关于中美新型大国关系的回顾与思考

A New Type of Major Country Relationship: China-US Relations Revisited

中国是当今世界最大的发展中国家,美国是当今世界最大的发达国家。作为处于不同发展阶段、具有不同社会制度和文化背景、在国际事务中扮演不同角色的两个大国,中美关系极为复杂,中美关系的发展远非一帆风顺,今后也不可能坦途一片。仔细分析两国关系的坎坷历程,总的趋势还是积极向好的,中美关系不同于冷战时期的苏美关系。中美之间正在形成的新型大国关系,顺应历史潮流,符合时代需求,具有许多新的特征:双方在政治和安全领域交往密切但互信度有限,在经贸金融领域广泛合作但冲突和纷争持续不已,在人文领域中深化交流,相互影响又彼此设防,在国际事务中责任相同、诉求相近但也常常立场相左。所以,中美关系既重要又复杂,基础既牢固又脆弱,双方对此必须有清醒估计,都有责任精心进行维护和经营。中美建立新型大国关系,还需进一步拓展和深化互利双赢的务实合作。就当前而言,首先要在亚太地区形成良性互动。美国应站在全球战略格局和人类前途命运的高度,谨言慎行,真正践行两国领导人在《中美联合声明》中做出的"支持通过合作努力建设21世纪更加稳定、和平、繁荣的亚太地区"的庄严承诺,努力推动中美关系持续健康稳定地向前发展。

In today’s world,China is the biggest developing country,while the US is the biggest developed country.China-US relations are very complex,as the two countries are in different development stages,with different social systems and cultural backgrounds,and playing different roles in international affairs.The development of China-US relations has been far from a smooth sailing,and will not be an easy path in the future.However,careful analysis of the troubled history of this bilateral relationship demonstrates that the general trend is still positive,and has a different implication for the present international structure and the whole international relations from that of Soviet-US relations in the Cold War era.Setting up a new type of major country relationship between China and the US,is in conformity with the historical trend and the needs of the times,and has many new characteristics.ChinaUS relationship is both important and complex,and its foundation is both solid and fragile.The two sides must have a clear assessment of this,and shoulder the responsibility to carefully maintain and manage this relationship.In fact,it is not only the special responsibility of China and the US,but also the common expectation of the international community to promote a sustained,healthy and stable development of China-US relations.