In a positive development, Chinese Premier Li Qiang highlighted the steady advancement of China-Australia relations during his meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The discussion took place on the sidelines of the leaders' meetings on East Asia cooperation in Vientiane, Laos.
Premier Li emphasized the growth of practical cooperation across various fields and the increasing activity in subnational and people-to-people exchanges. He expressed China’s willingness to deepen mutual understanding and build a more mature, stable, and fruitful comprehensive strategic partnership with Australia.
Li underscored the mutually beneficial and win-win nature of the bilateral ties, pointing out opportunities for shared development in areas such as trade and investment, green development, and scientific and technological innovation. He also highlighted China's commitment to further reform and high-level opening up, creating a market-oriented, law-based, and international business environment.
Premier Li invited more Australian enterprises to invest in China and hoped for a fair and predictable business environment in Australia for Chinese businesses. He stressed the importance of expanding cultural and people-to-people exchanges to strengthen bilateral relations and expressed China's readiness to collaborate with Australia to ensure peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
Prime Minister Albanese echoed a positive outlook on the current momentum of Australia-China relations, noting intensive dialogues in diplomatic and economic fields. He expressed a desire to deepen cooperation in the economy, green initiatives, clean energy, climate change, and cultural exchanges, aiming for sustained bilateral development.
Albanese reaffirmed Australia’s adherence to the one-China policy and its willingness to coordinate with China in multilateral forums to jointly safeguard regional and global peace, stability, and prosperity.
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