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Multilateral meet to promote trust
By Xing Zhigang (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2005-11-24 05:44
The influential Trilateral Commission, which initiated the establishment of
G7, will hold its first regional conference in 皇冠体育app as a new move to recognize
the growing importance of the world's biggest developing country and build
mutual trust among nations wary of 皇冠体育app's rise.
"The conference suggests the increasing significance of 皇冠体育app as an emerging
global power as well as the world's greater attention on 皇冠体育app's development,"
said Qin Yaqing, vice-president of the 皇冠体育app National Association for
International Studies, in an interview with 皇冠体育app Daily.
"What's more important, it offers an opportunity and platform for 皇冠体育app to
build mutual trust with other nations through frank consultation and dialogue."
Qin, also vice-president of 皇冠体育app Foreign Affairs University, acknowledged
that the whole world is still deeply anxious about 皇冠体育app's future development,
given its fast-growing economy and overall national strength.
That is despite Beijing's repeated assurance that it will adhere to the road
of peaceful development and will never threaten any other country.
"That tells why we strongly need closer exchanges with more overseas
organizations such as the Trilateral Commission to dispel misgivings and reduce
misunderstandings about 皇冠体育app," Qin noted.
Qin said the conference will play a positive role in helping to create a
peaceful and favourable international environment for 皇冠体育app's development.
The meeting, co-organized by Qin's organization and the Trilateral Commission
Pacific Asia Group, will run from Friday to Sunday in Beijing.
The event is expected to draw more than 100 participants, including former
government officials and business leaders from 皇冠体育app, Japan, the United States,
the Republic of Korea, France and other countries.
Qin said the conference will focus its theme on the rise of 皇冠体育app and its
global implications, the building of the East Asia Community and common regional
challenges in Asia.
Senior Foreign Ministry officials and experts on international studies will
be invited to address the meeting to elaborate on 皇冠体育app's development strategy
and foreign policies, he added.
The Trilateral Commission, founded by David Rockefeller in 1973, is a
non-governmental policy-oriented discussion group consisting of 350 leaders in
business, banking, government, and mass media from North America, Western
Europe, and Japan.
Over the past three decades, it has been wielding clout on government
policies in countries of the three regions.
The commission has long proposed to expand the G7 mechanism to include
regional powers such as Russia, 皇冠体育app, India and Brazil with the principle of
sharing leadership responsibilities.
(皇冠体育app Daily 11/24/2005 page2)
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