First Observation | President Xi Jinping explains China’s development in detail to American people

Video: First Observation｜President Xi Jinping explains China’s development in detail to American people

Source: Xinhua News Agency

　　On the morning of March 27, President Xi Jinping met collectively with representatives from the U.S. business community and strategic academia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

　　This is President Xi Jinping’s first face-to-face communication with American people in Beijing since the meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States in San Francisco in November 2023.

On March 27, President Xi Jinping met collectively with representatives from the U.S. business community and strategic academia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Hong

　　For a long time, the U.S. business community has been the backbone of China-U.S. cooperation, and there are many insightful people in the strategic academia who have actively provided advice and suggestions for the development of Sino-U.S. relations. Nearly 20 heavyweights from the United States attended the meeting. President Xi Jinping's cordial meeting with them as spring blossoms is of great significance in promoting the sustained, stable and healthy development of Sino-US relations.

　　During the meeting, President Xi Jinping introduced China's economic development situation to the American people, explained China's development path and domestic and foreign policies, and had in-depth exchanges with them on a series of important issues in China-U.S. relations.

(1) Talking about China’s development: China’s economy is healthy and sustainable

　　As the world's second largest economy, China's economic development has attracted widespread attention from the international community. What is the development trend of China's economy? How do you view the difficult challenges we are currently facing? Can China successfully achieve its main expected development goals this year? People from all walks of life in the United States, including the business community, are looking forward to hearing President Xi Jinping’s authoritative interpretation.

　　"China's economy is healthy and sustainable" and "China's development prospects are bright. We have the confidence and confidence" - President Xi Jinping's important assertions are not only supported by solid data, but also derived from profound revelations from history.

On March 27, President Xi Jinping met collectively with representatives from the U.S. business community and strategic academia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Hong

　　In fact, various discussions on China's development have always been the norm in the international public opinion field. Faced with various arguments, China's attitude has always been to take it calmly and concentrate on running its own affairs. As an old Chinese saying goes: "How can you not grow crops if you listen to the cries of crickets?" President Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that China's development has gone through various difficulties and challenges to get to where it is today, and it has not collapsed in the past because of the "China collapse theory" , and now it will not peak due to the "China peaking theory".

　　China's development is on the right path, which is the source of our confidence. This correct path is to continue to promote high-quality development and continue to promote Chinese-style modernization. The huge potential of China's economy is contained in the pursuit of a happier and better life by more than 1.4 billion people, in the resilience and determination of the Chinese nation, and in its many advantages such as ultra-large-scale market demand. Therefore, we must Overcome difficulties and move forward steadily.

(2) Talking about reform and opening up: U.S. companies are welcome to continue investing in China, deepening their cultivation in China, and winning in China

　　Recently, with the 2024 annual meeting of the China Development Forum and the first landmark event of "Invest in China" being held one after another, business people from various countries, including those from the United States, have gathered in China to carry out "business travel" and personally Feel the vitality of China's high-quality development and the vast opportunities of high-level opening up. "Investing in China means investing in the future" has become their common expression.

　　China has relied on reform and opening up to get where it is today, and it will also rely on reform and opening up to move into the future. This year is another important year for comprehensively deepening reforms. President Xi Jinping pointed out during the meeting that China's reform will not stop and its opening up will not stop. We are planning and implementing a series of major measures to comprehensively deepen reforms, continue to build a market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment, and provide broader development space for enterprises from all over the world, including American enterprises.

On March 27, President Xi Jinping met collectively with representatives from the U.S. business community and strategic academia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen

　　Blackstone Group, Bloomberg Group, FedEx, Qualcomm... Many representatives of the American business community who participated in the collective meeting are China's long-term partners. By deeply cultivating China, they have not only contributed to China's development, but also achieved the development of the company itself. President Xi Jinping’s exchanges with them clearly demonstrated that no matter how the international situation evolves, China’s attitude of openness and cooperation has always been consistent.

　　Sino-US economic and trade relations have seen some new situations and changes in recent years. In a world intertwined with events, in the face of Sino-US economic and trade relations, where we are part of each other and we are part of you, President Xi Jinping pointed out that "mutual respect, mutual benefit, equal consultation", "acting in accordance with economic laws and market rules" and "respecting each other" "the right to development" is worthy of in-depth consideration by the United States, so as to make the right choice that is in the common interests of the business communities of the two countries.

(3) Talking about Sino-US coexistence: Promoting the sustained, stable and healthy development of Sino-US relations

　　Ellison, the founding dean of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, who attended the meeting and spoke on the spot, proposed the "Thucydides Trap" theory in 2012 based on his observation of the relationship between emerging powers and established powers in history. In recent years, as he has deepened his understanding of the new type of major-country relations and the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by President Xi Jinping, Allison has had new thoughts on the way major powers get along with each other, and believes that Chinese culture is "more sensible." The "Thucydides Trap" is not inevitable, and is also the consensus of many people in the U.S. business community and strategic academic circles who participated in the meeting.

Five representatives from the U.S. business community and strategic academia attended the meeting and spoke. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen

　　The long river of history is endless. Each generation has its own fate and each generation has its own mission. "China-US relations cannot return to the past, but they can have a better future." President Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out during the meeting that whether China and the United States cooperate or confront each other has a bearing on the well-being of the two peoples and the future and destiny of mankind. China and the United States' respective successes are opportunities for each other. As long as both sides regard each other as partners, respect each other, coexist peacefully and cooperate for win-win results, Sino-US relations will get better.

　　Sino-US relations should be stabilized and improved. This is the biggest consensus reached by the heads of state of China and the US during their meeting in San Francisco, and it is also the common aspiration of people from all walks of life in both countries. Moving forward along the path set by this vision requires the pooling of efforts from all parties. As President Xi Jinping pointed out, the history of Sino-US relations is a history of friendly exchanges between the two peoples. The past was written by the people, and the future must be created by the people.

　　From close exchanges and interactions with friendly people in the United States through letters and other means, to meetings with people from all walks of life and representatives from various fields in the United States, President Xi Jinping has always encouraged and supported more contacts and exchanges between people from all walks of life in the two countries. During the meeting on the 27th, the reporter noticed that during President Xi Jinping’s speech, the American people frequently nodded in agreement and picked up a pen to take notes from time to time. I believe that through continued and in-depth exchanges, continuous accumulation of consensus, enhanced trust, elimination of interference, and deepened cooperation, China-US relations will be able to achieve steady and long-term development, injecting more stability and positive energy into both countries and the world.

　　Planning: Huo Xiaoguang

　　Producers: Zhang Xudong, Ju Peng

　　Main writer: Yang Yijun

　　Coordinator: Liu Hua, Qiu Hongjie, Wang Yu, Wu Jingjing

　　Video reporters: Yang Yijun, Zhang Wen

　　Photographers: Huang Jingwen, Shen Hong

　　Video editors: Yang Mu, Zhao Bo

　　Vision｜Editors: Zhang Huihui, Jia Yining

　　Internally produced by Xinhua News Agency

　　Produced by Xinhua News Agency First Studio