(Central News Agency, Taipei, 25th) CCTV News reported that US Secretary of State Blinken, who is visiting China, flew from Shanghai to Beijing this afternoon. According to Reuters, Blinken will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tomorrow and may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Chinese officials have so far not announced whether Xi Jinping will meet with Antony Blinken. Agence France-Presse reported on the 25th that during Blinken’s visit to China in June last year, the meeting between Xi Jinping and Blinken was only announced at the last minute.
Blinken met with Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Secretary Chen Jining in Shanghai earlier on the 25th.
Reuters quoted U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on the 25th as saying that Blinken expressed concerns about China’s trade policies and non-market economic practices during the meeting.
Blinken also emphasized that the United States seeks healthy economic competition with China and a level playing field for American companies and American workers operating in China.
According to Shangguan News, Chen Jining told Blinken that as Shanghai accelerates industrial transformation, consumption upgrading, and technological innovation, it will bring new development opportunities and expand new cooperation space for Chinese and foreign companies, including U.S.-funded companies. . Shanghai will always adhere to the direction of marketization, rule of law and internationalization, continue to optimize the business environment, provide efficient and convenient services, and support various enterprises to continue to deepen their cultivation in Shanghai and achieve win-win development.
According to CCTV News, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on the afternoon of the 25th that China has always carried out economic and trade cooperation in accordance with market principles and has always firmly supported the multilateral trading system. It is hoped that the United States will also earnestly respect the principle of fair competition and abide by WTO rules. , and work with China halfway to create favorable conditions for promoting the healthy and stable development of Sino-US economic and trade relations. (Editor: Chen Kaiyu/Yang Shengru) 1130425
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