Development of Sino-US economic and trade relations.
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Let's review the development of Sino-US economic and trade relations.
On February 21,1972, when President Nixon arrived at Beijing Airport, the late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai took his hand and said: áðYou have reached across the worldáïs largest ocean to shake my hand.áñ
The historic handshake ended the more than two decades of hostile separation of the worldáïs two great nations, and China established officially diplomatic relations with the US on January 1, 1979. During President Nixonáïs visiting, China purchased 10 Boeing airplanes from America, which is a real beginning of Sino-US economic and trade co-opration.
Bilateral economic ties and trade have developed rapidly since the two countries resumed high-level contacts and opened the door for further development of relations in 1972. Trade between the two countries grew out of nothing, expanded from small to large and is rising in a gratifying way.
According to statistics from the China General Administration of Customs, Sino-US trade in 1997 amounted to US$48.99 billion, 20 times the figure of 1979 when the two countries established diplomatic relations. In the 18 years...