On the 30th anniversary of the Shanghai Communiqué, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said on February 28 in Beijing Thursday that he hoped China and the United States would increase their trust in each other and their cooperation over the next thirty years.
 
At a routine press conference today the spokesman said the anniversary is of great significance as the Shanghai Communiqué ended 22 years of separation between the two countries, and started a new age in the Sino-U.S. communication.
 
Over the past three decades, China and the United States have progressed in many areas, and all mutual exchanges, whether official or unofficial, have reached a top level, said Kong.
 
He noted that facts show the improvement and development of the Sino-U.S. relations will not only benefit both countries, but also will contribute to peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and the whole world. Sino-U.S. relations are among the most important bilateral relations in the world, the spokesman said, stressing that both sides should treat and deal with their relations based in a global context.
 
He said there are more common interests than differences between the two countries.
 
On U.S. President George Bush's recent fruitful visit to China, he said the Chinese side is willing to work jointly with the United States, to make the most of the consensus reached during Bush's visit and to handle the differences with care, in a bid to further push forwards bilateral relations on the basis of the
 
three Communiqués governing Sino-U.S. relations.