hy don't we start, professor cui. if there's something you'd like to remark on before we go to the questions. inaudible] no my it's fair to -- pinion sometimes the [inaudible] the other side [inaudible] that is a challenge for of these ecause [inaudible]ties depends on what you emphasize. [inaudible] objectively about the level of [inaudible] hich is a developing interest. and they have developed in a very short period. so this means when the united states believes china will be ompetitive, then the challenge inaudible] therefore, we compare china ith all the other nations. [inaudible] i'm not specialized. 'm pretty sure about that. both individual enter plieses, i think it's very much -- but rom the government you have to [inaudible] and another point is china kes time to develop this democratic system. all these challenges from the foreign competitiveness and in the short period and with such -- atic development [inaudible] -- [inaudible] china's economy. the government sometimes stems about the complexity of china.

we are also joined by cui liru, former president of the chain institute of contemporary international relations. he currently serves as senior advisor to multiple institutions for the study of national security and foreign relations. he specializes in u.s. foreign policy, u.s.-china relations, international security issues, and chinese foreign policy. and it is wonderful to be welcoming him to sais today. it is also my great pleasure to introduce amy celico, a principle of albright stonebridge group and leads the firms china team in washington, d.c. drawing on her expertise in u.s. government, she has deep understanding of nonfinancial service sector in china, intellectual property rights, and u.s.-china trade relations. we're also proud to say that she's a graduate of johns hopkins sais and a graduate of our hopkins center. thank you to sais china, johns hopkins sais for policy institute, and our friend, the china-u.s. exchange foundation for supporting and organizing today's event. finally, i would like to thank and also introduce our moderator today, dr. john lipsky who is aa senio

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