On August 22, 2025, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng attendedthe U.S.-China Soybean Industry Partner Breakfast Reception in Washington and delivered remarks.

Ambassador Xieused soybeans as an example to illustrate the tremendous potential of China-U.S. agricultural cooperation based on complementarity, the mutually beneficial nature of the China-U.S. economic and trade relationship, and the factthat China and the U.S. stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. He pointed out that China and the U.S. are the world’s most important agricultural producers and consumers. China has comparative advantage in labor-intensive agricultural products, while the U.S. specializes in land-intensive agricultural commodities through mechanized, large-scale production. The two sides both have their own strengths and can well complement each other. China-U.S. agricultural exchanges and cooperation have not only offered more choices for consumers in both countries, but also put more money in the pockets of American farmers. They have provided impetus for agricultural transformation and upgrading in China and the U.S., and opened up a new path for securing global food security. Agriculture should not be politicized, and farmers should not pay the cost of trade war. Restricting Chinese citizens and businesses from buying farmland is purely a move of political manipulation on the pretext of national security. It is completely unfounded, and is aimed to hijack China-U.S. agricultural cooperation for a few individuals’ own agenda.

Ambassador Xie emphasized the importance of implementing the important common understandings of the two leaders, making good use of the economic and trade consultation mechanism, building consensus, clearing up misunderstandings and strengthening cooperation, so as to jointly share the dividends of development and return to the right track of win-win cooperation. He called on industry associations and enterprises in both countries to act as hard-working “farmers”,keep the “pests” away from bilateral agricultural cooperation and say a loud no to any attempt to politicize trade and economic issues in the name of national security, and also sow more “seeds” by exploring more areas of opportunity and seeking win-win outcomes, so as to keep the  China-US agricultural cooperation flourishing and growing healthily.

This event was co-hosted by the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products (CFNA). USSEC Chair Ms. Janna Fritz, CFNA President Mr. Cao Derong, and Acting Associate Administrator of the USDA Foreign Agricultural ServiceMr. Hafemeister also delivered remarks. Representatives from industry associations, agricultural enterprises, scholars, and farmers from both countries participated.