China's development no threat to US: Jimmy Carter

China's development will not threaten the United States and peaceful competition between the two will benefit the world economy, former US president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday.

Carter made the remarks while addressing the 8th Barnett-Oksenberg lecture on Sino-American relations in Shanghai.

The official establishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations 35 years ago has not only brought enormous benefits to people in the two countries, but made the 7 billion people in the whole world live a better life, he said.

Carter, then US president, and late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping witnessed the official establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties on Jan. 1, 1979.

The world economy is big enough to allow the development of both countries, the 90-year-old said.

The issues currently facing the two countries are less complicated and thorny than those 35 years ago and the two countries should boost exchanges and cooperation, particularly in tackling the global climate change, he said.