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Wen: China's development 'threats nobody'
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-11-21 08:21 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting US
President George W. Bush at noon Sunday that China's development will "threat
nobody".
Premier Wen Jiabao
meets with visiting US President George W. Bush November 20, 2005 in
Beijing. [Xinhua] | During a meeting in the
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Wen said to know more about China and its domestic
and foreign policies will help develop relations with China.
He said China is still an economically undeveloped country and the large
population and unbalanced development constitute its basic condition.
China's modernization requires lasting and unremitting efforts,which demands
China to stick firmly to a peaceful development path and to strive for creating
a peaceful international environment, said the premier.
This is China's strategic choice in line with its own development and it is
not only in the fundamental interests of the Chinese people, but also conducive
to the rest of the world, said Wen.
He said that reform and opening-up is a major decision that will determine
China's fate, and China will push forward unswervingly various reforms covering
economic, political, cultural and social management systems.
He said China's goal is to build a prosperous, strong, democratic and
culturally advanced country, and China's stability and development constitute
great contributions to human progress and world economic growth.
The Chinese government will continue to abide by an independent foreign
policy of peace, develop friendship and reciprocal cooperation with all
countries in the world including the United States on the basis of the Five
Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, and play a more positive role in
international affairs so as to make its own contribution to world peace,
security and cooperation, said Wen.
On bilateral relations, Wen pointed to the sound development momentum of
bilateral ties with fruitful cooperation in such fields as economy, trade,
science, technology and culture, and increasingly close coordination in areas of
anti-terrorism, nuclear nonproliferation, regional hot spots and combating
cross-border crimes.
He said China is the biggest developing country and the United States is the
biggest developed country, and the two countries areboth permanent members of
the United Nations Security Council and members of important international
organizations.
To maintain a sound and stable Sino-US relationship directly concerns world
peace and prosperity, the premier said, adding that facts have proven that
bilateral common interests are increasing instead of decreasing.
Wen said bilateral constructive and cooperative relations willbe continued so
long as the two sides treat bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term
perspective, respect and take into consideration each other's concerns and
properly handle differences.
As for bilateral economic and trade ties, Wen said the rapid growth of
bilateral reciprocal economic and trade cooperation has not only brought about
substantial benefits to the two peoples, but also promoted Asia-Pacific and
world economic growth.
He stressed that the two countries should further expand and deepen bilateral
economic and trade cooperation in the spirit of "development, equality and
reciprocity", and constantly strengthen dialogues and cooperation in such areas
as macroeconomic policy, trade and finance, on the basis of making full use of
existing consultation and cooperation mechanisms.
Wen also called for more bilateral cooperation, especially in such fields as
energy, public health and environmental protection,and strengthen dialogues and
consultations on international economic policy and maintain the world free trade
system.
China and the United States should properly resolve problems emerging from
bilateral cooperation through dialogues on an equal footing and friendly
consultations, so as to achieve a mutually beneficial and win-win situation, Wen
said.
Bush said the United States and China share much "common interests" and
bilateral relations should be continuously strengthened.
He said both sides expressed their willingness to increase dialogues in a
cordial manner with regard to bilateral differences.
Bush voiced his attention to bilateral trade imbalance, saying that the two
sides should make joint efforts to develop the China-US trade ties. He also
pointed out that the two countries have conducted sound cooperation in
international and regional affairs.
The two sides also exchanged views on some major international issues.
After the meeting, Wen held a working luncheon for Bush, during which they
held in-depth talks on measures to further enhance China-US reciprocal
cooperation and reached much consensus.
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