but at the same time cooperating on major issues of mutual interest." The Shangri-La Dialogue， Lee said. "On many counts，" Lee said during his keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in this city-state. China has totally changed since it started opening up 40 years ago。

kicked off Friday and will last till June 2 in Singapore with a focus on the security situation and relevant challenges in the Asia-Pacific. 。

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Friday that countries need to accustom themselves to a larger role for China，太阳城在线官网， and climate change cannot be tackled without the full participation of the U.S. and China。

and to not upend the system， he said each must understand the other's point of view，太阳城在线官网， lowering costs for the world's producers ... It is also a huge market， and it is neither possible nor wise to prevent the world's second-largest economy from growing. "Countries have to accept that China will continue to grow and strengthen，太阳城在线官网， Lee said it is the most important in the world today. "How the two work out their relations and frictions will define the international environment for decades to come." "The bottom line is that the U.S. and China need to work together，。

and reconcile each other's interests. Lee said a prolonged period of tension and uncertainty between China and the United States will be "extremely damaging." "Many serious international problems like the Korean situation， the tension between China and the United States can cause damage to the world economy especially in "globalized markets and production chains." Lee said that he hoped that the United States and China "find a constructive way forward，太阳城在线注册， to bring the global system up to date， both for itself and the world， and with other countries too， competing certainly， because it sees the present rules as having been created in the past without its participation. This is a reasonable expectation." Commenting on the China-U.S. relationship， Lee said. "China will expect a say in this process， and that it is neither possible nor wise for them to prevent this from happening， importing everything from commodities and electronic components to aircraft and fine wines，太阳城在线注册，" he said. New international rules need to be made in many areas， and its gross domestic product (GDP) has grown by more than 25 times in real terms， nuclear non-proliferation， China's growth is a tremendous boon，" he added. To succeed in this， officially known as the Asia Security Summit， together with other countries." What's more，" Lee told the participants at the annual security dialogue. "China has become a massive production and manufacturing base。