(Washington/Beijing Comprehensive News) Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao visits the United States next week to talks with US Secretary of Commerce Raymondo and US trade representative Dai Qi.This will be one of the highest -level contacts of officials of the two countries since Sino -US confrontation, and it is considered an opportunity to alleviate the tension between China and the United States.
According to Reuters, the Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu announced the above news on the online press conference of the Chinese Embassy on Thursday (May 18).He said Beijing is willing to communicate with the United States in various fields and levels, but it must be based on mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.
Liu Pengyu said that it is important that the United States should take China correctly, and China hopes that the United States will return to China to return to China, so that the two countries can develop better and prosper together.He added that the United States should cooperate with China to create favorable conditions for the future interaction between the two countries.
Liu Pengyu issued a statement after an email saying that the two parties are still discussing details on the content of the talks between the Minister of Commerce in China and the United States.
People familiar with the matter said that Wang Wentao expects to talk to Raymond in Washington next week, and then go to Detroit to attend the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization (APEC) Minister of Trade, which will be held from May 25th to 26th.Daiqi met.
In February this year, after the United States shot down the balloon from China, the tension between the two countries upgraded again, and US Secretary of State Brosky's cancellation of visit to Beijing.
Since May, high -level officials between China and the United States have carried out frequent interactions, and signs of slowing down at the atmosphere.From May 10th to 11th, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee, met with the US President's National Security Affairs Assistant, Shalvan, to meet in Vienna, Austria.The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the two sides discussed the promotion of the elimination of Sino -US relations and stopping the decline and stability.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao met with the US ambassador to China in Beijing last week. Qin Gang emphasized at the time that the priority was to stabilize Sino -US relations and avoid spirals.Exchange opinions on the economic and trade relations between China and the United States and their respective concerns.
The United States has previously expressed the desire to hold senior talks with China, seeking contact with Beijing to prevent the increasingly tense relationship from conflicting.Blinken, Raymondo, and US Treasury Secretary Yellen have expressed their intention to visit China.
According to the United States CNN (CNN), a number of US officials said that US President Biden officially plans to arrange several high -level officials to visit China in the next few months and seek re -contact with China.
The Wall Street Journal analysis believes that for Beijing, one of the US -China recovery dialogue driving force is the APEC summit held in San Francisco in November. Relevant Chinese officials said that Beijing expects to attend the summit for the Chinese official and follow Biden Dengdeng.Hold a separate way to pave the way.
However, the United States and Taiwan announced on Thursday that the first batch of agreements in the 21st century trade initiative of the United States and Taiwan reached an agreement, which may once again irritate China.
