Chinese President Xi Jinping’s new Prime Minister, Li Chang, urged the US and China to cooperate and implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries into practical action.
At a press conference held after the closing ceremony of the National People’s Congress on the 13th, Prime Minister Li was asked questions related to US-China relations, saying, “Opening to the outside world is our basic national policy, and we will not be shaken no matter how the external situation changes.” It will open up and the investment environment and service will be better,” he said.
He continued, “As Foreign Minister Qin Gang explained at a press conference a few days ago about specific issues related to US-China relations, I will not repeat it.” It is to translate (consensus) into practical policies and specific actions,” he emphasized.
The leaders of the US and China held their first face-to-face meeting on the occasion of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia in November last year, and agreed on the need for improved bilateral relations and cooperation.
Prime Minister Li said, “Recently, some Americans are promoting the tone of US-China decoupling (decoupling), and sometimes this debate heats up.” I don’t know,” he said.
He also emphasized, “The total amount of US-China trade last year reached a record high of $760 billion.
“I worked in Shanghai most of last year, and I have been in contact with high-level officials of foreign companies, including American companies, and they all see the prospects of Shanghai and, by extension, China, positive,” Li said.
“The US and China can and must cooperate, and the US-China cooperation is promising,” he said. “Isolation and oppression do not help anyone.”
Regarding the Taiwan issue, he revealed his will to respond separately from the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party authorities and the general public.
Prime Minister Li said, “Compatriots on both sides (China and Taiwan) are one family, blood is thicker than water, and when a bone hurts, a muscle hurts too.” We are trying to promote cross-strait economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation on the basis of ‘an oral agreement between China and Taiwan)’ based on the content to use the name.”
“In order for more Taiwanese compatriots and businesses to come to the mainland, we need to better integrate them and enable better development,” he stressed.
“It is the common wish of all people to restore the normal exchange of compatriots on both sides of the Strait and normal cooperation in each area,” he added, adding that “it is necessary to work together.”
Source: Donga
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