On October 15, 2024, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Gala Dinner 2024 of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR).

Xi Jinping expressed appreciation for the unremitting efforts made by the NCUSCR to promote exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States in various fields, and extended congratulations to this year's Gala's esteemed honoree William E. Ford.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the China-U.S. relationship is one of the most important bilateral relations in the world, bearing on the well-being of the two peoples and the future of mankind. China has always handled its relations with the United States based on the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, and always believes that each country's success presents opportunities for the other. The two countries should serve as a boost to each other's development rather than a hindrance. China is willing to work with the United States as partners and friends, which will not only benefit the two countries but also the world at large.

Xi Jinping stressed that the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was successfully held in July this year, making systematic arrangements for further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization. Opening up is a defining feature of Chinese modernization, and China will only open its door even wider to the outside world. China will intensify institutional opening up, continue to build a world-class international business environment, and leverage its super-large market strength and domestic demand potential to create more opportunities for China-U.S. cooperation. Xi Jinping expressed the hope that the NCUSCR and friends from all sectors of society will continue to care about and support China-U.S. relations, continue to actively participate in China's modernization drive and benefit from it, increase visits and exchanges, constantly deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and work together to turn the San Francisco vision into reality, so as to bring more benefits to the two peoples and inject more stability and positive energy into the world.

On the same day, U.S. President Joe Biden also sent a congratulatory letter to the annual Gala Dinner of the NCUSCR.