Han Zheng and Turkish Vice President Yilmaz jointly attended the China-Türkiye Green Development Business Forum and delivered a speech

China News Service, Beijing, November 9th. On November 9th, local time, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng and Turkish Vice President Yilmaz jointly attended the China-Turkey Green Development Business Forum in Istanbul and delivered a speech.

Han Zheng said that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Turkey relations have developed healthily and stably. Türkiye is China’s important economic and trade partner in West Asia and an important partner in jointly building the “Belt and Road”. China is willing to work with Turkey to fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, continue to deepen practical cooperation in various fields, and promote the development of China-Turkey strategic cooperative relations to a higher level.

Han Zheng put forward three suggestions on deepening green economic and trade cooperation between China and Turkey. The first is to strengthen the docking of green development strategies. China is unswervingly promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and building a modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously. China appreciates Turkey's launch of the 2053 net-zero emission target, and is willing to strengthen mutual learning and experience exchange with Turkey to jointly follow the path of sustainable development that conserves resources, protects the environment, and is green and low-carbon. The second is to promote green technology industry cooperation. China has the most complete new energy industry chain in the world, with mature photovoltaic, wind power, energy storage and other industrial technologies and complete supporting facilities, which are highly consistent with Türkiye's energy transformation and development needs. We encourage and support enterprises from both countries to deepen industrial technology cooperation and localized production, help implement more high-quality green projects, enhance the competitiveness of Türkiye's new energy industry, and achieve a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win results. The third is to deepen multilateral cooperation. China and Turkey have similar positions on global climate governance. China appreciates Türkiye's important contribution to promoting global climate governance as the COP31 chair and is willing to work with Turkey to promote the conference to achieve positive results.

Han Zheng said that China is willing to work with Turkey to take the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as an opportunity to deepen exchanges and cooperation in the green field, share opportunities for green and low-carbon transformation, and promote the joint construction of a clean, beautiful, and sustainable world. It is hoped that the business communities of the two countries will make full use of the opportunity of this forum to deepen exchanges, build consensus, and work together to promote China-Turkmenistan economic and trade cooperation to achieve more results.

In his speech, Yilmaz said that the world economy is undergoing an important transformation, of which green transformation is the key. China plays an important role in green development fields such as green technology, renewable energy, and electric vehicles, and has made positive contributions to the global green transformation. Turkey is actively promoting the 2053 net-zero emission goal and looks forward to deepening practical cooperation with China in the fields of new energy, energy storage systems, intelligent production, and sustainable infrastructure construction to jointly achieve sustainable development.

Before the forum, Han Zheng had a friendly exchange with Yilmaz. Han Zheng said that China and Turkey share extensive common interests in achieving their respective development goals and safeguarding international fairness and justice. Both sides should conscientiously implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, support each other's core concerns, strengthen the docking of development strategies, and deepen mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation. China is willing to encourage more Chinese companies to invest and establish business in Turkey, and welcomes Turkey to make good use of Chinese platforms such as the International Import Expo to promote more high-quality Turkish products to enter the Chinese market. It is hoped that Turkey will provide a good and stable business environment for Chinese enterprises and promote the steady and long-term cooperation between China and Turkey.

Yilmaz said that this year marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and China. President Erdogan and President Xi Jinping met during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit last year, providing new guidance for bilateral relations. China is Turkey's largest trading partner. Turkey looks forward to working with China to give full play to the role of mechanisms such as the intergovernmental cooperation committee between the two countries, continuously deepen bilateral trade, expand cooperation in finance, energy, minerals, artificial intelligence, tourism and other fields, and promote the docking of the "Middle Corridor" plan with the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Türkiye has advantages in geographical location and human resources, and welcomes more Chinese companies to invest in Turkey to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

The China-Türkiye Green Development Business Forum is co-sponsored by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Turkish Council for Foreign Economic Relations. Nearly 300 representatives from the political and business circles of China and Turkey attended the event.