To commemorate the 35th anniversary of China-US diplomatic relations, the CPAFFC and Harvard Kennedy School co-hosted the “New Model of China-US Major-country Relationship and the US-China Public Policy Forum” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from March 23 to 25. The participants includes Mr. Zhao Qizheng, Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication at Renmin University, CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin, Mr. Zhang Xinsheng, President of the China Education Association for International Exchange, Mr. Sun Guoxiang, Consul General of the People''s Republic of China in New York, Mr. Joseph Nye, former Dean of the Kennedy School., Mr. Larry Summers, former US Treasury Secretary, Harvard University President Drew Faust, Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd and others. The two sides had in-depth discussion and exchanges on a wide-range of issues such as China-US Major-country relationship, finance and trade, environment, science and technology.

Both sides agreed that a healthy and stable China-US relationship serves the interests of both countries and the world. It is possible for China and the US to avoid the historical trap of confrontation between emerging economy and established economy. There are growing mutual interests and closer interdependence between the two countries. They are not only engaged in bilateral trade and people-to-people exchanges, but also have close cooperation and face the same challenges in international and regional affairs, such as counter-terrorism, environmental protection, infectious diseases. These challenges, while cannot be resolved without the cooperation of the two countries, demand them to engage in win-win cooperation instead of confrontation.

In addition, the two sides also discussed on the definition of each other’s core interests, the meaning and the concrete ways for building China-US major-country relationship.