On May 12, 2026, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng delivered remarks at the 2026 China–California Business Forum.

Ambassador Xie said that in 2013, with the attention and support of President Xi Jinping, “the China Provinces and US California Joint Working Group on Trade and Investment Cooperation” was established. The China–California Business Forum has been successfully held seven times under this framework. It has become a signature platform for local cooperation between our two countries.

Ambassador Xie offered four suggestions for China-California economic and trade cooperation in light of the new opportunities brought by the 15th Five-Year Plan: First, we should focus on people’s well-being and deliver real benefits to our peoples. We should better connect our strengths, keep supply chains and logistics networks stable and smooth. Second, we should embrace green growth and advance sustainable development. China and California can deepen cooperation in green technology and expand green finance cooperation. Together, we can help build a cleaner, more beautiful and more sustainable world. Third, we should uphold openness and become partners with a global vision. We welcome California to continue moving forward with China, and to write more win-win stories — rooted in China, benefiting both countries, and serving the wider world. Fourth, we should unleash innovation and become pioneers of the future. Together, we can turn more bold ideas into real products, leaping from “zero to one”, and then from “one to many”. We hope California will continue to draw on its openness and pioneering spirit, and contribute to finding the right way for China and the United States to get along in the new era — with mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.

This forum was hosted in Los Angeles by the Consulate General of China in Los Angeles, and co-hosted by the Bay Area Council, the World Trade Center Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.