On January 5, 2024, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the commemoration of the 45th anniversary of China-U.S. diplomatic relations in Beijing. Wang Yi elaborated on three inspirations drawn from the 45-year growth of China-U.S. relations.

First, peace is the most fundamental bedrock of the China-U.S. relations. As the largest developing country and the largest developed country of the world, China and the United States together account for one-fourth of the global population and more than one-third of the world’s economic aggregate. No conflict or confrontation between the two major countries is in itself the most important peace dividend for mankind. The absence of conflict and confrontation between the two major countries is in itself the most important peace dividend for humanity. Meanwhile, as permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, the two countries shoulder primary responsibility for world peace and security.

Second, cooperation is THE right choice for China and the United States to get along with each other. Over the past few decades, the whole world has witnessed for decade show powerful China-U.S. cooperation has been -- in counter-terrorism,addressing global financial crises, fighting Ebola, and seeking political solutions to hotspot issues. Under the current circumstances, their common interests are growing not declining, and the necessity for cooperation increasing not decreasing. It can be said that for the two countries and the world, China-U.S. cooperation is not something dispensable or optional.It is a compulsory question that must be addressed in real earnest.

Third, win-win cooperation is the most essential feature of China-U.S. interaction. The nearly U.S.$760 billion bilateral trade and over U.S.$260 billion two-way investment between China and the United States tells a lot about their complementarity in economic structure, connectivity in global industrial and supply chains, and shared interest in common development.. It is an inevitable outcome of international division of labor in the globalized world, a rational decision by the two business communities, and a natural option out of complementarity. Mutually beneficial cooperation between China and the United States is like a mighty river flowing into the ocean. Any decoupling attempt to stem the tide will only be counterproductive and self-defeating.