California passed a resolution calling on the US president and Congress to support the strengthening of Sino US economic relations.

On August 30, 80 members of the House of Representatives of the California State Congress passed Resolution 44 without objection, expressing their active support for the strengthening of cooperation between California and China in the fields of economy, trade, education, tourism, humanities, technology, innovation, climate change and green development, and urging the United States President and Congress to support it. Step up the economic relationship between the United States and China, including California. The motion was presented by Evan Low, a representative of the State Council on behalf of Silicon Valley. The main contents of the motion are as follows:

As California is one of the most important partners of the People's Republic of China in the United States, about 2 million overseas Chinese live in California, there are more than 20 flights a day between California and major Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuhan and Qingdao, and there are more than 20 pairs of cities in California and China. Friendly Cities; California and China are committed to green development and play an active role in the field of climate change; China is the fifth largest tourist source in the United States, with nearly 1.5 million Chinese tourists visiting California in 2016; California became the first state in the United States to reach a trade promotion agreement with relevant provinces in China in 2013, and China coexisted in 2017. The US invested 29.4 billion US dollars, of which 4.7 billion US dollars were invested in California; California's trade with China ranked first among all US states; in 2017, California's trade with China amounted to 175.6 billion US dollars, accounting for 27.6% of the total US trade with China; in 2017, California's exports to China amounted to 16.43 billion US dollars, accounting for 12.6% of the total US exports to China; and in the same year, California's The Chinese government attaches great importance to the friendly and cooperative relations with California.

Therefore, the House of Representatives of the California Parliament has decided to actively support the continued coordination and cooperation between California and the People's Republic of China in order to promote mutually beneficial economic opportunities, and to strengthen substantive cooperation in the fields of human exchanges, trade, climate change, education, tourism, science and technology, innovation and green development. The California legislature urged the U.S. president and Congress to support further efforts to strengthen economic relations between the United States and China, including California.

Earlier, the California House of Representatives Committee on Employment and Economic Development held a hearing on the bill on August 27. The Committee passed the bill by five votes in favour, none against and two absent members of the House of Representatives.