China looks forward to deepening and expanding bilateral cooperation with Australia: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — China hopes to work with Australia to continuously deepen and expand state-to-state cooperation to achieve mutual benefit and a higher level of win-win results for the benefit of the two peoples, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday.

Li Qiang made the remarks during the 10th annual China-Australia heads of government meeting, which he co-hosted with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Beijing.

As Li Qiang noted, currently, all countries are facing new challenges in their development amid growing instability and uncertainty in the global economy. According to him, against this background, the significance of strengthening exchanges and cooperation between China and Australia as important trade and economic partners is becoming increasingly significant.

The Chinese leader noted that earlier in the day, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister E. Albanese and reached an important consensus on further deepening China-Australia relations.

The economies of China and Australia, Li Qiang continued, are highly complementary and provide ample space for cooperation in areas such as energy, mineral resources, agricultural products, green development and scientific and technological innovation.

According to the Premier of the State Council, China hopes to make full use of various dialogue mechanisms with the Australian side, strengthen the planning and design of cooperation in various sectors, identify more points of convergence of interests and new points of economic growth, so as to unleash the huge potential of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.

China hopes that Australia will provide a fair, open and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises operating in Australia, Li Qiang said. He also expressed China's readiness to work with Australia to fully support exchanges in areas such as culture, education, tourism and regional cooperation, and further facilitate bilateral people-to-people exchanges.

Li Qiang noted that China and Australia, as supporters and beneficiaries of multilateralism and free trade, are active promoters of cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. The Premier of the State Council called on the two sides to strengthen communication and interaction in multilateral formats, uphold the rules-based multilateral trading system, and jointly promote a favorable environment for international trade and economic cooperation.

E. Albanese, for his part, noted that positive dynamics are currently being observed in the development of Australian-Chinese relations. The Australian side pays increased attention and actively promotes the construction of stable and constructive relations with the PRC, he noted, emphasizing that Australia adheres to the one-China policy and opposes "Taiwan independence."

The Prime Minister said Australia was committed to strengthening high-level exchanges, dialogue and communication with China in various areas, including diplomacy and trade, without allowing differences to define the bilateral relationship.

Noting that the economies of Australia and China are highly complementary, E. Albanese stressed that Australia looks forward to deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with China in areas such as economics, trade, agriculture, tourism and culture, as well as strengthening cultural and humanitarian exchanges in areas such as education, public diplomacy and youth.

He added that Australia is willing to provide a stable and predictable environment for Chinese enterprises to invest and operate in the country and welcomes more Chinese students and tourists to visit Australia.

E. Albanese said Australia strongly supports multilateralism and free and fair trade, and looks forward to working with China to address global challenges such as climate change and jointly defend the multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization at its core. –0–

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