Full Text of SR0282 101st General Assembly
SR0282 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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