Senate Resolution No. 2103

BY: Senator SANDERS

        RECOGNIZING  October 1, 2019, as China Day and the
        first week of  October  2019,  as  Chinese  American
        Heritage  Week  to  strengthen  the  friendship  and
        bilateral relationship between the State of New York
        and Chinese Americans

  WHEREAS, The United States officially normalized relations with  the
People's  Republic  of  China  in  1979  to  sustain  a  close bilateral
relationship and to advance mutual  security  and  commercial  interests
between the U.S. and China; and

  WHEREAS,  The  United  States  and  China share a long term economic
relationship, with $659.8 billion in bilateral  trade  in  2018,  making
China the largest trading partner of the United States; and

  WHEREAS,  The  State  of  New  York  exported  $3.3 billion worth of
products to China, making the 8th largest foreign market for  the  State
of New York, and the bilateral trade and investment have created tens of
thousands of jobs in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Chinese  American  helped  completed  the Transcontinental
Railroad and 1 in 5 Chinese Americans enlisted to serve in World War II;
and

  WHEREAS, The State of New York is home to a thriving overseas ethnic
Chinese  communities  that  support  the  People's  Republic  of  China,
including   the  America  Chinese  Development  Center,  Asian  American
Community  Empowerment,  American  Chinese  Commerce  Association,  that
devoted  themselves  to  the harmony and development of the community of
the State of New York, now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
recognize  October  1,  2019, as China Day and the first week of October
2019, as Chinese American Heritage Week to strengthen the friendship and
bilateral relationship  between  the  State  of  New  York  and  Chinese
Americans; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic  of  China,
and  to  Consul  General  Huang  Ping  of  the  Consulate General of the
People's Republic of China in New York.