The fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress will hold a press conference at 12:00 on March 4 in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People. The spokesperson of the conference will answer questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on the agenda of the conference and the work of the National People's Congress.

　　Bloomberg: The U.S. Congress has just passed the "American Competition Act", and is currently preparing to pass the "American Chip Act". The purpose is to enhance the ability of the United States to compete with China in semiconductor and other industries.

How will such legislation affect US-China relations?

Will China respond with similar legislation?

　　Zhang Yesui: In November last year, President Xi Jinping held a video meeting with President Biden. They had full and in-depth communication and exchanges on the strategic, overall and fundamental issues of the development of China-US relations, as well as important issues of common concern.

　　China's policy towards the US is consistent and clear.

A stable China-US relationship is not only conducive to the development of China and the United States, but also conducive to maintaining a peaceful and stable international environment, and is conducive to effectively addressing global challenges such as climate change and the new crown virus epidemic.

Mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation should be the correct way for China and the US to get along in the new era.

　　The key to peaceful coexistence is mutual respect, including respecting the political system and development path chosen by each other, respecting each other's core interests and major concerns, and respecting the basic norms of international relations such as non-interference in internal affairs.

Win-win cooperation is in the fundamental interests of the two countries and the two peoples, and is also the expectation of the international community.

　　Regarding the competition bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, I would like to stress that how the U.S. improves its competitiveness, including chip R&D and manufacturing capabilities, is its own business.

However, using China's development as an excuse to treat China as a strategic competitor will only undermine the mutual trust and cooperation between China and the United States, and will certainly harm the self-interest of the United States.

　　I would also like to emphasize one more point. Drawing lines with ideology, pulling "small circles" and engaging in group confrontation are all contrary to the trend of the times and are not feasible at all.

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