The friendly relations between China and Malaysia are an epitome of China's high-level development of relations with neighboring countries, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.
It is reported that Malaysians' favorability towards China reaches new heights, according to a public opinion survey by a Malaysian research firm. Among all participants of the survey, 77 percent of them hold positive views about China, increasing significantly from 39 percent in 2022.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia.
"China and Malaysia are neighbors across the sea, enjoying a long-standing traditional friendship. Good-neighborliness, friendship, mutually beneficial cooperation, unity and coordination have defined our bilateral relations," Mao said.
"The friendly relations between China and Malaysia are an epitome of China's high-level development of relations with neighboring countries. In recent years, China and neighboring countries have enjoyed deepening friendship and mutual trust, increasingly entwined interests, and fruitful practical cooperation. This has injected stability and certainty to a complex world landscape, greatly contributed to the lasting peace and stability and fast economic growth in the region, and benefited people from regional countries, which receives wide support and recognition."
"China stands ready to continue acting on the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness and work with neighboring countries to build an Asian home, advance the building of an Asian community with a shared future, and inject more positive energy into peace, stability, development and prosperity in the region and the wider world," she said.
China's ties with Malaysia epitomize its development of relations with neighbors: spokeswoman
China's ties with Malaysia epitomize its development of relations with neighbors: spokeswoman
