China News Service, Beijing, November 4 (Reporter Huang Yuqin) On the afternoon of November 4, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, met in Beijing with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Huaizhong, who was in China to attend the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
Wang Yi said that the Lancang-Mekong Foreign Ministers' Meeting was successfully held this morning. Lancang-Mekong cooperation has shown a brighter future and will assist the modernization process of countries in the region and bring more benefits to the people of all countries. Thanks to Vietnam for its positive contribution to the success of the meeting. Since the beginning of this year, under the personal leadership of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Vietnam has been deepened and solidified. The two sides have strengthened strategic communication, deepened economic, trade, investment and connectivity, carried out more active people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and jointly responded to the new challenges of the century-old changes in the world, making new contributions to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. China is willing to work with Vietnam to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two parties and two countries, intensify high-level exchanges, promote all-round connectivity by sea, land and air, improve trade and investment facilitation, seize development opportunities in emerging industries, expand cooperation in tourism, talent training and other areas, and continue to enhance people-to-people bonds. Strengthen multilateral collaboration on East Asia cooperation and other platforms, properly handle maritime issues, and jointly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea. We should support each other in successfully hosting the APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting.
Wang Yi said that General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that to govern the country, we must first govern the party, and only when the party thrives can the country be strong. The just-concluded Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made strategic arrangements to continuously promote comprehensive and strict governance of the party, demonstrating the Chinese Communist Party's firm determination to carry out the great self-revolution to the end. We will conscientiously and solidly implement the major deployments of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, so that the Communist Party of China will always maintain its advanced nature and purity, consolidate its flesh-and-blood ties with the people, and continue to be the backbone of the Chinese people in leading Chinese modernization. The current political and economic situation around the world proves that the socialist path and system choice adhered to by China and Vietnam is correct. The two parties share common ideals, beliefs and practices in governing the party and the country. They should strengthen mutual learning and support, continuously enrich the connotation of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, promote the modernization process of their respective countries, and inject new impetus into the revitalization of world socialism, so that Marxism can be full of vitality in the 21st century.
Li Huaizhong congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and believed that the important arrangements of the meeting will promote China to enter a new stage of development. The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam also proposed the line and policy of the Vietnamese Party’s self-reform and the implementation of the two centenary goals. Under the strategic guidance of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, Vietnam-China relations have continued to develop and cooperation in various fields has yielded fruitful results. Vietnam is willing to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, and promote practical cooperation to achieve more results. Vietnam appreciates the results of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, speaks highly of China's important role and positive contributions, and is willing to strengthen cooperation with China to continue to promote cooperation among regional countries, bring more benefits to people of all countries, and make greater contributions to regional and world peace, development and stability.
