China News Service, Beijing, November 6th. On the morning of November 6th, Chinese Premier Li Qiang met at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with President Nguema of Gabonese, who was in China for a state visit.
Li Qiang said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Canada, China and Canada have always been in the same boat and helped each other through thick and thin. Bilateral relations have continued to reach new heights, mutually beneficial cooperation has continued to reap new results, and the traditional friendship has become stronger over time. President Xi Jinping will hold talks with Mr. President to jointly draw a new blueprint for the development of bilateral relations. China is willing to work with Canada to further build political mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation, and continuously enrich the connotation of China-Canada comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to better benefit the two peoples.
Li Qiang pointed out that China is willing to deepen cooperation with Canada in traditional fields such as mining, infrastructure, agriculture, forestry and fishery, and actively carry out cooperation in emerging fields such as digital economy and artificial intelligence to create more economic growth points and better promote common development. Canada is welcome to make good use of China's "zero tariff" policy and "green channel" for African agricultural and food products to be exported to China. China is willing to import more high-quality products from Canada and support more Chinese companies to invest and start business in Canada. China hopes that Canada will provide a fair, stable and predictable market environment for companies. The two sides should further deepen exchanges and cooperation in youth, culture, tourism, medical and health, local and other fields, make good use of platforms such as the Vocational Education Center and Luban Workshop, and build a solid public opinion foundation for friendship between the two countries. China firmly supports Africa's unity and self-reliance, and is willing to strengthen multilateral coordination and cooperation with Gabon and other African brothers, work together to build an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era, and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction.
Nguema congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, saying that the relationship between Canada and China was created by the older generation of leaders of the two countries and is a sincere brotherly friendship. Gabon firmly adheres to the one-China principle and supports the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping. China is Gabon's sincere and reliable first choice development partner. Canada highly appreciates China's implementation of the "zero tariff" policy and is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China in the fields of mining, transportation, energy, fishery, forestry, and artificial intelligence, expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges such as youth training, strengthen multilateral collaboration, and promote better development of Africa-China relations.
Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.
