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Chinese VP meets with former senior US officials
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February 14, 2012, Tuesday
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VISITING Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met in Washington yesterday evening with several former senior US officials.
Among these former US officials are former US secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright, former US treasury secretary Henry Paulson, former US national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft and Sandy Berger, and former US secretary of labor Elaine Chao.
It was Xi's first major event after he arrived in the US capital yesterday afternoon for an official visit to the United States.
During the meeting, Xi lauded the former US officials' contributions to bilateral relations.
Kissinger made a secret visit to China in July 1971, paving the way for a groundbreaking 1972 summit meeting in Beijing between then US President Richard Nixon and China's late Chairman Mao Zedong. The visit opened a door for Sino-US relations that had been closed for many years.
The two countries officially established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial-level on January 1, 1979.
Brzezinski was then US President Jimmy Carter's national security advisor from 1977 to 1981, and made important contributions to the normalization of Sino-US relations.
Xi said his visit is aimed at implementing the important consensuses reached by Chinese President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart Barack Obama during Hu's visit to the United States in January last year and advancing the Sino-US cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit.
He added that this year marks the 40th anniversary of Nixon's visit to China and the issuance of the Shanghai Communique, noting that the development of the bilateral ties has exceeded the expectations of many people.
As the international situation is witnessing complex and profound changes, Sino-US cooperation and coordination has become all the more crucial and vital, Xi said.
He also noted that building a cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit is a strategic decision made by both countries' presidents on the basis of an objective assessment of the Sino-US mutual strategic interests and the world situation.
It is vital to substantially implement the decision so as to maintain a stable and sustained development of the bilateral relations, Xi said.
Xi put forward a four-point proposal on boosting the cooperative partnership between the two countries.
Firstly, he said, the two sides should take history as a mirror.
The four-decade development of Sino-US relations has proved four pieces of historic experience: shared interests serve as the impetus; the three joint communiques signed between the two sides provide institutional guarantee; mutual understanding and strategic trust are important prerequisites; the innovative spirit of keeping abreast of the times is the driving force, Xi said.
"All the experience is well worth cherishing and should continue to be followed," Xi said.
Secondly, he said, both sides should adopt a long-term perspective.
To build a cooperative partnership between China and the United States is a great try in the establishment of ties between world powers, which concerns the benefits of people of both countries and the goodness of the whole world at large, Xi said.
The vice president believed that no insightful Americans from any walk of life would like to see regrettable after-effects caused by US election factors to the development of Sino-US ties.
Thirdly, he said, the two sides should respect each other and build mutual trust.
China firmly adheres to the path of peaceful development, and "we hold frank, sincere and consistent views regarding the development of Sino-US relations," Xi said.
He said China hopes the US side could view it in an objective and rational way, and adopt concrete measures to promote mutual trust, especially to properly and discreetly handle the issues concerning the core interests of China.
Fourthly, Xi said, the two sides should achieve mutual benefits and win-win results.
Bilateral trade volume hit US$440 billion last year, reflecting the essential feature of bilateral economic and trade cooperation with complementary advantages and win-win results.
"We should deal with friction and differences in bilateral economic and trade cooperation in the spirit of seeking mutual benefits and win-win results through a positive and constructive way," Xi said.
Kissinger and other former US officials extended their warm greetings to Xi, saying that Xi's visit is of vital importance to the US-China relations.
They said the US-China relations are at a new historic starting point, and it is very important for the two countries to enhance cooperation in the face of an increasingly complex world.
They believed that promoting the US-China cooperative partnership is beneficial not only to both countries, but also to the world at large.
Among these former US officials are former US secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright, former US treasury secretary Henry Paulson, former US national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft and Sandy Berger, and former US secretary of labor Elaine Chao.
It was Xi's first major event after he arrived in the US capital yesterday afternoon for an official visit to the United States.
During the meeting, Xi lauded the former US officials' contributions to bilateral relations.
Kissinger made a secret visit to China in July 1971, paving the way for a groundbreaking 1972 summit meeting in Beijing between then US President Richard Nixon and China's late Chairman Mao Zedong. The visit opened a door for Sino-US relations that had been closed for many years.
The two countries officially established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial-level on January 1, 1979.
Brzezinski was then US President Jimmy Carter's national security advisor from 1977 to 1981, and made important contributions to the normalization of Sino-US relations.
Xi said his visit is aimed at implementing the important consensuses reached by Chinese President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart Barack Obama during Hu's visit to the United States in January last year and advancing the Sino-US cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit.
He added that this year marks the 40th anniversary of Nixon's visit to China and the issuance of the Shanghai Communique, noting that the development of the bilateral ties has exceeded the expectations of many people.
As the international situation is witnessing complex and profound changes, Sino-US cooperation and coordination has become all the more crucial and vital, Xi said.
He also noted that building a cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit is a strategic decision made by both countries' presidents on the basis of an objective assessment of the Sino-US mutual strategic interests and the world situation.
It is vital to substantially implement the decision so as to maintain a stable and sustained development of the bilateral relations, Xi said.
Xi put forward a four-point proposal on boosting the cooperative partnership between the two countries.
Firstly, he said, the two sides should take history as a mirror.
The four-decade development of Sino-US relations has proved four pieces of historic experience: shared interests serve as the impetus; the three joint communiques signed between the two sides provide institutional guarantee; mutual understanding and strategic trust are important prerequisites; the innovative spirit of keeping abreast of the times is the driving force, Xi said.
"All the experience is well worth cherishing and should continue to be followed," Xi said.
Secondly, he said, both sides should adopt a long-term perspective.
To build a cooperative partnership between China and the United States is a great try in the establishment of ties between world powers, which concerns the benefits of people of both countries and the goodness of the whole world at large, Xi said.
The vice president believed that no insightful Americans from any walk of life would like to see regrettable after-effects caused by US election factors to the development of Sino-US ties.
Thirdly, he said, the two sides should respect each other and build mutual trust.
China firmly adheres to the path of peaceful development, and "we hold frank, sincere and consistent views regarding the development of Sino-US relations," Xi said.
He said China hopes the US side could view it in an objective and rational way, and adopt concrete measures to promote mutual trust, especially to properly and discreetly handle the issues concerning the core interests of China.
Fourthly, Xi said, the two sides should achieve mutual benefits and win-win results.
Bilateral trade volume hit US$440 billion last year, reflecting the essential feature of bilateral economic and trade cooperation with complementary advantages and win-win results.
"We should deal with friction and differences in bilateral economic and trade cooperation in the spirit of seeking mutual benefits and win-win results through a positive and constructive way," Xi said.
Kissinger and other former US officials extended their warm greetings to Xi, saying that Xi's visit is of vital importance to the US-China relations.
They said the US-China relations are at a new historic starting point, and it is very important for the two countries to enhance cooperation in the face of an increasingly complex world.
They believed that promoting the US-China cooperative partnership is beneficial not only to both countries, but also to the world at large.
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