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US Ambassador: Trust between China and the U.S. More Crucial Than Ever Before

Jon Huntsman, U.S. Ambassador to China, is giving a speech at the Third Greater China Conference of Committee of 100 on December 9, 2009.

U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, says that trust between China and the U.S. is more crucial than ever before.

He stressed that China and the U.S. should seek common ground while respecting their differences at the third Greater China Conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Organized by the Committee of 100, the meeting assembled a mix of leaders and experts in various fields to provide their thought-provoking insights into the evolving relationship between the two countries.

Ambassador Huntsman spoke on Sino-U.S. strategic trust, in particular.

"After we reach a pretty high cruising altitude in the bilateral relationship, and I would argue that over 30 years of hard work, we're probably at the highest cruising altitude the U.S.-China relationship has ever achieved. It's now time to put the relationship to the test. And this is we will be doing as we move into the next year."

The Committee of 100 is a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization comprised of prominent Chinese Americans in a broad range of professions. Founded in 1989, the committee has dedicated its efforts to encouraging constructive relations between China and the U.S., and encouraging the full participation of Chinese Americans in all aspects of American life.

This is the third year that the committee has held its conference in China, and issues such as world changes after the global financial crisis and Sino-U.S. strategic trust were discussed at the conference. The theme of the conference is "Learn from the Past, Create the Future."