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China ready to further traditional friendship, cooperation with Thailand: Premier Li

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China ready to further traditional friendship, cooperation with Thailand: Premier Li

2024-10-12 20:21 Last Updated At:21:27

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday that China is ready to work with Thailand to further carry forward traditional friendship, strengthen strategic communication, and push forward the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future.

Li made the remarks during his meeting with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the sidelines of the leaders' meetings on East Asia cooperation held in Vientiane.

China and Thailand are close friends and neighbors linked by mountains and rivers, Li noted, saying that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, the building of the China-Thailand community with a shared future has continued to advance, with fruitful cooperation in various fields and ever heated people-to-people exchanges.

The concept of "China and Thailand as one family" has gained greater popularity, he added.

Li hopes that China-Thailand relations will become even closer and bring more benefits to the people of the two countries.

He said that China firmly supports Thailand in pursuing a development path that suits its national conditions, and will always serve as Thailand's trustworthy and reliable partner.

The Chinese side, Li said, is ready to work with Thailand to better align development strategies, actively communicate with each other on policies, accelerate the construction of the China-Thailand railway, promote industrial integration and development, and deepen cooperation in industrial parks, digital economy, new energy vehicles as well as photovoltaic and other fields, to better support the transformation and upgrade of their respective economies.

The Chinese premier also called on the two sides to jointly host activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic ties next year and strengthen exchanges in media, culture, tourism, education, and youth to consolidate public support for the friendship between the two countries.

China, Li said, is ready to work with Thailand to implement the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement in a high-quality manner, accelerate regional economic integration, strengthen multilateral coordination and cooperation, and jointly safeguard the peaceful and stable development in the region.

For her part, Paetongtarn extended warm congratulations on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, expressing her firm belief that under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, China will continue to grow stronger and make greater contributions to world peace and prosperity.

Noting that next year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, she said Thailand is willing to jointly hold a series of celebrations with China, further strengthen high-level exchanges, promote mutually beneficial cooperation in economy, trade, agriculture and other fields, deepen cultural and people-to-people exchanges, and jointly crack down on transnational crimes such as online gambling and telephone fraud, in a bid to constantly push forward the building of a Thailand-China community with a shared future.

Thailand, she said, is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China within ASEAN, Lancang-Mekong Cooperation and other multilateral frameworks, jointly promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and safeguard regional peace, stability and prosperity.

China ready to further traditional friendship, cooperation with Thailand: Premier Li

China ready to further traditional friendship, cooperation with Thailand: Premier Li

China ready to further traditional friendship, cooperation with Thailand: Premier Li

China ready to further traditional friendship, cooperation with Thailand: Premier Li

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Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge enters marine construction stage

2024-12-03 20:39 Last Updated At:21:17

The Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen section) entered a new phase of marine construction on Monday morning, marked by the completion of the east tower's piling work of the Liuwudian Channel Bridge, a pivotal component of the project, in Xiamen of Fujian Province in east China.

The Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen section) spans 17.34 km and is designed to link the Xiamen island with the Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport that is currently under construction. The Liuwudian Channel Bridge is the province's first offshore suspension bridge and largest span bridge with a total length of 1,948 meters and a main span of 928 meters in length.

The pile foundation of the east bridge tower was completed on Monday after four months of work, while that of the west one is expected to finish at the end of this month.

Confronted with complex geological conditions and the challenge of transporting materials to the offshore construction site, the team newly built a large-scale mixing station and employed six rotary drilling rigs which operated around the clock.

With a total investment of 37.27 billion yuan (about 5.12 billion U.S. dollars), the Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen section) will become the most efficient connection between the Xiamen island and the Xiang'an Airport. Once completed, it will ease traffic congestion and greatly enhance transport efficiency in the region.

The Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen section) started construction in October 2023, and is expected to be completed simultaneously with the Xiang'an Airport Expressway in 2026.

Kinmen is an important hub for interaction across the Taiwan Strait. Growing trade and commercial links between Kinmen and Xiamen have made the building of the bridge a common desire of many people in the region.

Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge enters marine construction stage

Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge enters marine construction stage

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