TO THE EDITOR:
Chinese President Xi Jinping comes to the United States today, June 6, for his first visit as Chinese president since coming to power in March. I believe that the visit can and will have a great influence on relations between China and the U.S.
As a visiting international scholar and a young person who hopes for a continued long-term China-U.S. friendship, as well as common development and more shared responsibility between China and the United States, I believe the two countries should work to deepen mutual understanding, expand cultural exchange and strengthen cooperation in cultural industry.
They should increase the openness and support for each of their tourism markets. This can not only boost both economies and promote consumption but increase that kind of people-to-people exchange that can deepen understanding between cultures as well.
They could increase the intensity of media cooperation between the two countries by establishing a cofounded media group, jointly producing films, TV shows and documentaries on history, exchange and cooperation between the two countries.
Chinese and American cultural enterprises should go abroad, each expanding investment and development in the other nation. Each government should provide more incentives and support to those cultural enterprises. Mutual investment can create jobs, take advantage of local technology and labor and promote communication between cultures, bringing the peoples closer together.
As a citizen of China and the world, I hope China and the United States expand communication and enhance cooperation, benefiting not only both countries, but the whole world as well.
Yunping Chen
Graduate student
Journalism
