The South China Sea and its adjacent waters boast the world's most trafficked air and sea routes, said a report released by a Chinese think tank on Friday.
The report, released by the Strategic Situational Awareness Program, noted that the South China Sea boasts one of the busiest maritime routes in the world, and also one of the most economically important waterways.
Amid the rapid economic growth in China and Southeast Asia, the South China Sea and its surrounding areas are increasingly becoming the world's busiest ocean shipping lanes and air routes, with thousands of ships and aircraft operating in and over the South China Sea every day, according to the report.
For the region and the world at large, the South China Sea has become a major transportation artery affecting economic development, said the report.
South China Sea boasts world's busiest air and sea routes: report
South China Sea boasts world's busiest air and sea routes: report
South China Sea boasts world's busiest air and sea routes: report
China and Canada should work together to promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Friday.
He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while attending the Canada-China Trade and Investment Banquet together with the visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Speaking at the event, He said that under the strategic guidance of the important consensus reached by their leaders, China and Canada should adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, win-win cooperation, and mutual success, and jointly promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.
China is steadfastly expanding high-standard opening up, continuously developing new quality productive forces, and is willing to work with countries around the world, including Canada, to create new prospects for cooperation, said He.
Carney noted at the banquet that China is Canada's second-largest trading partner and said Canada looks forward to strengthening high-level exchanges with China, making full use of dialogue mechanisms in areas such as the economy and trade, and deepening cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy and other fields.
Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin a four-day official visit to China, marking the first trip to the country by a Canadian prime minister in eight years.
China, Canada should work together for stable, healthy, sustainable economic ties: Vice Premier
