China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea（SCS）has raised concerns from the United States，the various claimants，ASEAN，and the regional powers. In response to international concerns and surrounding doubts，China sought common interests and clarified its position in the international arena in order to reduce external misunderstandings and misjudgments about China. In the case of the Shangri-La dialogue，despite domination of the topics and the agenda by the West，reflecting the fact that the United States and its allies have frequently taken advantage of the SCS issue to contain Beijing，it is worthy to note that China’s SCS position is not necessarily incompatible with that of the United States，the various claimants，ASEAN，or the regional powers. As a result，the future possible resolution of the SCS disputed ends on expanding the compatibility and changing the zero-sum mentality. As for China，this means controlling Sino-US strategic conflicts，exploring negotiations and cooperation with the claimants，and taking advantage of ASEAN and the regional powers to play a balancing role.