Obama arrives in Shanghai for his first trip to China

Shengyuan Chen Xiao November 15, 2009, Winter in Shanghai, Night rain pattering.　　U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for his first trip to China after taking office. Will Obama's visit to China, known as the "change" slogan, bring about a change in Sino-US relations?　　How will it change?　　Late into the night, U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Shanghai's Pudong airport in the rain with an Air force plane. Around 23:16, Obama walked off the plane in a black windbreaker and a black umbrella. Chinese ambassador to the United States Zhou and Shanghai Deputy Mayor Yang to the airport to meet.　　Mr Obama will be staying at Portman Hotel. Speaking at a regular press conference 12th, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said he would have the opportunity to have a dialogue with the Chinese public, especially young people in China, during his visit to China. According to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, 16th noon 12:45~14:00, Obama will be in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and from the Shanghai region of the eight young people to conduct face-to-face interaction to discuss the future of China and the United States face the global challenges.　　This is Obama's first face-to-face event in China. In the 75-minute interaction, Obama will also answer questions from audience and Chinese netizens.　　As of 10 o'clock last evening, more than 3,000 questions have been asked by netizens in the upcoming broadcast of the interactive Xinhua web. The concerns of these Chinese netizens are also issues that Mr Obama will discuss with Chinese leaders when he arrives in Beijing. On the afternoon of 16th, Obama will finish his trip to Beijing and attend a dinner with Chinese President Hu Jintao.　　17.18th will meet with Hu Jintao and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao respectively.　　The U.S. ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, said in an exclusive interview with the first financial daily that the leaders of the two countries will meet on a number of topics, including the global economy, regional security issues (Afghanistan and Pakistan and the DPRK, the Iranian nuclear issue).　　In addition, according to media reports, Obama will visit Palace, the Great Wall, and his half-brother, who has lived in China for 7 years, is also ready to take his Chinese wife to see his brother. The "fresh statement" of Sino-US relations in fact, 13th Obama began his first trip to Asia from Japan, after Japan is Singapore, China, South Korea, in its total 6th trip, China accounted for 4 days 3 nights.　　No wonder the media commented that China was the most substantive part of its Asian tour. On the morning of 14th, Obama delivered his first Asian policy speech since taking office in Tokyo. In his speech, Mr. Obama welcomed China's greater role in the world. "The rise of a strong and prosperous China is a source of strength for the international community." "The United States does not seek to contain China," Obama said in a Tokyo speech. "In addition to expressing" strong friendliness ", Obama said before his departure that the two countries need to deal with economic imbalances, otherwise the relationship will face a" great test. " "China is both an important partner and a competitor," he said.。 The point is that we want to ensure that friendly competition revolves around consumer and market competition, within the framework of clear international rules, and we also advocate that we take responsibility accordingly.　　Mr Obama's "fresh statement" of the U.S.-China relationship seems to convey the American Government's attitude and tone to the future of U.S.-China relations. Chen Ping, a professor at the National Development Institute of Peking University, told CBN yesterday that we should oppose the word "global imbalance" on bilateral occasions.　　Chen Ping believes that if there is a "global imbalance", the root cause is that the U.S. financial industry over the development of the U.S. domestic industry hollow.　　What's this about? Obama said 9th to the U.S. media that he will be in Beijing to the Chinese leaders to raise the currency issue. "The exchange rate and other issues will be put forward, and I am confident that the US and China will be able to achieve a series of policies conducive to long-term growth in both countries ' trade and economy."　　"he said. Songzuo, chief economist at the Global Institute of Finance and Economics, told CBN yesterday that Mr Obama's visit could revive the renminbi's currency issue. In the short term, he said, this is an established policy of the United States for domestic political considerations.　　Democrats now face congressional midterm elections, and under pressure from unions and other groups under the high unemployment rate, Mr Obama will certainly raise the issue of the renminbi as a gesture.　　According to Huntsman, clean energy and climate change will be one of the most important topics discussed by the leaders of the two countries. Fuqiang, director of the WWF Global Climate Change program, told CBN yesterday that his stance represented the government's emphasis on climate change. This is also a measure of pressure on Congress.　　In his view, China could take the opportunity of Obama's visit to the U.S. government and the Congress behind it to communicate what China is doing and will be doing to address climate change, and promote mutual trust. In the past, he said, the two countries have talked about technology transfer and emissions in the climate change talks, but there has not been much substantive cooperation between officials. Can start from specific problems, such as the construction of Low-carbon cities.