Full Text of HR0306 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On January l, 1979, the United States and the | 3 | | People's Republic of China
(China) officially established | 4 | | diplomatic relations; 2019 marks
the 40th anniversary of United | 5 | | States-China relations; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Since the U.S. ship Empress of China sailed to | 7 | | China over 230 years ago, trade
and exchanges between our two | 8 | | countries have continued to flourish, transforming the
world in | 9 | | the process; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Over the past four decades, exchanges and | 11 | | cooperation between the two
countries have scored historic | 12 | | achievements; 40 years ago, only several thousand visits
were | 13 | | made between the two countries each year; in 2017, over 5.3 | 14 | | million visits were
made between the two sides; 40 years ago, | 15 | | the bilateral trade volume was less than
$2.5 billion; in 2017, | 16 | | it surpassed $580 billion; 40 years ago, the two-way investment
| 17 | | between China and the U.S. was almost zero; in 2017, two-way | 18 | | investment in various
forms amounted to over $230 billion in | 19 | | accumulative terms; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Over the past 40 years, the entire world has
| 21 | | benefited enormously from the ties between the U.S. and China, | 22 | | from advancing the proper
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| 1 | | issues to fighting international terrorism and from tackling
| 2 | | the global financial crisis to promoting global growth; China | 3 | | and the U.S. have conducted
extensive cooperation at bilateral, | 4 | | regional, and global levels; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The steady growth of China-U.S. relations is | 6 | | indispensable to the success of
our two countries and the | 7 | | world, and it would be irresponsible and detrimental for us to
| 8 | | "decouple" or become isolated from each other; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has been dedicated to | 10 | | developing cooperative relations
with China for decades, and | 11 | | China stays as the second-largest trading partner and | 12 | | third-largest export market for Illinois; Chinese companies | 13 | | have invested over $4.2 billion in
Illinois since 2000 and | 14 | | supported over 5,100 jobs; over 18,000 Chinese students
pursue | 15 | | their studies at Illinois universities; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we commemorate
the 40-year anniversary of the establishment of | 19 | | diplomatic relations between the United
States and China and | 20 | | support continued diplomatic, economic, and people-to-people
| 21 | | cooperation between the State of Illinois and China.
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