Li Qiang holds talks with Thai Prime Minister Anutin

China News Service, Bangkok, November 13. On the afternoon of November 13, Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks with Thai Prime Minister Anutin in Bangkok.

Li Qiang said that in July this year, Prime Minister Anutin paid an official visit to China, and President Xi Jinping met with you to jointly plan the development of China-Thailand relations. During my visit to Thailand this time, the two prime ministers exchanged visits within four months, which fully demonstrated the high level of bilateral relations. Currently, both China and Thailand are in an important period of national construction and development. China firmly supports the smooth governance of the Thai government and is willing to work with Thailand to further consolidate the foundation of political mutual trust, support each other's core interests and major concerns, make good use of the "2+2" strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers and defense ministers, the Joint Economic and Trade Committee and other mechanisms, deeply tap the potential for cooperation in various fields, achieve more practical results, and better benefit the two peoples.

Li Qiang pointed out that China is willing to strengthen the docking of development strategies with Thailand, promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", implement major projects such as the China-Thailand railway, intensify consultations on the new five-year economic and trade cooperation plan, promote the early realization of mutual protection of geographical indication products, expand cooperation in finance, new energy, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, etc., to achieve a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win results. China is willing to import more high-quality products from Thailand, encourages Chinese companies to invest and start business in Thailand, and hopes that Thailand will provide a fair, stable and predictable environment for companies. The two sides should also strengthen exchanges and cooperation in disaster prevention and reduction, water resources management, education, tourism, media, etc., increase the crackdown on illegal and criminal activities, and enhance the public's sense of gain from China-Thailand cooperation. There are still many unstable and uncertain factors in the current international situation. China is willing to work closely with Thailand to coordinate and cooperate closely under multilateral mechanisms such as China-ASEAN, Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, so as to contribute to global peace and development.

Anutin said that Thailand attaches great importance to its relations with China, is committed to promoting all-round cooperation between the two countries, and continues to elevate the Thailand-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new level to bring more benefits to the people of the two countries. Thailand is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges with China, give full play to the role of mechanisms such as the "2+2" strategic dialogue between foreign ministers and defense ministers, expand the scale of bilateral trade, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in agriculture, finance, connectivity, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, technology and other fields. Thailand is willing to continue to provide a good business environment for Chinese companies to invest in Thailand, strengthen law enforcement and security cooperation between the two sides, crack down on criminal activities such as online gambling and electronic fraud, ensure the safety of Chinese tourists, deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and cooperation, and consolidate the foundation of friendly public opinion. Thailand supports China in successfully hosting the APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting and is willing to work with China to successfully host the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting and jointly make new contributions to regional stability, development and prosperity.

After the talks, both parties jointly witnessed the signing of a number of cooperation documents in the fields of automobile industry, vocational education, agriculture, customs, security and other fields.

Before the talks, Anutin held a welcome ceremony for Li Qiang at the Prime Minister's Office. (over)