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eAmerican to hold this manage one of the most vitally important bilateral relationships for the United States, with so many critical American interests at stake, has been an immense and rewarding living in China while representing the United States has truly been an exciting privilege for our entire I met with President Obama earlier this month, I informed him of my decision to step down as Ambassador in early 2014 to rejoin my family in am extremely proud of the work of our staff at the andConsulates in China and what we have been able to acplish together on behalf of the American people and for efforts have focused on job creation in America by increasing exports to China, opening more markets for American panies, and promoting Chinese investment in the have significantly increased Chinese business and tourism travel to the dramatically reducing wait times for a visa to 35 days from historical highs of 70100 , as I reflect on my tenure as Ambassador, I do know that relations continue to grow our bilateral relationship is a plex one, I remain confident in the ability of our leaders to manage differences and increase cooperation in areas of mutual concern to the benefit of not just our two great peoples, but the entire world.