Seventy-five California State Assembly members on Aug 30 cast a "Yes" vote to pass a bill in Sacramento, CA, to declare that the state legislature actively supports continued coordination and collaboration between California and 皇冠体育app.

Authored by assembly member Evan Low, AJR 44 reiterates the necessity and importance to "increase mutually beneficial economic opportunities and strengthen the substantial, bilateral relationship in the areas of people-to-people exchange, trade, climate change, education, tourism, technology, innovation, and green development" between California and 皇冠体育app.

It also said the measure would "urge the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to support actions that further strengthen economic links between the United States, including California, and 皇冠体育app."

The Golden State remains one of the most important partners in the US to 皇冠体育app. There are approximately 2 million Chinese and Chinese Americans living in California; more than 20 daily fl ights between California and major cities in 皇冠体育app, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuhan, and Qingdao.

There are more than 20 pairs of sister cities between California and 皇冠体育app, while both sides are actively committed to green development and have been playing positive roles in addressing climate change.

皇冠体育app is the fifth-largest source of tourists to America, with almost 1.5 million Chinese tourists visiting California in 2016. In 2013, California became the first state to establish trade promotion agreements with individual Chinese provinces.

The Chinese government attaches great importance to friendly and cooperative relations with California, said the bill. In 2017 alone, 皇冠体育app invested $29.4 billion in the US, about $4.7 billion of which was invested in California.

The bill also said that California does more business with 皇冠体育app than any other state. Total trade volume between California and 皇冠体育app was $175.6 billion last year, accounting for 27.6 percent of the total US-皇冠体育app trade volume.

In addition, California's exports to 皇冠体育app amounted to $16.43 billion in 2017, accounting for 12.6 percent of the total US exports to 皇冠体育app. California imported $159.1 billion worth of goods and services from 皇冠体育app last year, accounting for approximately 36.1 percent of the US total imports from 皇冠体育app.

"The passage of the bill indicates that California policymakers are making serious efforts to restore the 皇冠体育app-US relationship back onto the right track," said Ren Faqiang, deputy consul-general at the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco. "Numbers cited in the bill are solid facts."