Third, continue to expand and deepen China-U.S. mutually beneficial cooperation. China-U.S. cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature. The two sides should expand and deepen exchanges and cooperation on business, energy, environment, agriculture, law enforcement and culture in a more pragmatic and effective manner. China and the United States should strengthen cooperation on energy and infrastructure construction, forge new cooperation highlights, open new cooperation areas, inject fresh vigor into the bilateral relations and bring more benefits to the two peoples. At present, both China and the United States are faced with the tasks of adjusting economic structure and boosting growth and the bilateral business cooperation embraces major opportunities of further growth. Problems emerging in the process of business cooperation should be properly handled by the two sides through equal consultations and in the spirit of mutual understanding and mutual benefit.

Fourth, keep close communication and coordination in international affairs. It is the integral component of China-U.S. cooperative partnership to meet challenges and shoulder responsibilities together in international affairs. China and the United States should carry forward the spirit of mutual help, strengthen coordination on macroeconomic policies and jointly promote the stable recovery of world economy. The two sides should further step up communication on the Korean Peninsula situation, the Iranian nuclear issue and other hotspot issues, advance cooperation on such global challenges as climate change, anti-terrorism, anti-proliferation, energy resources, public health and food security and safeguard world peace, stability and development. Asia Pacific is the area where the interests of China and the United States are mostly converged and should be able to become a major arena of the bilateral cooperation. The two sides should be committed to promoting stability and prosperity in Asia Pacific, boosting the open and inclusive regional cooperation and building a pattern of positive interaction and win-win cooperation in Asia Pacific.

Fifth, promote the people-to-people contacts between the two countries in a flexible way. The long-term, stable and solid development of China-U.S. cooperative partnership requires the wide support and active participation of all the sectors and people of the two countries. China and the United States should take more flexible approaches to encourage civil organizations, businesses, think tanks, media organizations and youth as well as provinces, states and cities of both sides to strengthen exchanges, allow more people to become the participants, supporters and beneficiaries of China-U.S. relations and provide endless vigor for the development of bilateral cooperative partnership.

It is the common responsibility of both China and the United States and the common aspiration of the international community to maintain and develop China-U.S. cooperative partnership. China is willing to join hands with the United States to open a path of relations between big powers featured by mutual respect and mutual benefit in line with the call of the times and the interests of both sides and create a better tomorrow of the bilateral relations.

(A signed article of Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi published in Qiushi magazine)