Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin on Thursday said China will continue to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation with Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs), hailing China-CEEC cooperation as a model of trans-regional multilateral cooperation.
China will continue to increase its imports from CEECs, expand bilateral trade, and strive to achieve more cooperation outcomes in such fields as the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road, Shen said when addressing the opening ceremony of the fourth China-CEEC Expo and International Consumer Goods Fair in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province.
Mutually beneficial cooperation between China and CEECs has become a model of trans-regional multilateral cooperation, as bilateral trade, investment and interconnectivity are ever-growing, according to Shen.
Shen said that China -- dedicated to building an open global economy -- is willing to work with all countries around the world, including CEECs, to uphold the multilateral trading system, maintain the stability of global industrial and supply chains, and safeguard the international environment to enable open cooperation.
The expo will run until May 25.
Senior official says China will deepen cooperation with CEECs
China and Canada are complementary in their resources and the two countries can tap the full potential of their win-win cooperation for their good, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien said in Beijing.
He made the remarks during an exclusive interview with China Media Group (CMG) ahead of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China.
Carney will pay an official visit to China from January 14 to 17, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.
"I hope that the visit of the prime minister of Canada, it will be a new departure in the relation between Canada and China. And because of the turmoil created by the president of the United States, we are looking for diversifying our economy with other nations. And my judgment always said that China and Canada are complementary. You have the people, we have the land, we have the resources, and we have some people, too. So, we can help each other to grow in peace and prosperity," he said.
Regarding how to resolve differences, Chretien said dialog is always the best way out.
"I believe in dialog. If we have disagreement, we have to talk about it. But at the end, every nation is a sovereign nation. So, we have to respect that, too. It's internal decision by the people of China to decide the future of China like it is for the Canadians to decide the future of Canada," he said.
China, Canada should leverage complementarity for mutual benefit: former Canadian PM
