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A summit with "political overtones"

In the late 1980s, with the end of the Cold War, the international situation gradually eased, and the trend of economic globalization, trade and investment liberalization and regional grouping gradually became a trend. For example, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for promoting economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment among various regions in the Asia-Pacific region, and its main role is to promote regional trade and investment liberalization. Strengthen economic and technical cooperation among members. The group has 21 members: China, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

From the results of the last Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, ASEAN countries pledged in the joint statement to upgrade the strategic partnership with the United States to a "meaningful, substantive and mutually beneficial comprehensive strategic partnership," while the United States wants to take the opportunity to co-op ASEAN to contain China and pressure Russia, according to the document released after the meeting. Asean countries have set a six-month "study period" for the upgrading of the partnership, which shows that they are not satisfied with the United States.

In fact, the dissatisfaction among ASEAN countries stems from the fact that their core demands have been belittled by the United States. Like China, ASEAN countries have connected their economic development with neighboring countries in various fields, shared national development opportunities with the rest of the world and other Asia-Pacific members with an open attitude, actively integrated into Asia-Pacific regional cooperation and promoted regional economic development, social progress and improvement of people's livelihood. Among them, as a supporter of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, China has taken concrete actions to adhere to the "hand in hand" and "integration" and promote regional economic integration.

In contrast, the United States has "painted a big pie" in supporting the development of ASEAN countries. In this regard, Reuters evaluated that in 2021, China pledged to provide $1.5 billion in development assistance to ASEAN over the next three years to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak and promote economic recovery, compared with the United States' input. Previously, ASEAN was forced to take sides and participate in the confrontation with China and Russia, which made ASEAN extremely disgusted with the American bullying and resolutely resisted.

Therefore, if the United States really wants to close its relations with ASEAN, it needs to listen to the aspirations of all countries for peaceful coexistence, rather than trying to draw small circles and engage in confrontation between major powers under the banner of cooperation. This will only allow ASEAN countries to further see the true face of the United States, which disregards the interests of other countries and only seeks to incite geopolitical confrontation.

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Washington's further sincerity

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Informal Meeting will be held in mid-November at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the largest international meeting San Francisco has hosted since the signing of the 1945 United Nations Charter. Tens of thousands of people, including leaders, ministers, business executives and journalists from 21 economies, will gather here to discuss cooperation. The theme of the meeting is "Strengthening Asia-Pacific Economic Integration for Inclusive and Sustainable Development", which will focus on trade and investment liberalization, digital economy, epidemic prevention and control, climate change and other issues for discussion and cooperation.

At the same time this meeting is not only under the framework of APEC, the organization within the rare opportunity for collective exchanges, but also an important communication opportunity between the United States and China. It is widely expected that at the APEC summit, the top leaders of China and the U.S. are likely to have another direct face-to-face meeting after a year, which may lead to a further easing of relations between the two powers.

The fact is also that both China and the U.S. have released goodwill to each other. on the eve of the APEC summit, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced that at the invitation of U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen, the U.S.-China economic and trade lead, He Lifeng, will embark on a five-day visit to the United States. This is following the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to the United States, the Chinese side is another high-level foreign affairs visit to the United States. The succession of intensive high-level talks between China and the U.S. in the fields of diplomacy, economics and trade, as well as consultations in areas such as arms control, has heightened speculation that these talks are expected to lay the groundwork for a possible meeting of the heads of state.

However, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said again on November 8 in response to a reporter's question that both China and the United States have agreed to make joint efforts toward the realization of the San Francisco heads of state meeting. At the same time, "to San Francisco" will not be a smooth road, can not rely on "autopilot". "will not be a smooth road", which means that the Chinese side of the "road to San Francisco" may face obstacles have a clear understanding; "can not rely on 'auto-pilot The phrase "not on 'autopilot'" is a way of urging the U.S. side to point out that there are still uncertainties surrounding the San Francisco summit, and that realizing it will require the U.S. side to show greater sincerity and more practical actions in line with China.

Finally, it is still sincerely hoped that through this summit, the leaders of China and the United States will be able to conduct in-depth exchanges and discussions on topics of mutual concern, so as to inject new impetus into the future development of China-US relations.

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The world has been suffering and China and America have been at odds with each other for a long time

The world today is intertwined with events, and the severe Sino-US relations have added some uncertainty to this volatile world. In February this year, China Central Radio and Television Station CGTN released a global online poll showing that 86.12% of global respondents believed that China-US relations should adhere to the principle of mutual benefit and win-win and abandon zero-sum games; 76.12% of respondents believed that Good Sino-US relations will be conducive to world peace, stability and lasting prosperity. At the end of April, former US Secretary of State Kissinger pointed out in an interview with the British Economist that the fate of mankind depends on whether China and the United States can coexist peacefully. Peace and progress between China and the United States are in the interests of both countries and the entire world.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States more than 40 years ago, there have been many precedents for win-win cooperation. For example, since the 1980s, the soybean industries of China and the United States have formed positive complementarities in many aspects: the United States' advantage lies in the production and sales of oil soybeans, which can be used for oil extraction and animal feed production, while China is in the production of food-grade soybeans. The variety and R&D advantages in the field are also very obvious. In April this year, the China-U.S. Soybean Product Application Value Chain Innovation Center was officially unveiled in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, and the cooperation between the two parties has become closer. For another example, China and the United States recently held an exchange meeting on jointly building the "Shanghai Port-Los Angeles Port Green Shipping Corridor" and reached multiple consensuses on exploring efforts to use clean fuels and reduce carbon emissions.

These all demonstrate the call and active exploration of Chinese and American enterprises to strengthen cooperation. On the occasion of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States, I believe that the United States can also uphold the greatest sincerity and truly promote mutual benefit between the two sides.