[Commentary] From March 20th to 22nd, the 2021 China Development Forum will be held in Beijing.

On the morning of the 20th, the guests at the meeting reviewed and discussed the past and future of Sino-US relations.

　　Fifty years ago, Sino-US relations had not yet broken the ice.

Kissinger, then the assistant to the US president for national security affairs, quietly got out of the plane to Beijing on the grounds of "sudden stomachache" when he visited Pakistan.

The secret meeting between China and the United States, which affects the two countries and the world, opened the curtain.

Fifty years later, Sino-US relations have reached an important juncture again.

The think tanks attending the meeting believed that the greatest enlightenment from history to the present is that the two countries have no reason for confrontation, and that managing differences and pragmatic cooperation are the only options.

　　[Concurrent] Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

　　Fundamentally speaking, the two major societies in the United States and China have different cultures and different histories, so sometimes they have different views on certain things.

But at the same time, modern technology, globalization, and the global economy require both parties to make greater efforts to cooperate than ever before, because world peace and prosperity depend on the understanding between the two societies.

　　[Explanation] As for how to cooperate, the participants thought that there are two key words: first, pragmatic; second, constructive.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Baijia, former deputy director of the Party History Research Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

　　After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, my father Zhang Wenjin became China's ambassador to the United States. During his tenure, Sino-US relations have gone from cold to warm. This change is the result of the joint efforts of both sides.

(Farewell) Dr. Kissinger said such a passage, he said, "The two countries of China and the United States have different ideologies, but because of some common interests they are united and deal with each other, but they have no illusions about the limits of cooperation. At the same time, we are determined to carry out this kind of cooperation as much as possible within a limited range." I think it is this kind of realism attitude of both sides that enables the continuous development of Sino-US relations, and this kind of realism attitude is also needed now. of.

　　[Explanation] Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said frankly that U.S.-China relations in the 21st century should be constructive. As the two largest economies in the world, the U.S. and China should conduct bilateral and multilateral cooperation from the perspective of mutual interests. Only in this way can we solve the problems that affect the relations between the two countries.

　　[Concurrent] Former US Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin

　　First of all, we should realize that competition between the United States and China is inevitable, but competition itself is not a problem. Competition in any economy will actually bring benefits to ensure that the two sides can cooperate in a fair, just, and constructive manner.

We realize that we have different views on some issues, and we need to solve these issues constructively.

　　Reporter Liu Xuanting and Li Xiaoyu reporting from Beijing

Editor in charge: [Tian Boqun]