The New York State Senate on Tuesday passed a resolution to recognize Oct. 1 this year as the China Day to strengthen the friendship and relationship between the state and Chinese Americans.

 

纽约州参议院周二通过一项决议，将今年的10月1日作为“中国日”，以增强纽约州与美籍华人的友谊。

 

The resolution also recognizes the first week of October this year as the Chinese American Heritage Week.

 

James Sanders Jr., state senator representing the 10th senatorial district in southeast Queens, said the resolution is significant in promoting the friendly relations and cooperation between New York and China.

 

He said China has made remarkable¹ progress in the past decades and has played an increasingly important role in international affairs. It is important that the two countries work together to advance the bilateral² relationship.

 

Sanders told Xinhua that as a chairman of committee on banks, he understands how important China is to the economy of New York, and emphasized that the relationships between the two sides are precious.

 

"We are breaking down walls of misunderstanding. That is important in a day like today, where there is enough tension in the air," he said.

 

The United States officially normalized relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979 to sustain a close bilateral relationship and to advance mutual³ security and commercial interests between the two countries, the resolution noted⁴.

 

According to the resolution, the two sides share a long-term economic relationship, with 659.8 billion U.S. dollars in bilateral trade in 2018, making China the largest trading partner of the United States, and the New York state exported 3.3 billion dollars' worth of products to China, making it the 8th largest foreign market for the state. Meanwhile, the bilateral trade and investment have created tens of thousands of jobs in the region.

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