REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND PARTY SECRETARY YU ZHENGSHENG BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING
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REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND PARTY SECRETARY YU ZHENGSHENG BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release
November 16, 2009
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
AND PARTY SECRETARY YU ZHENGSHENG
BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING
Xijiao State Guest House
Shanghai, China
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much for your hospitality. This is my first visit to Shanghai, and we’ve been so impressed with the incredible growth in the city and the great warmth of the people who have received us.
SECRETARY YU: (As translated.) Shanghai is a city that witnessed the progress of the diplomatic relations between China and the United States over the past three decades. In 1972, Shanghai was a city where the Shanghai Communique was announced, and this has already made a solid foundation for the normalization of diplomatic ties between two countries.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, obviously both countries have benefited greatly from the progress that we’ve made over the last three decades. I know that many U.S. businesses are now located here in Shanghai and they consider it really the center for the region, commercially and financially. And it is very impressive to travel through the city and to see what extraordinary progress has been made.
SECRETARY YU: The Shanghai citizens are very pleased because Shanghai is the first stop of your China visit.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, thank you.
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