China And The United States Issued A Joint Statement &Nbsp; Proposed Strengthening Sino US Relations To Promote High-Level Exchanges.

1. at the invitation of President Barack Obama of United States of America, President Hu Jintao of the state of the United States paid a state visit to the United States from January 18th to twenty-one January 18th. During the visit, President Hu met with Vice President Joseph Biden, who will meet with US congressional leaders and visit Chicago.

2. the heads of state of the two countries reviewed the progress made in Sino US relations since President Obama paid a state visit to China in November, two, nine, nine, and reaffirmed their commitment to building a positive, cooperative and comprehensive Sino US relationship in twenty-first Century, which is in the interests of the two peoples and the international community. The two sides reiterated that the three Sino US joint communiques have laid the political foundation for bilateral relations and will continue to guide the development of bilateral relations. The two sides reaffirmed their respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The heads of state of the two countries also reaffirmed their commitment to the Sino US joint declaration in November two nine.

3., China and the United States are committed to working together to build a partnership of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation so as to advance the common interests of both countries and meet the opportunities and challenges of twenty-first Century. China and the United States are carrying out active cooperation in a wide range of fields such as security, economy, society, energy and environment. We need to further deepen bilateral contacts and coordination. The leaders of the two countries also agreed that more extensive and in-depth cooperation with international partners and institutions is needed to form and implement sustainable solutions and promote world peace, stability, prosperity and the well-being of all peoples.

　　 Strengthening Sino US relations

4. in view of the important common challenges facing China and the United States, China and the United States have decided to continue to build partnerships to promote common interests, address common concerns and emphasize international responsibilities. Leaders of the two countries realized that Sino US relations are both important and complex. China and the United States have become models for developing positive cooperative relations among different political systems, historical and cultural backgrounds and economic development levels. The two sides agreed to make further efforts to cultivate and deepen strategic mutual trust in order to strengthen bilateral relations. The two sides reaffirmed the need to deepen dialogue and expand pragmatic cooperation, recognizing the need to work together to resolve differences, expand consensus and strengthen coordination on a range of issues.

5. the US side reiterates that the United States welcomes a strong, prosperous, successful China that plays a greater role in international affairs. China welcomes the efforts of the United States as an Asia Pacific country to contribute to peace, stability and prosperity in the region. The leaders of the two countries supported the efforts to build a more stable, peaceful and prosperous Asia Pacific region through cooperation in twenty-first Century.

6. the two sides stressed the importance of the Taiwan issue in Sino US relations. The Chinese side emphasizes that the Taiwan issue involves China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and hopes that the US side will abide by its commitments and understand and support China's position on this issue. The US side expresses its adherence to the one China policy and adheres to the principles of the three Sino US joint communiques. The United States commends the economic cooperation framework agreement on both sides of the Taiwan Straits and welcomes new channels of communication between the two sides. The United States supports the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and expects the two sides to strengthen dialogue and interaction in the economic, political and other fields, and establish a more positive and stable relationship.

7. the two sides reiterated that despite the important differences between the two countries on human rights issues, both sides are committed to promoting and protecting human rights. The United States emphasizes that promoting human rights and democracy is an important part of US foreign policy. The Chinese side stressed that it is not necessary to interfere in the internal affairs of any country. China and the United States emphasize that all countries and peoples have the right to choose their own path of development. All countries should respect each other's development models. The two sides handle differences in human rights in the spirit of equality and mutual respect, promote and protect human rights in accordance with international instruments, and agree to hold the next round of Sino US dialogue on human rights before the third round of the Sino US strategic and economic dialogue.

8. China and the United States agreed to resume legal expert dialogue before the next round of human rights dialogue. The two sides also agreed to strengthen legal cooperation and rule of law exchanges between the two countries. The two countries are actively exploring exchanges and discussions on strengthening the role of women in society.

9. China and the United States confirm that a healthy, stable and reliable relationship between the two armies is an important part of President Hu Jintao's and President Obama's consensus on positive cooperation and comprehensive Sino US relations. The two sides agreed that it is necessary to strengthen substantive dialogues and communication at all levels so as to reduce misunderstandings, misunderstandings, misjudgments, enhance understanding, expand common interests and promote healthy, stable and reliable development of relations between the two armies. The two sides noted that US Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a successful visit to China earlier this month. The United States welcomes general Chen Bingde, chief of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, to visit the United States in the first half of two. The two sides reiterated that the defense consultation between the US and China, the defense ministry's work meeting and the maritime military security consultation mechanism will continue to serve as an important channel for the dialogue between the two armies. The two sides said they will continue to promote the seven consensus reached by the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of China in October two and the US Defense Secretary Gates on the development of relations between the two armies in October.

10. China and the United States agreed to take concrete actions to deepen dialogue and exchanges in the field of space. The US side invited the Chinese delegation to visit NASA headquarters and other suitable facilities in two to visit the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's fruitful visit to China in two. The two sides agreed to continue to discuss practical opportunities for cooperation in the field of space on the basis of transparency, reciprocity and mutual benefit.

11. the Sino US agreement on scientific and technological cooperation is one of the earliest bilateral agreements signed by the two countries. The two sides recognized the fruits achieved in the framework of the agreement and welcomed the signing of the extension agreement. China and the United States will continue to cooperate in a wide range of fields such as agriculture, health, energy, environment, fisheries, student exchanges and technological innovation, so as to enhance the well-being of both sides.

12. China and the United States welcome the progress made by the joint liaison group of law enforcement cooperation between China and the United States in strengthening law enforcement cooperation in many areas such as counter-terrorism. The two sides agreed to strengthen anti-corruption cooperation through bilateral and other means.

　　 Promoting high-level exchanges

13. the two sides believe that strong Sino US relations can not be separated from high-level exchanges. Close, frequent and in-depth dialogue is very important for promoting bilateral relations and international peace and development. In this spirit, the heads of state of the two countries look forward to meeting again in two, including the meeting of the APEC leaders' informal meeting held in Hawaii, us. China welcomes vice president Biden's visit to China in two. The United States welcomes vice president Xi Jinping's visit to the United States.

14. the two sides have actively evaluated the Sino US strategic and economic dialogue, a very important coordination mechanism between the two governments, and agreed to hold the third round of talks in Washington in two May. The strategic and economic dialogue has played an important role in helping the two countries build mutual trust. The two sides also agreed to hold the second round of high-level consultation on Sino US cultural exchanges in the spring of two, and the twenty-second China US Joint Commission on commerce and trade in China in the second half of two years. The two sides agreed that the two foreign ministers should maintain close communication through mutual visits and meetings.

15. the two sides stressed the importance of continued exchanges between the two parliaments, including the institutionalized exchanges between the National People's Congress and the US Senate and house of Representatives.

　　 Addressing regional and global challenges

16. the two sides believe that China and the United States share common interests in promoting peace and security in the Asia Pacific region and other regions, and agree to strengthen communication and coordination to deal with pressing regional and global challenges. The two sides are committed to taking actions to protect the global environment, to coordinate and cooperate on global issues, to maintain and promote the sustainable development of all countries and peoples. Specifically, China and the United States agree to enhance cooperation in the following areas: dealing with violent extremism, preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the proliferation of other weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, strengthening nuclear safety, eliminating infectious diseases and hunger, eradicating extreme poverty, challenging the climate change, fighting piracy, preventing and reducing disasters, coping with network security problems, cracking down on transnational crimes and combating trafficking in human beings. China and the United States will work together with other parties to strengthen cooperation and address common concerns and promote common interests.

17. China and the United States emphasize their commitment to the ultimate realization of a nuclear weapon free world and emphasize the need to strengthen the international nuclear non-proliferation regime in order to deal with such threats as nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. In this regard, the two sides support the early entry into force of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty, and reiterate their support for the early start of the Geneva Convention on the prohibition of the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons negotiations, and are willing to cooperate in this regard. The two sides noted the deepening of Sino US cooperation in the field of nuclear safety after the Nuclear Safety Summit in Washington, and signed a memorandum of understanding on establishing a nuclear security demonstration center in China.

18. China and the United States agreed that as the six - party talks' nine 19 'statement and the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council emphasized, maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula is crucial. The two sides expressed concern about the tense situation on the peninsula caused by recent developments. The two sides noted the close cooperation between the two countries on the Peninsula issue. China and the United States emphasize the importance of improving the relations between the two sides of the peninsula. They believe that a sincere and constructive dialogue between the two Koreas is a very important step. In view of the importance of the denuclearization of the peninsula on maintaining peace and stability in Northeast Asia, the two sides reiterated that it is necessary to take effective and effective steps to achieve the goal of denuclearization and fully implement other commitments in the "nine. 19" joint statement of the six party talks. Against this background, China and the United States are concerned about the North Korea's uranium enrichment program. The two sides oppose all activities that violate the "nine. 19" joint statement and related international obligations and commitments of the six party talks. The two sides called for the necessary steps to resume the six party talks as soon as possible to solve this problem and other related issues.

19. China and the United States reaffirm their commitment to seeking a comprehensive and long-term solution to the Iran nuclear issue, so as to rebuild the confidence of the international community in Iran's nuclear program being limited to peaceful purposes. Both sides agree that Iran has the right to make peaceful use of nuclear energy in accordance with the Treaty on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons, while Iran should also fulfill its corresponding international obligations under the treaty. The two sides called for the full implementation of all relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council. The two sides welcome and will actively participate in the six nations and Iran process, and emphasize that all parties, including Iran, should be committed to a constructive dialogue process.

20. the two sides agreed to give full support to the north south peace process in Sultan, including the comprehensive and effective implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement. The two sides stressed that all parties should respect the outcome of the referendum on freedom, fairness and transparency. China and the United States are concerned about the Darfur issue and believe that further progress should be made in promoting the political process in Darfur, so as to facilitate the early and comprehensive resolution of the problem. Keeping peace and stability throughout the region is in the interests of both China and the United States.

21. the two sides agreed to strengthen communication and coordination in the Asia Pacific region in the spirit of mutual respect and cooperation and to promote peace, stability and prosperity through multilateral agencies and other Asian Pacific countries. {page_break}

　　 Building a comprehensive and mutually beneficial economic partnership

22. President Hu Jintao and President Obama realized that joint efforts to build a mutually beneficial and win-win economic partnership are extremely important to the two countries and the world economy. The leaders of the two countries agreed to promote comprehensive economic cooperation and rely on the existing dialogue mechanism to further establish the framework of comprehensive economic cooperation in the third round of the Sino US strategic and economic dialogue, which will be held in May this year.

23. to promote strong, sustainable and balanced growth in the two countries and the world economy, the two sides agreed to strengthen macroeconomic policy communication and cooperation:

(1) the United States will focus on reducing the medium-term federal deficit, ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability and vigilant against excessive fluctuations in exchange rates. The Fed has taken important steps in recent years to enhance its clarity of future vision and long-term goals.

(2) China will continue to intensify its efforts to expand domestic demand, promote private investment in the service sector, and give greater play to the fundamental role of the market in resource allocation. China will continue to push forward the reform of the RMB exchange rate formation mechanism, enhance the flexibility of RMB exchange rate and change the mode of economic development.

(3) the two sides agreed to continue to implement forward-looking monetary policy and pay attention to its impact on the international economy.

The two countries support the efforts made by European leaders to enhance market stability and promote sustainable long-term growth.

24. the two sides recognized the importance of open trade and investment in promoting economic growth, creating employment, innovation and prosperity. They reiterated that they would take further measures to promote global trade and investment liberalization and oppose trade and investment protectionism. The two sides also agreed to actively resolve bilateral trade and investment disputes in a constructive, cooperative and mutually beneficial manner.

25. the leaders of the two countries stressed the need to instruct their negotiators to carry out cross regional negotiations, and on the basis of safeguarding the WTO Doha development round authorization and locking the existing results, the results of the Doha Round negotiations were successful, ambitious, comprehensive and balanced as soon as possible. The two sides agreed to strengthen and expand the participation of representatives of the two countries to complete the negotiations.

26. leaders of the two countries agreed to realize the importance of a more balanced trade relationship and highly praised the progress made by the twenty-first China US Joint Commission on commerce and trade in Washington recently.

27. the Chinese side will adhere to the protection of intellectual property rights, including auditing, to ensure the use of genuine software by government agencies at all levels, and to publish the audit results in accordance with the law. China's innovation policy is not linked to providing preferential government procurement. The United States welcomes China's agreement to submit a strong new revised bid, including the sub Central entity, before the last meeting of the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Committee in two.

28. the leaders of the two countries recognized the importance of cultivating an open, fair and transparent investment environment for the two economies and the world economy, and reiterated that both sides continue to work hard to promote bilateral investment agreement negotiations. The two sides realized that successful bilateral investment treaty negotiations would promote transparency and predictability in support of the open global economy by promoting and protecting investment. China welcomes the US commitment to recognize China's market economy status as soon as possible through the Sino US Joint Commission on commerce and trade. China welcomes the Sino US discussions on the reform of the export control system that the United States is pushing forward, and the potential impact of this reform on the US's exports to major trading partners, including China, on the premise of meeting the national security interests of the United States.

29. the two sides further recognized the broad and strong characteristics of bilateral trade relations, including the contract concluded by the visit. The two sides welcomed the economic mutual benefit of bilateral trade relations.

30. the two sides agreed to continue to make concrete progress in promoting bilateral economic relations through the Sino US strategic and economic dialogue and the China US Joint Commission on commerce and trade.

31. the two sides recognize the potential of enterprises to play an active role in the infrastructure construction of the two countries, and are willing to strengthen cooperation in this field.

32. the two sides commit themselves to deepen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the field of investment and regulation in the financial sector, and support the creation of an open investment environment for financial services and cross-border securities investment, in line with prudential supervision and consistent with national security requirements. The US side is committed to ensuring that "government support enterprises" have sufficient capital and capabilities to fulfill their financial responsibilities.

33. China and the United States agree that currencies that are included in SDR should only be currencies widely used in international trade and international financial transactions. In view of this, the US side supports China's efforts to gradually push the renminbi into special drawing rights.

34. the two sides committed themselves to strengthening the global financial system and reforming the international financial framework. The two sides will continue to cooperate vigorously to enhance the legitimacy and effectiveness of the International Monetary Fund and multilateral development banks. To achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals, the two sides will jointly promote the efforts of the international community to assist developing countries, especially the least developed countries. The two sides will also work with the multilateral development bank to seek cooperation to support global poverty reduction, development and regional integration, including Africa, and to contribute to inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

35. the two sides reaffirmed their support for the strong, sustainable and balanced growth framework of the group of twenty and reaffirmed their commitment in the communiqu of the Seoul summit of the twenty group, including a series of measures to consolidate the global economic recovery, reduce excessive external imbalances and keep current account imbalances at an acceptable level. The two sides supported the group of twenty playing a greater role in international economic and financial affairs, and pledged to strengthen communication and coordination, implement the commitments of the group of twenty summit and promote positive results of the Cannes summit.

　 Climate change, energy and environment cooperation

36. the two sides believe that climate change and energy security are the two major challenges of the present era. China and the United States agree to conduct close consultations on climate change action, coordinate the energy security of the two countries and the world, strengthen the existing clean energy cooperation, ensure market opening, promote mutually beneficial investment in the field of climate friendly energy, encourage clean energy and promote the development of advanced clean energy technology.

37. the two sides have made positive comments on the progress made by the two countries in the clean energy and energy security cooperation since the launch of the Sino US clean energy research center, renewable energy partnership, Sino US joint energy security cooperation statement and the Sino US energy cooperation project. The two sides reiterated that they will continue to exchange energy policies and cooperate in the fields of oil, natural gas (including shale gas), civilian nuclear power, wind and solar energy, smart grid, advanced biofuels, clean coal, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and clean energy technology standards.

38. the two sides have made positive comments on the progress made since the launch of the ten year cooperation framework on energy and environment in the United States and China since the start of two eight. The two sides agreed to further strengthen pragmatic cooperation under the framework and implement plans of action in priority areas such as water, air, transportation, electricity, protected areas and wetlands, energy efficiency, carry out policy dialogues and implement the green partner program. The two sides are pleased to announce the two new green partner programs. The two sides welcome local governments, enterprises and research institutes to participate in the ten year cooperation framework and jointly explore the innovative mode of Sino US cooperation in energy and environment. The two sides welcomed the cooperation projects and activities that will be launched in two in accordance with the ten year cooperation framework.

39. the two sides welcome the Cancun agreement and believe that efforts to tackle climate change should also promote economic and social development. The two sides agreed to work together with other countries to promote the comprehensive, effective and sustained implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change, including the implementation of the Cancun agreement, and support the positive outcome of this year's South African Conference.

　　 Expand cultural exchanges

40. China and the United States have always supported the wider and deeper cultural exchanges. This is also part of the efforts of the two sides to build a mutually beneficial and win-win relationship between China and the United States. The two sides agreed to take practical steps to enhance cultural exchanges. Both sides noted with satisfaction the success of World Expo in Shanghai in two, and China congratulated the United States on the successful display of the US Pavilion. The two sides announced the establishment of the Chinese and American governors' Forum and decided to further support exchanges and cooperation between the two countries at various levels in a series of areas, including strengthening relations between friendly provinces and cities and friendly cities. China and the United States also agreed to take practical measures to strengthen dialogue and exchanges between the two countries, especially through the "one hundred thousand people studying in China Program". The United States warmly welcomes more Chinese students to study in the United States, and will continue to provide visa convenience for them. The two sides agreed to discuss ways to expand cultural exchanges, including the holding of the Sino US cultural year and other activities. The two sides stressed the need to further promote mutual tourism and facilitate this. Both sides believe that all these activities will help deepen understanding, mutual trust and cooperation.

　　 epilogue

41. President Hu Jintao thanked President Obama and the American people for their warm hospitality during his visit. The heads of state of the two countries believe that this visit has further promoted the bilateral relations, and the two sides are determined to work together to build a partnership of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. The heads of state of the two countries are convinced that a stronger Sino US relationship is not only in the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also in the Asia Pacific region and the whole world.