Sino-US ties said hopeful for long term

Complementary nature of economies remains despite frictions, expert says

The rising rivalry between China and the United States will not change the overall picture of the two nations' economic complementarity, according to Long Guoqiang, vice-president of the Development Research Center of the State Council.

Recent trade frictions will inevitably affect the healthy development of Sino-US economic and trade relations in the short term; however, the relationship will continue to deepen in the long term despite trade frictions, Long said in a recent interview.