Wang Yi Exchanges Views with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken on China-U.S. Relations at Request

　　China News Service, February 22. According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 22, 2022, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Blinken at the invitation.

　　Blinken first congratulated on the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the great achievements of Chinese athletes.

Wang Yi congratulated the American athletes for their good results in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and said that the Chinese and American athletes have friendly interactions, mutual encouragement and common improvement, which fully embodies the Olympic spirit.

　　Wang Yi said that the most important thing in grasping and advancing China-US relations is to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state.

China is willing to effectively manage differences and stabilize Sino-US relations in line with the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation put forward by President Xi Jinping.

Recently, the United States launched the so-called new version of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy", publicly listed China as the top regional challenge, and tried to include "Taiwan to control China" into the US regional strategy, which is obviously sending a wrong signal of containment and containment of China.

There is competition and cooperation between China and the United States. We cannot simply use competition to define bilateral relations.

Some U.S. officials have advocated a long-term and fierce competition with China, which is likely to evolve into a full-scale confrontation between China and the United States.

China once again urges the United States to take concrete actions to reflect the series of commitments made by President Biden.

　　Wang Yi said that in a few days, it will be the 50th anniversary of the publication of the China-US "Shanghai Communiqué".

The spirit of the "Shanghai Communiqué" still has strong practical significance for today's Sino-US relations.

It is hoped that the US side will review the original intention of China and the US to break the ice, return to a rational and pragmatic understanding of China, and jointly push China-US relations back to the right track of healthy and stable development.

　　Blinken said, as President Biden has said many times, the United States does not seek to engage in a new Cold War, does not seek to change China's system, opposes "Taiwan independence", and has no intention of confrontation with China.