Bill Text: IL HR0306 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorates the 40-year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0306 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0306-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, On January l, 1979, the United States and the | ||||||
| 3 | People's Republic of China
(China) officially established | ||||||
| 4 | diplomatic relations; 2019 marks
the 40th anniversary of United | ||||||
| 5 | States-China relations; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Since the U.S. ship Empress of China sailed to | ||||||
| 7 | China over 230 years ago, trade
and exchanges between our two | ||||||
| 8 | countries have continued to flourish, transforming the
world in | ||||||
| 9 | the process; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Over the past four decades, exchanges and | ||||||
| 11 | cooperation between the two
countries have scored historic | ||||||
| 12 | achievements; 40 years ago, only several thousand visits
were | ||||||
| 13 | made between the two countries each year; in 2017, over 5.3 | ||||||
| 14 | million visits were
made between the two sides; 40 years ago, | ||||||
| 15 | the bilateral trade volume was less than
$2.5 billion; in 2017, | ||||||
| 16 | it surpassed $580 billion; 40 years ago, the two-way investment
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| 17 | between China and the U.S. was almost zero; in 2017, two-way | ||||||
| 18 | investment in various
forms amounted to over $230 billion in | ||||||
| 19 | accumulative terms; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Over the past 40 years, the entire world has
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| 21 | benefited enormously from the ties between the U.S. and China, | ||||||
| 22 | from advancing the proper
settlement of regional hot-spot | ||||||
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| 1 | issues to fighting international terrorism and from tackling
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| 2 | the global financial crisis to promoting global growth; China | ||||||
| 3 | and the U.S. have conducted
extensive cooperation at bilateral, | ||||||
| 4 | regional, and global levels; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The steady growth of China-U.S. relations is | ||||||
| 6 | indispensable to the success of
our two countries and the | ||||||
| 7 | world, and it would be irresponsible and detrimental for us to
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| 8 | "decouple" or become isolated from each other; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has been dedicated to | ||||||
| 10 | developing cooperative relations
with China for decades, and | ||||||
| 11 | China stays as the second-largest trading partner and | ||||||
| 12 | third-largest export market for Illinois; Chinese companies | ||||||
| 13 | have invested over $4.2 billion in
Illinois since 2000 and | ||||||
| 14 | supported over 5,100 jobs; over 18,000 Chinese students
pursue | ||||||
| 15 | their studies at Illinois universities; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we commemorate
the 40-year anniversary of the establishment of | ||||||
| 19 | diplomatic relations between the United
States and China and | ||||||
| 20 | support continued diplomatic, economic, and people-to-people
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| 21 | cooperation between the State of Illinois and China.
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