国内英语新闻:Hu's fruitful visit opens new chapter of China-U.S. cooperation: foreign minister

How to boost strategic mutual trust between Beijing and Washington was now a major concern in the China-U.S. relationship and would remain so in the near future, the Chinese foreign minister said.

As Hu noted, China and the United States, respectively as the largest developing and developed country, have increasing common interests and common responsibilities, but due to variant cultures, social systems and development levels, visible differences remain on certain issues.

The two sides should try to expand common ground, upgrade coordination, deepen strategic mutual trust and properly address their differences, Hu said, stressing that both sides would benefit from cooperation and suffer from confrontation.

Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a speech at a welcome luncheon hosted by U.S. friendly organizations in Washington, the United States, Jan. 20, 2011.

Beijing and Washington, he added, should hold on tight to the main theme of dialogue and cooperation, protect their relations from negative influence by accidental and sporadic events and steer the relationship through disturbances and challenges toward a better future.

While expressing full agreement to Hu's call for stronger strategic mutual trust, Obama lauded the remarkable achievements China had made in the past decades, and emphasized that China's peaceful development benefited the whole world, including the United States.

The United States, he added, welcomed a powerful, prosperous and successful China with a bigger role in international affairs, and was willing to seek solutions to outstanding issues through dialogue and cooperate with China to deal with multilateral issues in the 21st century.

The joint communique, wherein the United States reaffirmed its commitment to the one-China principle, reflected the aspiration of both sides to improve mutual understanding and reinforce mutual trust, and outlined a package of exchange measures that would surely help shore up the strategic mutual trust between the two sides, Yang said.