尊敬的赵令欢主席，

巴尔舍夫斯基主席，

博卡斯大使，

女士们，先生们，朋友们：

很高兴同各位新老朋友“云”聚美丽的香江之畔。香港对我而言，是一片承载深厚情感和深刻记忆的土地。这也是我赴美以来第三次出席香港中美论坛，期待同各位共话中美关系，共探前行之路。

今年以来中美关系跌宕起伏。特别是两国经贸往来一度遭遇严重困难。关键时刻，习近平主席和特朗普总统从战略层面引领中美关系巨轮穿越急流、绕过暗礁，破浪前行，围绕中美新时期正确相处之道这项“世纪之问”作了新的探索。站在新的历史起点上，推动中美关系稳定、健康、可持续发展，既是两国人民之愿，也是世界各国所盼。对此，我愿与大家分享三点体会：

第一，锚定元首指引方向，不折不扣落实会晤共识。元首外交是中美关系的“指南针”和“定盘星”。今年以来，习近平主席同特朗普总统3次通话、多次互致信函，特别是不久前在釜山成功会晤，在紧要关头为中美关系校准航向。釜山会晤不是终点，而是新的起点。当务之急是做好全过程管理、扎实推进后续工作，特别是尽快将两国元首会晤共识落到实处，为中美关系打下稳固的基础，造福两国，惠及世界。中方向来言出必行，期待美方与中方相向而行，采取实实在在的行动，让两国人民和国际社会安心、放心。当前企稳势头来之不易，尤应珍惜，要防止折腾反复、避免横生枝节，不能进一步、退半步，甚至进一步、退两步，为两国关系制造新的困难和障碍。

第二，汲取历史经验智慧，坚定不移推进互利合作。本届论坛将回顾中美在80年前并肩战胜法西斯、共建战后国际秩序的光荣历史，启迪我们珍视和平合作的宝贵价值。80 年来，中美关系经历风风雨雨，但无论从什么角度看，两国维护世界和平与繁荣的共同利益始终是第一位的，双方能够彼此成就，而不应互相伤害，应该求同存异，而不是零和博弈。中共二十届四中全会胜利召开，中国即将踏上“十五五”新征程，双方在绿色发展、人工智能、数字经济、卫生健康、旅游、农业等领域拥有巨大合作空间。刚刚结束的第 8届进博会上，美国企业参展面积连续7年保持第一，用“脚”对中国经济投下信任票。中国未来十多年中等收入群体将超过8亿人，正在加快形成全球最大、最有活力的消费市场。这个开放发展的超大规模市场，将为美国和世界带来前所未有的巨大机遇。中美合作清单应该拉得更长，合作蛋糕可以做得更大。解决当今世界面临的重大问题，更离不开中美协调合作，双方要展现大国担当，共同为促进世界和平与发展注入稳定性和正能量。

第三，厚植人文交流根基，持之以恒促进民心相通。中美人民有着天然的亲近感，两国交往源远流长，人民友谊从未间断。两个多世纪前，美国商船“中国皇后号”穿越重洋，开启中美贸易先河；半个世纪前，“乒乓外交”打破冷战坚冰，助力中美建交；40多年前，艾奥瓦州“老朋友”的佳话与感人的“鼓岭缘”故事又为两国交往增添了浓墨重彩的一页；如今，“5年5万”倡议落地生根，越来越多美国青少年来华交流，架起跨越太平洋的友谊新桥。在这条促进两国人民相知相近的道路上，中美交流基金会长期开拓耕耘，贡献良多。虽然美方一些人戴着有色眼镜，把中国学生学者及基金会这样的友好团体都视为“国家安全威胁”，万般诋毁阻挠，但“青山遮不住，毕竟东流去”，人民友好的浩荡大势，绝不会因一时的逆流而改变。两国有识之士应站出来，共同发声反对人文交流污名化的错误作法，齐心协力搬掉阻碍两国人员往来的“绊脚石”，为鼓励和支持两国社会各界增进相互了解和交流合作创造条件。

各位朋友，

“相互成就、共同繁荣”这一愿景的实现绝非坦途，需要中美共同努力。习近平主席在釜山会晤时指出，两国做伙伴、做朋友，这是历史的启示，也是现实的需要。特朗普总统表示，中国是美国最大的伙伴，美中关系一直很好，将来会更好，希望中国和美国的未来都更加美好。面向未来，不论形势如何变化，中美合作互利共赢的历史逻辑不会变，两国人民交流合作的根本愿望不会变，世界人民对中美关系稳定发展的普遍期待不会变。我们有一千条理由把中美关系搞好，没有一条借口把中美关系搞砸。千里之行，始于足下，让我们迈开腿、放手干，为促进中美交流合作建言献策、添砖加瓦，共同开辟中美关系光明美好的未来。

预祝本届香港中美论坛取得圆满成功！希望香港这颗“东方明珠”更加璀璨生辉，在繁荣稳定中再续辉煌！

谢谢大家。

Chairman John Zhao,

Chair Charlene Barshefsky,

Ambassador Max Baucus,

Ladies and gentlemen,Friends old and new,

 It gives me great pleasure to join you in the beautiful city of Hong Kong via video link. For me, Hong Kong always holds a special place in my heart, filled with fond memories. This is also the third time that I have attended the U.S.-China Hong Kong Forum since I came to the United States. I look forward to discussing China-U.S. relations with you and jointly exploring the way forward.

This year has witnessed ups and downs in China-U.S. relations. Especially, bilateral economic and trade ties came across major setbacks at one point. At the critical moment, President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump navigated the giant ship of China-U.S. relations through rough waters and hidden rocks and steered it forward with their strategic guidance. Together, we have taken new steps to explore a right way for our two countries to get along in the new era, a cause of the century. It is both the shared wish of our two peoples and the common expectation of the entire world that we can promote the steady, sound and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations from this new historical starting point. To this end, I would like to share with you three thoughts.

First, it is important to keep to the direction set by our Presidents and faithfully implement the consensus reached during their meeting. Heads-of-state diplomacy serves as a compass and anchor for China-U.S. relations. Since the start of this year, President Xi Jinping and President Trump have spoken on the phone three times, exchanged several letters, and held a successful meeting in Busan not long ago, recalibrating the direction of China-U.S. relations at crucial junctures. The Busan Summit is not the finish line, but a new starting point. The pressing priority is to ensure whole-process management, take solid steps to follow up, and in particular act on the consensus reached between the two Presidents during the meeting as early as possible, so as to lay a firm foundation for China-U.S. relations, for the benefit of both countries and the world.China always keeps its words. We hope the U.S. side will work with us in the same direction and take concrete actions, so as to reassure both our peoples and the international community. The current stabilizing momentum has not come easy and should be doubly cherished. It is important to avoid flip-flopping, causing any new disruption, or taking one step forward but then retreating half or even two steps backward, which would only cause new difficulties and obstacles for bilateral relations.

Second, it is important to draw wisdom from history and resolutely advance mutually beneficial cooperation. This year's forum will look back on the history of China and the United States jointly defeating fascism and building the post-war international order 80 years ago, and inspire us to cherish the value of peace and cooperation. Despite the wind and rain China-U.S. relations have gone through over the past eight decades, from every perspective, our shared interest in safeguarding world peace and prosperity always comes first. Our two sides can help each other succeed, rather than hurt one another; and should seek common ground and reserve differences, rather than engage in a zero-sum game.The 20th CPC Central Committee successfully held its fourth plenary session last month. As China embarks on a new journey during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, there is vast room for China-U.S. cooperation in areas such as green development, artificial intelligence, digital economy, health, tourism and agriculture. At the recently concluded eighth China International Import Expo, American companies took up the largest exhibition area for the seventh year in a row, casting votes of confidence in the Chinese economy.With China's middle-income group set to exceed 800 million in the coming decade or so, the world's largest, most vibrant consumer market is taking shape at a faster pace. This open and ever-developing supersized market will bring huge opportunities like never before to the U.S. and the entire world. China and the U.S. should make the list of partnership longer, and the cake of cooperation bigger. To resolve the major challenges facing the world today, coordination and cooperation between our two countries are indispensable. We need to live up to our responsibility as major countries, and together inject more stability and positive energy into world peace and development.

Third, it is important to cultivate the foundation of people-to-people exchanges and bring hearts closer. The Chinese and American peoples share a natural affinity for each other. Our exchanges run deep and long, and the bond between our peoples has never ceased to grow. More than two centuries ago, the U.S. ship “Empress of China” set out on a voyage to China, marking the start of bilateral trade. Half a century ago, ping-pong diplomacy helped to break the ice during the Cold War, and facilitated the establishment of China-U.S. diplomatic relations. Over 40 years ago, stories of the old friends in Iowa and the bond with Kuliang added a heartwarming chapter to our relations. Today, President Xi Jinping's initiative to invite 50,000 young Americans to China on exchange and study programs in five years is being put into action, and we are seeing more and more young Americans coming to China and building new bridges of goodwill across the Pacific.For years, the China-United States Exchange Foundation has been dedicated to nurturing mutual understanding and affinity between our two peoples and has made important contributions. Meanwhile, a few individuals in the U.S. have seen Chinese students, scholars and friendly organizations like the Foundation as “national security threats” through a biased lens, and have tried every means to smear and obstruct them. But just as a line in a Chinese poem reads, “No mountain can stop the surging flow of the mighty river.” The tide of people's friendship will never be held back by the undertow, and will continue to forge ahead. People with vision in China and the U.S. need to step forward to speak up against the wrong practices of stigmatizing people-to-people exchanges, work together to remove the stumbling blocks, and create a favorable atmosphere for supporting greater mutual understanding, exchanges and cooperation between all sectors of society in our two countries.

Dear friends,

For China and the United States, realizing the vision of “helping each other succeed and prospering together” will not be a smooth sailing, and will require our joint efforts. During the Busan Summit, President Xi Jinping pointed out that China and the United States should be partners and friends. This is what history has taught us and what reality needs. President Trump said that China is the biggest partner of the U.S. The U.S. and China have always had a fantastic relationship, and it will be even better. We will make both China and the U.S. even better.Going forward, no matter how the situation may evolve, the historical trend of win-win cooperation between China and the United States will not change. The ultimate wish of our two peoples for exchanges and cooperation will not change. The expectations of the whole world for a steadily growing China-U.S. relationship will not change. We have a thousand reasons to make the China-U.S. relationship a success, and no single reason to mess it up. As a Chinese proverb goes, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Let's step up and act now, pool wisdom for promoting bilateral exchanges and cooperation, and jointly usher in a brighter future for China-U.S. relations.

I wish the U.S.-China Hong Kong Forum 2025 a great success. May Hong Kong, the “Pearl of the Orient”, shine ever brighter and achieve new glory in prosperity and stability!

Thank you very much.