China News Service, January 22. According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, on January 21, Qin Gang, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, accepted the thank-you nameplate and commemorative jacket from the Massachusetts Port Authority and the North American International Dock Workers Association at the embassy.
In his thank you speech, Ambassador Qin said that China-US cooperation can not only accomplish great things that are beneficial to the two countries and the world, but also bring tangible benefits to a city like Boston, as well as thousands of workers and people. benefits and opportunities.
Ambassador Qin Gang was giving a speech.
Image source: Website of the Chinese Embassy in the United States
The head of the Boston Port Authority, Melan, delivered a warm speech on behalf of the Massachusetts Port Authority.
Merlin said that the Boston Harbor has cooperated with COSCO Group for 20 years, creating a large number of jobs in Massachusetts and New England, which is a perfect example of the economic and trade cooperation between the United States and China.
I believe and look forward to the further development of bilateral cooperation in the future.
Mei Lan presented Ambassador Qin Gang with a nameplate engraved with the words "Massachusetts Port Authority would like to pay tribute to Ambassador Qin Gang for the establishment of cooperative relations between the People's Republic of China and the Port of Boston and for the contributions made to the workers and business community in New England."
On behalf of the more than 9,000 dockworkers at the Port of Boston and their tens of thousands of family members, O'Donnell, Vice Chairman of the North American International Dockworkers Association, presented Ambassador Qin Gang with a jacket with the association's logo, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to Chinese companies for their long-term contributions to Boston. .
Ambassador Qin Gang happily accepted the nameplate and happily put on the dock worker jacket.
In his thank you speech, he said that he welcomes guests from all over Boston, and your visit brings a new wind to Washington.
The honor you conferred belongs to Chinese companies and to all those who have long been committed to promoting the cooperation between COSCO Group and Boston Harbor.
Qin Gang pointed out that this year marks the 20th anniversary of COSCO Group's launch of the Boston route.
The cooperation between COSCO and the Port of Boston has brought employment and vitality to the local area, and has also helped Chinese enterprises to improve their operating standards.
Over the past 40 years of China's reform and opening up, the United States has deeply participated in China's development and has also gained huge benefits from China's development.
Sino-US trade has provided American consumers with a wealth of first-class, affordable goods, and has supported 2.6 million jobs in the United States.
China and the United States have long formed a de facto community of interests.
Qin Gang stressed that this year marks the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.
The history of the past half century tells us that China-US cooperation can not only accomplish great things that are beneficial to both countries and the world, but also bring tangible benefits to a city like Boston, a city with a port, and thousands of workers and ordinary people. interests and opportunities.
And if China and the US fall into conflict and confrontation, fight a trade war and a "new cold war", it will be a great power political tragedy with no winners, and it will be an unbearable burden for every ordinary person.
In the face of global challenges such as fighting the epidemic, restarting the economy, stabilizing industrial and supply chains, and addressing climate change, China and the United States have no choice but to unite and cooperate, which is also the common expectation of the international community.
Both China and the United States should regain the original intention of melting ice, implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, and follow the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, so as to bring bilateral relations back on track, and inject long-awaited stability and certainty into the world.