On March 26, 2024, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi met with Professor Graham Allison from Harvard University in Beijing.

Wang Yi said the most important event in international relations for the past 50 years is the recovery and development of China-U.S. relations. In the next 50 years, what the international community expects most is that China and the United States find a proper way to get along with each other. On the basis of a profound review of the development of China-U.S. relations, President Xi Jinping has put forward the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, which are consistent with traditional Chinese culture and China's diplomatic philosophy, and provide fundamental guidance for China to view and handle China-U.S. relations.

Wang Yi said, China and the United States are countries with completely different histories and cultures, and cannot judge each other by their own standards. Chinese philosophy suggests harmony without uniformity, and holds that different roads may run in parallel without interfering with one another, and all living things may grow side by side without harming one another. This is essentially different from the binary opposition thinking of some Americans, which is characterized by a black-and-white and I-win-you-lose approach. The Chinese side believes that China and the United States should jointly address the global challenges and establish a more stable, sound and sustainable relationship. Bearing the future of humankind in mind, President Xi Jinping has also proposed the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind. This is not only a lofty goal pursued by Chinese diplomacy but also provides a Chinese solution to the questions of "what kind of world to build and how to build it". Wang Yi expressed the hope that the academia will strengthen research on the right way for China and the United States to get along with each other and the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and propose constructive ideas beyond the traditional theory of international relations.

Graham Allison said Chinese leaders have given deep thought to the world today and to U.S.-China relations. President Xi Jinping's proposal of the three principles for developing China-U.S. relations is highly significant and enlightening. China's explanation of mutual respect as the precondition, peaceful coexistence as the baseline, and win-win cooperation as the goal is helpful for the academia to better understand China's foreign policy. In today's complex world, binary opposition cannot solve the problems. China and the United States must cooperate and find a correct way to get along with each other, which is crucial to both countries and the world. Graham Allison expressed the willingness to gain a deep understanding of China's profound history and culture, and to better understand China's foreign policy, in particular the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind.