On the afternoon of October 12, Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Thanh Min at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Li Qiang said that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary and President Su Lin, the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Vietnam has continued to be deepened and solidified. In April this year, the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries met in Beijing to further chart the course for deepening bilateral relations. As "comrades and brothers", we are willing to work with Vietnam to maintain traditional friendship, enhance unity and mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, better benefit the two peoples, and inject positive energy into promoting stability and prosperity in the region and even the world.
Li Qiang pointed out that China is willing to strengthen the docking of development strategies with Vietnam, give better play to the role of the bilateral cooperation steering committee and other mechanisms, make the economic and trade cake between the two countries bigger and better, and promote the continuous improvement of quality and efficiency of cooperation in areas such as connectivity, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and digital economy. Both sides should continue to successfully organize activities such as the "China-Vietnam Tourism Cooperation Year", deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and cooperation in medicine, education, youth and other areas, and consolidate the public opinion foundation for friendship between the two countries. Faced with the intertwined international situation, China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Vietnam under multilateral frameworks such as APEC, China-ASEAN, and Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, work together to deal with risks and challenges, and safeguard the common interests of the two countries and the region. It is hoped that the legislative bodies of the two countries will vigorously support practical cooperation between the two sides and play a greater role in providing legal protection and promoting people-to-people bonds.
Chen Qingmin said that in the face of the complex evolution of the international situation, China has made new and major achievements in economic and social development. Its economic growth rate ranks among the top of the world's major economies, and it has achieved breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation and led the world. Vietnam expresses heartfelt congratulations on this. Vietnam has always regarded China as its top priority and strategic choice in foreign relations and firmly adheres to the one-China policy. In accordance with the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, Vietnam will intensify exchanges with China at all levels, consolidate political mutual trust, strengthen strategic coordination, promote practical cooperation in the fields of economy and trade investment, connectivity, artificial intelligence, agriculture, deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and intensify multilateral collaboration. The Vietnamese National Assembly attaches great importance to and recognizes Xi Jinping’s thought on the rule of law and is willing to strengthen exchanges of experience in state governance with China and play an active role in promoting cooperation between the two countries in various fields and building a higher-level Vietnam-China community with a shared future of strategic significance.
Wang Dongming attended the meeting.
