Galvanizing Our Peoples into a Strong Force For the Cause of China-U.S. Friendship

"Our goal is not to have just a few wealthy people, but to realize common prosperity for all. Employment, education, medical services, childcare, elderly care, housing, the environment and the like. These are real issues, important to people's daily life and close to their heart. They are being steadily integrated into our top-level plans for national development, thus ever-increasing the sense of fulfillment, happiness and security of our people."

"We will continue to promote high-quality development and deliver the benefits of modernization to all. This is the CPC's founding mission and the pledge we have made to the people. It will surely be realized with the support of the people."

"We are committed to well-rounded development to achieve both material and cultural-ethical advancement of the people. Our forefathers observed that when people are well-fed and well-clad, they will have a keen sense of honor and shame."

"Material shortage is not socialism, nor is cultural-ethical impoverishment. Chinese modernism is people-centered."

"An important goal of Chinese modernization is to continue increasing the country's economic strength and improving the people's living standard, and at the same time enriching the people's cultural lives, enhancing civility throughout society and promoting well-rounded development of the person."

"The purpose of the Global Civilization Initiative I proposed is to urge the international community to address the imbalance between material and cultural advancement, and jointly promote continued progress of human civilization."

"We are committed to sustainable development to achieve harmony between men and nature. The belief that humans are an integral part of nature and need to follow nature's course is a distinctive feature of traditional ."

"We live in the same and we possibly wouldn't find another inhabitable planet in our lifetime."

"As an English saying goes, "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.""

"When I was governor of province in 2002, I called for turning Fujian into the first ecological province in China. Later when I worked in province in 2005, I said that clear waters and green mountains are just as valuable as gold and silver. Today this view has become a consensus of all the Chinese people."

"China now has... half of the world's installed photovoltaic capacity. Over half of the world's new energy vehicles now run on roads in China, and China contributes one-fourth of increased area of in the world. We will strive to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. We have made the pledge, we never exaggerate... we will honor everything we say."

"We are committed to peaceful development to build a community with a shared future for mankind. Peace, amity and harmony are values embedded in Chinese civilization. Aggression and expansion are not in our genes. The Chinese people have bitter and deep memories of the turmoils and sufferings inflicted upon them in modern times."

"[W]hat the Chinese people oppose is war, what they want is stability, and what they hope for is enduring world peace."

"The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation cannot be achieved without a peaceful and stable international environment."

"In pursuing modernization, we will never revert to the beaten path of war, colonization, plundering or coercion."

"Throughout the 70 years and more since the founding of the People's Republic, China has not provoked a conflict or war, or occupied a single inch of foreign land."

"China is the only major country that has written peaceful development into the constitution of the country and the constitution of the governing party, thus making peaceful development a commitment of the nation. It benefits from, and safeguards the current international order."

"We remain firm in safeguarding the international system with the U.N. at its core, the international order underpinned by international law and the basic norms governing international relations based on the purpose and principles of the U.N. Charter."

"Whatever stage of development it may reach, China will never pursue hegemony or expansion, and will never impose its will on others."

"China does not seek spheres of influence and will not fight a cold war or a hot war with anyone."

"China will remain committed to and oppose , and build partnerships instead of s. It will continue to pursue a mutually beneficial strategy of opening up."

"The modernization we are pursuing is not for China alone. We are ready to work with all countries to advance global modernization featuring peaceful development, mutually beneficial cooperation and common prosperity, and to build a community with a shared future for mankind."

"[T]he passage of time is like a surging river—much is washed away, but the most valuable stays. No matter how the global landscape evolves, the historical trend of peaceful coexistence between China and the United States will not change. The ultimate wish of our two peoples for exchanges and cooperation will not change. The expectations of the whole world for a steadily growing China-U.S. relationship will not change."

"For any great cause to succeed, it must take root in the people, it must gain strength from the people and be accomplished by the people. Growing China-U.S. friendship is such a great cause. Let us galvanize the Chinese and American peoples into a strong force to renew Chinese-U.S. friendship, advance China-U.S. relations, and make even greater contributions to world peace and development. Thank you."

"President Xi Jinping said China wants to be friends with the US and said his nation won’t fight a war with anyone, one of his clearest remarks yet proclaiming a desire for peaceful ties between the world’s two largest economies. ...Investors remained skeptical, with Chinese stocks sliding as traders trimmed positions after the much-anticipated meeting yielded an outcome that was largely in line with expectations."

"From his March remarks about the U.S.-led West's comprehensive containment, encirclement, and suppression of China... to this November speech of three "will not change" [statements]... we can discern a remarkable change in tone. This shift will convey a positive signal to the Chinese system, and to a certain extent, a broader audience. ...Xi’s... speech... signifies a notable shift in U.S.-China relations from China’s perspective, to "renew China-U.S. friendship", to "advance China-U.S. relations", and to "make even greater contributions to world peace and development". However, how it will be received and responded to in Washington D.C. remains to be seen."

"After a four-hour meeting with... Joe Biden... Xi Jinping... dined with American business titans in San Francisco, regaling them with memories of his first stateside visit, calling for "friendship" between the superpowers and hinting at a renewal of . Xi attended a dinner in his honor with nearly 400 executives, government officials and academics, including... Tim Cook,.. Steve Schwarzman and other heavyweights of Silicon Valley and Wall Street."