Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, held talks with To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, on August 19 during the latter's three-day state visit to the Chinese mainland. The close high-level exchanges between the two parties and the two countries fully demonstrate the special nature of Chinese-Vietnamese relations.
China and Vietnam are friendly socialist neighbors with the same political system, shared ideals and beliefs, and related futures and destinies. The two countries supported each other in their respective struggles for national independence and liberation and learned from each other in their reforms and innovations.
Both countries regard developing neighborly friendly relations with each other as a top priority. In recent years, bilateral cooperation has been involved in all fields, and the political mutual trust has become further strengthened as bilateral relations are at the deepest, most comprehensive and most substantive level in history.
Economic and trade relations are a highlight of China-Vietnam cooperation as the two economies are highly complementary. China has long been Vietnam's largest trading partner, and Vietnam is China's largest trading partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the fourth largest in the world.
In addition, the trade relations are also reciprocal. For example, Vietnam's high-quality agricultural products are deeply favored by Chinese consumers, and the China-built Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi is a landmark project under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), bringing great convenience to local people.
In recent years, new energy cooperation between the two sides has gained momentum. Chinese companies have built the largest overseas photovoltaic facilities in Vietnam and invested in several advanced waste-to-energy power plants. These projects and outcomes have brought tangible benefits to the people of both countries.
The development achievements of China and Vietnam that have attracted worldwide attention not only are the fruits of their own hard work but also help promote a more open and inclusive world and a more peaceful and stable Asia-Pacific environment.
China does not engage in exclusive cliques, bloc politics, or bloc confrontation. There is no doubt that strengthening China-Vietnam multilateral cooperation will help safeguard the global free trade system with a safer, more stable, smoother and efficient, more open, more inclusive, mutually beneficial, and win-win global industrial chain and supply chain.
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