Wang Yi chairs China-Indonesia high-level meeting on cooperation

Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired the fourth session of the annual China-Indonesia High-Level Dialog and Cooperation Mechanism in East Nusa Tenggara, the southernmost province of Indonesia, on Friday.

The meeting was an important event of Wang's current visit to Indonesia. Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is on a six-day visit to Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea which started on Thursday.

During the meeting, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia's Coordinator for Cooperation with China and Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment, said that the country's next administration will continue current President Joko Widodo's programs while keeping the strong friendship between China and Indonesia.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said that Indonesia and China will continue strong commitments for collaboration in all sectors, including maintaining peace and stability in the region, emphasizing on hard work, mutual respect and abiding international law.

Wang Yi expressed his appreciation that Indonesia will continue to maintain the deep friendship between the two countries and adhere to the one-China policy, calling for joint efforts to build a shared community with regional and global influence that will bring prosperity and peace.

China is Indonesia's largest trading partner, export destination and import source. Data from Indonesia's Central Bureau of Statistics show that the bilateral trade volume of goods between the two countries reached 127.12 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Indonesia has raised its export target to China to 65-70 billion dollars in 2024 and has made several cooperation plans.

The China-Indonesia high-level dialog and cooperation mechanism, integrated from three vice-premier level mechanisms covering political security, economy and people-to-people and cultural exchanges, aims to help both sides to pool resources, form greater synergy and promote all-round in-depth post-COVID cooperation in a more efficient and pragmatic manner.

The last meeting of this mechanism was held in Beijing in April 2023.

Wang Yi chairs China-Indonesia high-level meeting on cooperation

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The 135th session of the China Import and Export Fair, commonly known as the Canton Fair, has already drawn to it 310 international delegations from 67 other countries and regions as of May 1, highlighting the fair's popularity and the strong confidence foreign companies have in the Chinese market and products.

The session has brought together 29,000 participating enterprises from both China and other  countries, with 74,000 exhibition booths. The event has been attended by 221,018 overseas purchasers from 215 other countries and regions, marking a 24.6 percent year-on-year increase as of May 1. 

The 135th session of the Canton Fair runs from April 15 to May 5 in three five-day phases.

Themed as "A Better Life," the third and final phase of the 135th session of the Canton Fair runs from May 1 to May 5.  A total of 21 exhibition zones in five major categories have been in place, which display commodities including toys, baby and pregnancy products, household textiles, stationery and health and leisure items. 

A Turkish purchasing group of more than 40 people has arrived at the fair for business negotiations. The group's leader, Emin, highlighted the importance of the fair in accessing cutting-edge products and technologies as well as the latest trends of markets.

"A saying in Türkiye states that if a businessperson or a company does not attend the Canton Fair, it is not truly engaged in international trade. For those in the international business sector, attending the fair is crucial for understanding the Chinese market," said Emin. 

The Canton Fair represents one of the grandest events on the global trade calendar. Since 1957 when its first edition took place in Guangzhou China, this biannual fair has expanded into an enormous platform for both imports and exports from across industries - featuring products from numerous sectors every spring and autumn respectively.

Canton Fair draws 310 international delegations with cutting-edge Chinese products