Yesterday, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan accompanied US President Trump and his wife Melania, who came to China for a state visit, to visit the Palace Museum. This is a group photo of the two heads of state and their spouses in the Taihedian Square. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lan Hongguang
On November 8, US President Trump and his wife Melania, who were visiting China for state affairs, were at the Forbidden City. Photo/Visual China
On November 8, US President Trump enjoyed a Peking Opera performance at the Forbidden City and shook hands with actors. Photo/Visual China
The two heads of state and their spouses have tea at the Baoyun Building of the Forbidden City; the leaders of the two countries will once again have strategic communication on major issues of common concern
President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan accompanied US President Trump and his wife Melania, who came to China for a state visit, on the 8th to visit the Palace Museum. The two heads of state and their spouses visited the first three halls of the Forbidden City at the Baoyun Building of the Forbidden City, watched the display of cultural relics restoration techniques and the exhibition of treasures and cultural relics, and enjoyed peking opera performances.
At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, US President Trump arrived in Beijing on the afternoon of the 8th and began a state visit to China.
This is Trump's first visit to China since he became us president at the beginning of this year, and it is also the first state visit received by China after the victory of the 19th CPC National Congress. In addition to a full set of state activities, China will also arrange small-scale and informal interaction between the two heads of state.
During Trump's visit to China, the leaders of China and the United States will once again conduct strategic communication on major issues of common concern, reach new and important consensus on the basis of the Mar-a-Lago meeting and the Hamburg meeting, deepen mutual understanding and friendship, promote exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields, and draw a blueprint for the development of Sino-US relations in the new era.
On the afternoon of November 8, Vice Premier Wang Yang held talks with US Secretary of Commerce Ross in the Great Hall of the People, and the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on issues related to Sino-US economic and trade relations. After the talks, Wang Yang and Ross jointly witnessed the signing of some of the commercial achievements of President Trump's visit to China.
Integrated Xinhua News Agency
■ Itinerary
【Baoyun Building】
The two heads of state and their spouses sat down for tea
In the autumn season, the Red Wall of the Forbidden City is full of color and the yellow tiles are streaming. Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan greeted Trump and his wife Melania at the Baoyun Building of the Forbidden City. The two heads of state exchanged greetings and cordial greetings, and walked into the Baoyun Building to sit down for tea.
The Baoyun Building is full of tea and incense, the music is around the beams, and the humanities are profound. Xi Jinping warmly welcomed Trump's state visit to China on the occasion of the first anniversary of his election as US president, thanked trump's family for their warm reception at Mar-a-Lago in April this year, and wished The Trumps a happy visit to China.
Xi Jinping stressed that President Trump's visit to China is of great significance, which is not only highly concerned by China and the United States, but also attracts the attention of all countries in the world. It is believed that with the joint efforts of both sides, this visit will achieve positive and important results. Xi Jinping briefed Trump on the current situation of China's economic and social development and the important achievements of the just-concluded 19th CPC National Congress.
Trump thanked the Chinese side for its thoughtful arrangements for his visit to China, congratulated the successful conclusion of the 19th CPC National Congress and Xi Jinping's re-election as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, praised the achievements of China's economic development, and looked forward to the success of the state visit to China.
【First Three Halls】
Group photo at Taihedian Square
Xi Jinping introduced the history of the Forbidden City to Trump, pointing out that the Forbidden City is an indispensable window for understanding China's history and culture. Subsequently, Xi Jinping and his wife accompanied the Trump couple to visit the first three halls. The two heads of state passed through the Neijinshui Bridge, crossed the Taihe Gate, and took a group photo in the magnificent and solemn Taihedian Square. Along the central axis of the Forbidden City, the two heads of state visited the Hall of Taihe, the Hall of Zhonghe, and the Hall of Bohol in turn, and experienced the Chinese cultural tradition of "Harmony" contained in the names of the three halls Chinese. Trump marveled at the grandeur of the Forbidden City complex, stopped and gazed with interest from time to time, carefully tasted the yellow tiles of the Vermilion Wall, carved beams and paintings, and deeply admired the traditional Chinese culture with deep roots and rich connotations.
【Forbidden City Cultural Relics Hospital】
Participate in the calligraphy and painting restoration experience on the spot
After visiting the first three halls, the two heads of state and their spouses came to the Forbidden City Cultural Relics Hospital, and successively watched the display of cultural relics restoration techniques such as clocks, wood, metalware, ceramics, textiles, calligraphy and painting, participated in the calligraphy and painting restoration experience on the spot, and watched the exhibition of rare cultural relics together.
The two heads of state spoke positively of the extensive and in-depth cooperation between China and the United States in the restoration of cultural relics.
【Changyin Pavilion】
Enjoy the wonderful repertoire of Peking Opera together
At the beginning of the red sun and the lanterns, the two heads of state and their spouses turned into changyin Pavilion, enjoying the display of cloisonné crafts and production skills along the way and "pointing blue" interaction, and enjoying the three wonderful plays of Peking Opera "Pear Garden Spring Seedlings", "Monkey King" and "Noble Concubine Drunk". The guests applauded and applauded.
During the visit and exchange, the two heads of state also exchanged views on issues of common concern, such as governing the country and Sino-US relations.
Ding Xuexiang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and state councilor, attended the above activities.
■ Forward-looking
Trump's visit to China Energy trade may become the focus of discussion
On November 8, US President Trump arrived in Beijing, and from November 8 to 10, he will pay an official state visit to China. Some analysts said that the important purpose of the high-level trade delegation led by Trump this time is to seek to reduce the trade deficit by increasing the export of high-value US goods and services to China. Judging from the composition of the accompanying business group, 11 of the 29 people are from energy and environmental protection companies, accounting for nearly 40%, and the Sino-US energy trade may become the focus of discussion during Trump's visit to China.
The 29-member business delegation accounted for 40% of the energy and environmental protection fields
In addition to the entourage of government departments, Trump's entourage on this visit to China also has a trade delegation composed mainly of American business tycoons. According to previous media reports, more than 100 U.S. companies applied to join the delegation to China, and the U.S. Department of Commerce finally selected 29 people, of which 11 were from energy and environmental protection companies, accounting for nearly 40%.
The "China Natural Gas Development Report 2016" pointed out that in 2016, China's natural gas consumption reached 205.8 billion cubic meters, a compound growth of 14% in the past 15 years, the proportion of natural gas in primary energy consumption rose from 2.4% in 2005 to 5.9% in 2016, and the per capita annual gas consumption was 140 cubic meters. At the same time, China's dependence on natural gas with foreign countries increased from 2% in 2008 to 34% in 2016.
Affected by Trump's visit to China with energy and environmental protection companies to seek cooperation, the environmental protection sector closed at 2739.22 points on November 8, up 4.44%.
How will these affect the future development of Sino-US economic and trade relations? Bai Ming, deputy director of the International Market Research Institute of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, told the Beijing News that energy cooperation between China and the United States is a typical case of mutual benefit and win-win results. "First of all, China is a big energy consumer, and about 50% of its energy depends on imports. On the other hand, U.S. energy exports require a huge international market, and China is the best choice. Moreover, by exporting energy to China, the United States can alleviate the Sino-US trade deficit. ”
Among the list of accompanying delegations released this time are not only the presidents of pipeline development companies from Alaska, but also government officials from Alaska. Alaska is one of the closest U.S. regions to China, and Alaska's oil and gas resources have a prominent position in the United States: Alaska's north slope has proven natural gas reserves of 35 trillion cubic feet, about one-eighth of the total natural gas reserves in the United States.
In addition to energy companies, the list of groups released by the US media also includes the heads of a number of environmental protection companies. For example, the sewage treatment company viroment, the sewage treatment company drylet, the environmental monitoring company i.m. Executives of system groups, smart city solution providers digit group, etc.
"The internationalization of the U.S. energy strategy, from a big importer to a big export country, China's demand is very large, and it will not change in the short term." Bai Ming introduced, "Energy and environmental protection trade are the most complementary, on the one hand, to seize China, the largest energy consumption market, on the other hand, to use their mature environmental protection technology to solve China's current environmental protection problems." The environmental protection sector has strong demand in Sino-US trade, our development needs to solve environmental protection problems, their technology needs to be exported and transformed, and our environmental protection manufacturing enterprises also have transformation and upgrading needs. ”
Strengthen exports to China and improve the trade deficit
From the list of accompaniment CEOs of Trump's visit to China, it can be seen that during Trump's term of office, Sino-US economic and trade relations still need to face games related to trade deficits, intellectual property rights, market access, currency manipulation, etc., but from the overall point of view, China and the United States have huge economic complementarities.
The accompanying companies also include Goldman Sachs, DuPont, Qualcomm, Boeing and other companies. It is worth noting that Qualcomm accounts for half of the global revenue in China and is recently facing lawsuits with Apple. But driven by Trump's visit to China, U.S. stocks rose 2.53% and Boeing rose 0.78% yesterday. China is their main market.
According to China's Ministry of Commerce, from 2012 to 2016, bilateral trade in goods between China and the United States increased by 8.2%, trade in services increased by 83.9%, and two-way investment increased by about 2.4 times. What are the root causes of the U.S.-China trade deficit? Bai Ming analyzed that the most fundamental reason is the difference in industrial positioning between China and the United States, it seems that China's trade surplus is large, but the added value of the US unit exports is high, China does not earn more, and the United States earns a lot less. To solve this problem, it is not enough to look at the total amount of trade alone, but to see the actual benefits of each person. Although our exports are high, there are many goods exported by China to the United States, many of which are produced by American-funded enterprises in China, and American high-tech products are not sold to China.
Bai Ming said that the expectation that the United States will expand its exports to China in the high-tech field is a gradual process. "However, we also see that large industrial enterprises such as Boeing and General Electric still appear in the list, releasing a positive signal, and the field of Sino-US economic and trade cooperation will become wider and wider in the future."
Since the United States announced in August to launch a trade investigation against China on intellectual property rights, the risk of trade friction between the two countries has become more and more prominent in the frequently rising tone of the United States. In order to pave the way for Trump's visit to China, the US side has carried out a series of moves to ease frictions in the Sino-US economic and trade fields.
"Sino-US trade is a door-to-door match, and it is a one-shot deal." Bai Ming said.
Beijing News reporter Ren Jiao
■ Analysis
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Hormats:
The visit helps Trump understand how to work with China
"The state visit to China will help President Trump understand China's development and changes," Robert Hormats, former deputy secretary of state of the United States and vice president of Kissinger Consulting, said in an interview a few days ago, hoping that the heads of state of the United States and China would use this visit to draw a strategic picture of the future of bilateral relations.
Trump will see the dynamism of the Chinese economy
In the early 1970s, Homarts visited China with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. So far, Hormats has visited China more than 100 times. "I have witnessed china's development, witnessed the country's past, seen its present, and the great changes are remarkable, one of the greatest feats in human history."
Regarding Trump's visit to China, Hormats pointed out, "This trip is of great significance, Trump will see the vitality of China's economy, feel the enthusiasm and innovation of the Chinese people, he will open his eyes... More importantly, it will help Trump and his team understand how the United States and China should work together. ”
Hormats served in the Obama administration as undersecretary of state for economic, energy, and environmental affairs. He believes that the trade deficit will be the focus of Trump's visit, "it is important to solve this problem rationally through dialogue, but the trade deficit should only be part of the dialogue, and the dialogue should include a wider range of issues." ”
"From a strategic perspective, the dialogue between the United States and China, the world's two largest economies, should not be simply limited to bilateral issues such as trade deficits and job losses, but should be comprehensively considered and viewed in an all-round way," Hormats said. ”
"There is no reason why the United States should not participate in Belt and Road cooperation"
"The United States and China should not be confined to certain specific trade issues, but it is essential to exchange views and strengthen cooperation on infrastructure development, ensuring the proper functioning of the global trade and financial order, jointly addressing terrorism, and addressing how the new information economy affects employment." He said.
Hormats argues that today's China has significantly increased its influence in international and regional affairs, "and Trump will understand that for a country like China, which has a proud tradition, history and strength, that 'what I want you to do, you should do' approach simply does not work." ”
"China is a big country and must be treated with respect." Hormats said.
Hormats also suggested that the Trump administration cooperate with China under the Belt and Road Initiative. He believes that regional connectivity is of great historical significance and imperative. The Belt and Road Initiative not only connects countries with infrastructure construction, but also brings many countries together in a collaborative way, "there is no reason why the United States should not participate in the Belt and Road Cooperation."
According to Xinhua News Agency