Commentary: Xi-Obama summit opens new chapter in China-U.S. relations (2)

（Xinhua）  10:24, June 10, 2013  

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama take a walk before heading into their second meeting, at the Annenberg Retreat, California, the United States, June 8, 2013. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama held the second meeting here on Saturday to exchange views on economic ties. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

After years of cooperation, the Chinese and U.S. national interests have become increasingly interlocked, and a strong interdependence has taken root between the pair, which are the largest two economies in the world.

And respectively as the world's largest developing and developed country, China and the United States have too much to gain from cooperation to opt for confrontation.

Steering bilateral cooperation forward is a firm political will the two sides have fostered over decades of interaction. Undergirding it are a multi-tier network of dialogue and consultation mechanisms between them and a solid base of public support in both countries.

The trends of the times, such as political multipolarization and economic globalization, have also provided a favorable environment for the two countries to realize their vision of a new model of great power relations.

It is undeniable that gaps, differences and disputes still exist between China and the United States, making the trans-Pacific relationship highly complicated.

However, over the past more than 40 years, the two countries have managed to steer their relations steadily forward.

Should history be any indication, the trans-Pacific relationship will forge ahead along the course Xi and Obama have just charted and cast a long-running positive influence upon the peace and development of the whole world.