon, a seminar was held in Beijing to review the past three decades and look to the future.
The two-day seminar gathered senior Chinese diplomats. It also included former US President Jimmy Carter, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former national security advisors Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski as well as US ambassadors to China.
"As a Chinese saying goes, 'When you drink the water, think of those who dug the well,' said Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at the seminar. "I want to pay high tribute to leaders of the older generations and all those visionaries working for the diplomatic relations between the two countries."
With US President-elect Barack Obama to take office in a week, the future of bilateral ties were a hot topic at the seminar.
"China expects the new US administration to show enough strategic vision and political wisdom and inherit and work from the good China legacies left by the earlier administrations," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said.
Later yesterday, President Hu met with a US delegation led by Carter on the sidelines of the celebrations.
"As old friends of the Chinese people, you played an important role in establishing China-US diplomatic ties and witnessed that historic decision," Hu told the delegation.
"For a long time, whether in office or retired, you have made unremitting efforts in building the friendship between the two nations and developing the relationship. I highly appreciate those efforts."
The Chinese president called for the two nations to review and deal with bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, and jointly respond to the global challenges.
"For all American citizens, particularly for these leaders, this is a wonderful occasion to celebrate," Carter said.
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