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D Uuring the 19th National Congress of the S President Donald Communist Party of Trump’s recent state China, the leadership visit to China, with made two key judgments: the Governor Bill Walker principal contradiction of China among the entourage, has evolved into one between reminds me of Chinese unbalanced and inadequate President Xi Jinping’s stopover development and the people’s in Anchorage in April. ever-growing needs for a better

It was a beautiful spring evening. life; and socialism with Chinese Governor Walker and I characteristics has entered a new welcomed President Xi when era. his plane landed at Ted Stevens

Based on these two judgments, Anchorage International the congress drew up an impressive Airport. President Xi had just blueprint. By 2020, China will concluded his first summit with finish building a moderately prosperous President Trump at Mar-a-Lago society in all respects, completely in Florida, where they agreed to eradicating abject poverty establish four high-level strategic without leaving anyone behind. By dialogues aiming to enhance 2035, China will basically realize cooperation on diplomatic socialist modernization and, by and security issues, trade and the middle of the 21st century, economy, social and people-topeople develop into a modern socialist exchanges, as well as law country that is prosperous, strong, enforcement and cybersecurity democratic, culturally advanced, between our two countries. harmonious, and beautiful. I had the honor to witness the To ensure that this ambitious friendly meeting between President blueprint is realized, the congress Xi and Gov. Walker that has elected a new generation of evening, during which the governor the Party’s central leadership with told the president about the General Secretary Xi Jinping as abundance of Alaska’s resource the core, and established the historical position of the Xi Jinping

development Thought on Socialism with Chinese

opportunities Characteristics for a New Era

and tremendous as a guiding thought and basic potential policy to unite and lead the efforts

of cooperation of the whole Party and country

in other fields. going forward.

Alaska’s beautiful The essence of Xi Jinping scenery Thought is two-fold. First, we

and Alaskan must take a people-centered

hospitality left approach and always put the

a very good interests of the people first. Second, impression on President Xi and we must associate the future his delegation. of China with the future of the

Seven months later, Governor world, and connect our efforts to Walker flew to China, his second build a beautiful and better China time in this half of 2017, to renew to our efforts to build a beautiful friendship and consolidate and better world. cooperation. During President

As a responsible and major Trump’s visit, Chinese and US member of the international community, companies signed business deals China has always valued worth more than $250 billion, its relations with the world and including a $43 billion agreement remains committed to making it a with Alaska to advance better place. Maintaining this consistency Alaska’s liquefied natural gas and commitment, the exports project. Although there 19th Party Congress put forward is still a lot of work to be done its vision for the world in a new for this ambitious project, the era: China will pursue a new type agreement is a good start to of international relations, featuring export mutual Alaska’s respect, natural fairness, gas justice, to China’s and win-win mass market cooperation, and attract Chinese investment. If constructed, it would create up and will work with peoples of all to 12,000 jobs to the US and countries to build a community of reduce the trade deficit between shared future for mankind, which the two countries. would be an open, inclusive, clean

Being the world’s biggest and beautiful world of lasting developing economy and the biggest peace, universal security, and developed economy, respectively, common prosperity. China and the United

Moving forward, China will States are highly complementary continue to uphold its fundamental rather than competitive. Given foreign policy goal of preserving the rapid growth of bilateral world peace and promoting trade, it’s unavoidable to have common development, and China’s friction. The recent frequent continued prosperity will high-level exchanges between offer to the world, particularly to the developing countries, a new China and the US showcase that path and opportunities for modernization effective communication is not and building a better only an important step to avoid social system. conflicts but also a way to tangible

The China-South Africa comprehensive outcomes. strategic partnership

As the state that is closest has maintained robust momentum to China among all US states, marked by unprecedented Alaska is no doubt an important strategic and political mutual gateway of the US to China in trust. And a more-developed China terms of both merchandise trade will inject new impetus into and people-to-people exchanges. and create new opportunities for China is Alaska’s largest trading bilateral win-win cooperation for partner and export market. common development. In 2016, Alaska exported nearly

As two major emerging powers $1 billion in seafood products and important members of multilateral to China. Anchorage is one of forums such as BRICS and the most important air-links G20, China and South Africa have between China and the US, making been playing increasingly important it a major cargo hub between roles in promoting world the world’s two largest economies. peace and development, and in Alaska’s beautiful scenery upholding the shared interests of and unique landscape attracts all developing countries. more Chinese tourists year by

China and South Africa have year. strong All economic these businesses complementarities. are supporting With a around prime geographical 10,000 jobs in location, Alaska. and boasting rich resources, What’s more, sound China infrastructure, pledged a at well-regulated the 19th National market, Congress and sound of the legal Communist system, South Party Africa of China, is the which African concluded country that last is month the most in Beijing, to be more open to the deeply and substantively involved in linking with the Belt outside world through more and Road Initiative. And China liberalization and facilitation of has the capital, technology, market, trade and investment, and significantly enterprises, talent, and development easing market access experience. So the two for foreign investors. countries need and complement

These measures will strengthen each other for cooperation and economic and trade cooperation development. between China and the rest

Next year will mark the 20th of the world, especially the US. anniversary of China-South Africa

As the way leading to mutual diplomatic ties. China will take trust and win-win relations has this important opportunity to been paved, it is time for China work more closely with South and Alaska to seize the window Africa in order to promote cooperation of precious opportunities and in 10 priority areas: infrastructure, work together to deliver more human resources, fruits for the good of our two manufacturing and processing, countries and beyond. In the agriculture, tourism, marine economy, near future, finance, Alaska security, will people-topeople be no strangers exchange to the Chinese and public, international not only for cooperation. its spectacular aurora China and is ready delicious to work seafood, more but also closely the with pragmatic its South cooperation African in friends projects to make beneficial bilateral to the relations two peoples. more productive and beneficial to our two peoples, and make it a Luo locomotive Linquan in is China-Africa consul general relations. of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco. This The author article is was Chinese first published ambassador on Alaska to South Dispatch Africa. News on Nov 13

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