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iciency, climate change, regional security, nuclear safety and the global recession.5. The two countries must help each other, learn from each other and make progress together, Huntsman said in both Chinese and English, a phrase he has repeated on many occasions since he took up his current post in August.6. Highlighting statements by US President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao for positive, prehensive and cooperative ChinaUS relations, Foreign Minister Yang said that the ChinaUS relations today is one of partnership and cooperation, not zerosum petition.7. In the face of global challenges, such as financial crisis, energy shortage, terrorism, food security and serious diseases, countries are being more interdependent, Yang said.8. As the largest developing country and largest developed country, China and the US now enjoy broader mon interests and shoulder greater responsibilities on important and pressing issues crucial to peace and development of mankind, he added.9. The series of ChinaUS Relations conferences, initiated in 2003 by former US president George W. Bush, is a semiofficial and seminongovernmental platform for an exchange of ideas and research results among government officials, thinktank experts and academics from the two countries. Cohosts include the Chinese People39。s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Texas Aamp。M University, George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and George Bush School of Government and Public Service.10. It has also provided opportunities for college students of the two countries to meet with officials and academics and share their views.11. While meeting students from Texas Aamp。M University, Ocean University of China and several other Chinese universities, Yang recalled the time when US President Richard Nixon made his historic visit to China.12. We knew very little about each other then, Yang said, adding that some very important factors brought the two countries together.10