In view of the beginning of the new century, when the international community is facing rare opportunities for development and increasing uncertainties and destabilizing factors, Yang called China and the United States, the largest developing country and the largest developed country, to work hard to deepen cooperation and build an enduring and stable framework for future bilateral relations.

He suggested that China-U.S. relations be viewed and handled from a long-term and strategic perspective and maintain their right direction and the two countries judge each other in an objective and sensible way to further enhance strategic mutual trust.

He also noted that the two countries should expand exchanges and cooperation and work together to promote common interests in business, counter-terrorism, law enforcement, military exchanges, science and technology, education, culture and so on, as a way to make bilateral cooperation stronger, broader and better.

Yang called for a constructive manner to properly handle differences and sensitive issues, and prevent them from hampering the overall interests of bilateral relations.

He also stressed the need to actively promote people-to-people exchanges and build stronger popular support for China-U.S. friendship.

With only less than ten days to go before the Beijing Olympic Games, Yang said that hosting the sport event is "a century-old dream of the Chinese people" and China is confident to make it a great success.

For his part, Kissinger hailed great achievement China has made in the development and noted that no global problem can be solved without the U.S.-China cooperation.

He urged the two countries to work together to address all kinds of challenges the world is faced up with.

Stephen Hadley, assistant to the president for the national security affairs, said that the U.S.-China relations have never been so candid, dynamic and constructive as today, and it would be further strengthened in the future.

(Xinhua News Agency July 30, 2008)