China and the United States can and must broaden cooperation and build a new type of major country relationship, according to a joint report released on Tuesday here by U.S. and Chinese think tanks.
"China-U.S. Cooperation: Key to the Global Future", a joint report developed by a China-U.S. working group organized by the Atlantic Council and China Institute of International Studies, focuses on long-term global trends and their implications for the China-U.S. relationship and global future.
The report found that the global future, which is "increasingly interconnected and extraordinarily turbulent", will face a sharply rising demand for food, water and energy, as well as a climate crisis, a growing global middle class and an unprecedented technological revolution.
"When China and the United States cooperate to meet looming challenges, both countries benefit. When they fail to cooperate and pursue narrow interests or win-lose or zero-sum outcomes, both countries lose," the report concluded following depiction of different scenarios and outcomes.
Among a series of recommendations for policymakers in both countries, the working group in particular called for the establishment of a U.S.-China joint "vision group" composed of senior nongovernment and former government leaders to develop recommendations for both nations to cooperate bilaterally and join other nations to tackle critical global challenges.
Tung Chee Hwa, founding chairman of China-U.S. Exchange Foundation which supported the report, noted that the two countries are stakeholders that share a lot of common concerns.
"It is important that the misunderstanding and mistrust be addressed, differences be managed and contained, and under no circumstances should they affect the overall U.S.-China relationship," he said.
Source: Xinhua
