Mutual success seen as key to Sino-US ties

FM stresses objective understanding, dialogue to enhance trust and stability

Foreign Minister Wang Yi reemphasized on Wednesday that China and the United States should be partners instead of rivals, and they should help each other succeed rather than engage in vicious competition.

That is the most important lesson after nearly half a century of ups and downs in the China-US relationship, Wang said when meeting with representatives from the National Committee on US-China Relations, the US-China Business Council, the US Chamber of Commerce, the Aspen Institute, the Asia Society and the Council on Foreign Relations, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The engagement came as Beijing and Washington have ramped up interactions in recent months to keep the ties steady as both sides mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year.