2016年CRI G20 meeting to enhance China-US mutual trust: ambassador

 

It was confirmed last week that President Xi Jinping and Obama are going to have a one-on-one discussion during the forthcoming G20 Summit in the city of Hangzhou.

The meeting in Zhejiang's capital takes on some historical significance, as Hangzhou was where - some 40 years ago - negotiations¹ were held for the first ever China-U.S. joint² communiqué.

China's ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, suggests next month's meeting is going to create history of its own.

"The history of the China-U.S. relationship for the past over 4 decades has fully³ proven that the two global heavyweights must cooperate with each other and become cooperative partners, or more commonly known, build a new type of major-power relationship."

Cui Tiankai notes that a lot of headway has already been made between the two sides, with Xi Jinping and Barack Obama having already met a number of times over the past few years.

But the Chinese ambassador says next month's meeting has some extra significance, given that China is hosting this year's G20 session.

"As the top two economies in the world, China and the U.S. have duty-bound responsibilities to play a larger role in ensuring that the Hangzhou Summit can yield constructive⁴ results as many as possible. The two countries have been communicating on the issue, and channels for the communication have always been running well."

One of the main issues observers will be looking out for is the South China Sea.

Addressing this issue, Cui Tiankai notes the two sides have remained in communication with one another, and says their differences shouldn't be allowed to define the bilateral⁵ relationship.

This year's G20 Summit is set to be held in Hangzhou from September 4th to 5th.

The meeting between Xi Jinping and Obama is expected to take place on the sidelines of this year's sessions.

It's likely to be the last meeting between the two before Obama leaves office in January.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

5 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。