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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, On January 1, 1979, the United States and People's | ||||||
| 3 | Republic of China (China) officially established diplomatic | ||||||
| 4 | relations, and 2019 marked the 40th anniversary of United | ||||||
| 5 | States-China relations; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Since the Empress of China, a United States ship, | ||||||
| 7 | sailed to China over 230 years ago, trade and exchanges between | ||||||
| 8 | the two countries have continued to flourish, transforming the | ||||||
| 9 | world in the process; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Over the past four decades, exchanges and | ||||||
| 11 | cooperation between the two countries have scored historic | ||||||
| 12 | achievements; forty years ago, only several thousand visits | ||||||
| 13 | were made between the two countries each year; in 2017, over | ||||||
| 14 | 5.3 million visits were made between the two sides; forty years | ||||||
| 15 | ago, the bilateral trade volume was less than $2.5 billion; in | ||||||
| 16 | 2017, it surpassed $580 billion; forty years ago, the two-way | ||||||
| 17 | investment between China and the United States was almost zero; | ||||||
| 18 | in 2017, two-way investment in various forms amounted to over | ||||||
| 19 | $230 billion in accumulative terms; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The entire region and the world have benefited | ||||||
| 21 | enormously from the ties between the United States and China; | ||||||
| 22 | from advancing the proper settlement of regional hot-spot | ||||||
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| 1 | issues to fighting international terrorism, tackling the | ||||||
| 2 | global financial crisis, and promoting global growth, China and | ||||||
| 3 | the United States have conducted extensive cooperation at | ||||||
| 4 | bilateral, regional, and global levels; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The steady growth of the relations between China | ||||||
| 6 | and the United States is indispensable to the success of the | ||||||
| 7 | two countries and the world, and it would be irresponsible and | ||||||
| 8 | detrimental for us to "decouple" or become isolated from each | ||||||
| 9 | other; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has been dedicated to | ||||||
| 11 | developing cooperative relations with China for decades, and | ||||||
| 12 | China remains the second largest trading partner and third | ||||||
| 13 | largest export market for the State; since 2000, Chinese | ||||||
| 14 | companies have invested over $4.2 billion in Illinois and | ||||||
| 15 | supported more than 5,100 jobs; over 18,000 Chinese students | ||||||
| 16 | pursue their studies in Illinois universities; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare January 1, | ||||||
| 19 | 2019 United States of America and China Diplomacy Day in the | ||||||
| 20 | State of Illinois in honor of the 40-year anniversary of the | ||||||
| 21 | establishment of diplomatic relations between the United | ||||||
| 22 | States and China, and we support continued diplomatic, | ||||||
| 23 | economic, and people-to-people cooperation between the State | ||||||
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| 1 | of Illinois and China.
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