Chinese Premier Li Qiang met visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
Putin arrived in Beijing late on Tuesday night for a two-day state visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. This is also his 25th visit to China.
Li said that President Xi and President Putin held talks earlier in the day to make further plans and arrangements for the development of bilateral relations.
China is willing to work with Russia to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, consolidate political mutual trust, enhance mutual support, continue to maintain their resolve, deepen cooperation in such sectors as trade and investment, energy, agriculture, connectivity and people-to-people exchanges, so as to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results at a higher level, Li said.
He also called for closer collaboration on multilateral platforms, proactive implementation of the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), and joint efforts to safeguard international fairness and justice.
Putin said Russia stands ready to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, give full play to the mechanism of holding regular meetings of the heads of government of the two sides, advance cooperation in trade, energy, transportation and logistics, sci-tech innovation, and people-to-people exchanges, and strengthen multilateral collaboration, thus jointly promoting world peace, stability and prosperity.
Chinese premier meets Putin
The Chinese mainland welcomes and supports more young people in Taiwan to take part in cross-Strait exchanges, said Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, on Wednesday, as a new poll shows rising support for national reunification among the island's youth.
The poll, conducted in Taiwan, found that among young people aged 20 to 29, the proportion leaning toward secession has declined in recent years, while support for reunification across the Strait has steadily increased.
Commenting on the findings at a regular press conference, Zhu stressed that the mainland will support more frequent interactions between young people from both sides.
"Since the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities took power, they have aggressively promoted separatist fallacies, deliberately pushed 'de-sinicization,' restricted cross-Strait exchanges, and created 'information cocoons' to mislead the Taiwan people, especially the younger generation," Zhu said.
"More and more compatriots in Taiwan, particularly young friends, are actively participating in cross-Strait exchanges, learning from each other, and building mutual understanding. They are increasingly recognizing that unification is the irresistible trend and the path to a brighter future. We welcome and support more youth from both sides of the Strait to interact regularly, strengthen their pride and confidence as Chinese, and jointly strive for national unification and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," she said.
Mainland welcomes Taiwan youth to participate in cross-Strait exchanges: spokesperson
