"There are many old friends today, many of whom we met in San Francisco last November; there are also some new faces, but the names are still familiar." On March 27, a group meeting with the American business community and strategic academics was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. When meeting representatives from all over the world, President Xi Jinping said cordially that everyone visited China at the dawn of spring to carry out exchanges, enhance understanding, promote cooperation, and inject positive energy into Sino-US relations.

　　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.

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

　　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. 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. "Micro Observation of Current Affairs" explains it for you.

——China’s economy is healthy and sustainable

　　"China's development has gone through various difficulties and challenges to get to where it is today. It did not collapse because of the 'China collapse theory' in the past, and it will not peak because of the 'China peak theory' now." President Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out during the meeting.

　　It is true that there have been various discussions in the international public opinion field regarding China's development. In the face of different voices, China insists on letting facts and achievements speak for itself, continues to promote high-quality development, and continues to advance Chinese-style modernization, which not only allows the Chinese people to continue to live a better life, but also makes greater contributions to the sustainable development of the world.

　　Nearly 20 heavyweights from the United States attended this meeting. Among them, representatives from the business community are involved in industries ranging from information technology, food processing to transportation and logistics, cultural tourism, etc., covering many aspects of Sino-US economic and trade cooperation.

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

　　A group of American corporate executives, including Apple and Blackstone, arrived in China for a visit first, hoping to expand investment and production in China and promising to strictly abide by Chinese laws and regulations. This is enough to show that American companies attach great importance to the Chinese market.

　　Against the background of various forms of "decoupling, breaking links," and "high walls" pursued by US politicians, these American executives' intensive visits to China have a common purpose, which is to share and seize China's development opportunities.

　　Take the US company Qualcomm as an example. Over the past 30 years, Qualcomm has built strong, trusting and mutually beneficial relationships with its Chinese partners. Today, Qualcomm does not simply view China as a market, but as an opportunity. The combination of Qualcomm and China’s innovation ecosystem is creating opportunities for win-win cooperation.

△Qualcomm’s booth at the 6th China International Import Expo

　　The day before the meeting, relevant Chinese departments released a number of economic data for the first two months of this year - the total retail sales of consumer goods was 8.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%; the import and export of goods was 6.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.7%, and the scale reached a record high A new high for the same period in history... A series of eye-catching data released a positive signal that China's economy continues to rebound and improve.

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

——China and the United States have more common interests

　　"Whether it is traditional fields such as economy, trade, agriculture, or emerging fields such as climate change and artificial intelligence, China and the United States should be a boost to each other's development, rather than a hindrance." During the meeting, President Xi Jinping pointed out that under the current situation, the relationship between China and the United States The common interests are not less, but more.

　　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 experience China's high-quality development first-hand Vigorous vitality and broad opportunities for high-level opening up.

△There are more than 110 overseas representatives participating in the 2024 annual meeting of the China Development Forum.

　　Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, said that the number of U.S. multinational CEOs participating in the China Development Forum this year has increased significantly compared with last year, which has created "a more favorable atmosphere." "The main reason behind this significant growth is that more American entrepreneurs want to understand the direction of China's economic policies."

　　Recently, China has launched a series of major measures to expand high-level opening-up. It has released the national version and the free trade pilot zone version of the negative list for cross-border trade in services; it will comprehensively cancel restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing sector, and in fields such as medical care and value-added telecommunications. Carry out access pilot projects; encourage and support foreign-funded enterprises to invest in China's green economy, digital economy and health industry.

　　During the meeting, President Xi Jinping emphasized that 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 companies from all over the world, including U.S. companies. .

　　"U.S. companies are welcome to participate more in the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road', participate in large-scale economic and trade events such as the China International Import Expo, and continue to invest in China, deepen China, and win in China." President Xi Jinping issued a new invitation during the meeting.

——The future of Sino-US relations must be created by the people

　　"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." During the meeting, President Xi Jinping quoted the saying "Being good is like ascending, and being evil is like falling." , hoping that people from all walks of life in the two countries will have more contacts and exchanges, continue to accumulate consensus and enhance trust.

　　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.

　　Last November, at a joint welcome banquet of American friendship groups held in San Francisco, President Xi Jinping stated that in order to expand exchanges between the people of China and the United States, especially the younger generation, China is willing to invite 50,000 American teenagers to come to China for exchange and study in the next five years.

△In the "Friends Come from Afar" Sino-US youth exchange event, Chinese guzheng masters on-site guided teenagers to experience guzheng playing.

　　On March 18, as part of the exchange and study of 50,000 American teenagers in China, the "Friends Come from Afar" Sino-US youth exchange event jointly organized by China Central Radio and Television and the U.S.-China Youth Student Exchange Association was held in Beijing. Teenagers sang Chinese and English songs such as "Jasmine Flower", "Stay with Me", "On the Field of Hope", and used singing and laughter to better understand different cultures.

　　Fuzhou, Fujian Province, has also recently welcomed a group of young American guests.

　　How tall is this thousand-year-old cedar tree? Is the century-old swimming pool still available? Where did the name of Haicai come from? On March 25, the spring weather was perfect in Guling. Teenagers from Oregon, USA, and Chinese students walked along the Guling Centennial Story Corridor. They visited carefully and asked questions to the guides. Young people from the two countries experienced Guling's century-old history of Sino-foreign exchanges, learned about Sino-US exchanges, talked about their expectations and hopes, and continued the "Guling Story" of friendly people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States.

△On March 25, students from the School of Foreign Languages ​​of Fuzhou University (front right) and students from the University of the Pacific (front left) strolled and exchanged views on Guling Old Street in Fuzhou.

　　Starting from March 31, Chinese and American airlines can operate a total of 100 scheduled passenger flights per week... The vitality of people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States is constantly increasing.

　　Beijing in March is full of spring. During this meeting, President Xi Jinping also took a group photo with representatives from the U.S. business community and strategic academia in front of the "Wuyi Spring" painting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

　　As President Xi Jinping said: "China-US relations cannot return to the past, but they can have a better future." 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, China-US relations will get better.