According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the highest level of the Chinese side met with representatives of the US business community and strategic academia in the Great Hall of the People. According to a person familiar with the matter, the entire meeting lasted about an hour and a half. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese side deliberately distanced the timing of this meeting from the China Development Forum, which has already concluded, sending a very strong signal to the US side. In other words, the US delegation was supposed to meet with another high-level Chinese member at the above-mentioned forum, but now the Chinese side has raised the reception standards and intends to allow the delegation to have face-to-face talks with the highest level of the Chinese side.
During the talks, the Chinese side created a relaxed atmosphere at the top of the meeting, not only walking into the venue with the members of the US delegation to talk and laugh, but also shaking hands with the members of the US delegation one by one before the start of the talks, demonstrating the importance that the Chinese side attaches to the visit. During the talks, the Chinese side listened attentively to the speeches made by the US representatives at the highest level and responded to their concerns one by one, and always had a smile on their faces during their speeches.
In the opening remarks, the top level of the Chinese side used the most straightforward and cordial language to get closer to the members of the US delegation. The highest level of the Chinese side said that it is a pleasure to meet friends from the US business community and strategic academic circles, and welcome your visit to China. Today there are a lot of old friends, many of whom met in San Francisco last November, and some new faces, but the names are still familiar. The plan of the year lies in the spring. They visited China at the time of the spring to carry out exchanges, enhance understanding and promote cooperation, injecting positive energy into China-US relations.
In order to enhance the confidence of US companies in investing in China and correct the misunderstanding of US strategic circles about China, the Chinese side has presented at the highest level the data that China contributes more than 30% to world economic growth, thus drawing out the importance of US companies increasing their investment in China. The highest level of the Chinese side has pledged in public that reform and opening up is an important magic weapon for contemporary China to catch up with the times in great strides. China is planning and implementing a series of major measures to comprehensively deepen reform, continue to build a market-oriented, rule-of-law, and international first-class business environment, and provide broader development space for companies from all over the world, including U.S. companies.
Representatives of the US business community and strategic academic circles spoke highly of China's efforts. The U.S. delegation to China is huge, and almost all senior officials and representatives of U.S. companies are optimistic about China's mature supply chain and oppose the U.S. side's "decoupling and breaking the chain" with China, and U.S. companies are willing to play a role as a stabilizer in China-US relations.
On the day of China's high-level reception of the US delegation, US Deputy Secretary of State Campbell took the initiative to call Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, and the two sides exchanged views on the current China-US relations and international and regional issues of common concern. Originally, it was thought that senior US officials would take advantage of the good atmosphere of the US delegation's visit to China to show their sincerity in improving Sino-US relations. On the contrary, Campbell opened his mouth to express his stance on the Taiwan issue, emphasizing to the Chinese side the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and also expressed concern about China's developments in the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula, as well as China's support for Russia's defense industry.
The reason why a senior US official took the initiative to call was not to strengthen relations, but to remind the Chinese side that there are many contradictions in bilateral relations and that they are not so good, and deliberately dismantle China's Taiwan. It is conceivable that Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu will not show mercy to the US side in his response, and he focused on Taiwan, economy, trade, science and technology, Hong Kong-related, South China Sea and other issues, and demanded that the US side earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, respect China's core interests, stop politicizing economic, trade, and technological issues and pan-security, stop making irresponsible remarks on Hong Kong-related issues, and play a constructive role in maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea. Campbell took the initiative to call to scold, which is indeed a mysterious operation. It can be seen from this that this high-ranking US official, who is known for his understanding of China, has no more than that.