High-tech cooperation stimulates China-US relations

Loosening controls is a wise choice for the United States which has lagged behind Japan in terms of earnings from China's imports of high-tech products. Americans needs to reconsider the international division of labor, taking advantage of its high-tech advantages so as to find the correct fulcrum for its cooperation with China.

The commitment of the United States to promoting and facilitating the exports to China of high technologies for civil use was one of the highlights during Xi's visit. The two sides have also pledged to organize a group to deliberate on the issue. This is an important U.S. step towards scrapping high-tech export control under the framework of win-win cooperation in the new type economic and trade relations.

Progress is now being made in the IT and aviation sectors.

A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Microsoft (China) Co Ltd and Sichuan Province will lead to the province's industrial restructuring. Their cooperation covers a wide spectrum of the IT industry, including training, start-up incubator, Internet applications and big data.

Microsoft (China) Co Ltd also announced its cooperation with Xiao Mi, one of China's leading cell phone distributors, to provide cloud services for users. Moreover, enterprises, like Unisplendour Cooperation, China Electronics and Inspur, have also revealed their intention to join hands with American IT companies to work on cloud computing, big data and cyber security.

Cooperation in the aviation sector was another highlight during Xi's state visit. Boeing took the opportunity to sign a number of contracts with Chinese authorities and enterprises for comprehensive strategic partnership with the China's aviation industry. The major breakthrough basically focuses on the joint venture established by Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd, which signals the former's first attempt to expand its overseas assembly lines.

Boeing has also signed a memorandum with China's National Development and Reform Commission on green technology and massive productivity.

Both China and the United States are aware of the significance of the high-tech cooperation in building new type major-country relationships. The joint efforts of the two countries on high-tech cooperation, the bilateral relations on economies and trade will be much deepened and profound.

The writer is a researcher of the Institute of World's Economy and Politics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The article was written in Chinese and translated by Wu Jin.

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