At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing will pay a state visit to China from June 15 to 19, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.
"At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing will pay a state visit to China from June 15 to 19. During the visit, President Xi Jinping will hold talks with him, and Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress will have separate meetings with him," Lin said.
China and Myanmar are traditional friends and neighbors, and they belong to a community with a shared future, Lin said.
He said over the 76 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China and Myanmar have upheld the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence they have jointly advocated, shared weal and woe, looked out for each other and embraced solidarity and coordination, with the bilateral relationship having made remarkable progress.
"Through this visit by President Min Aung Hlaing, China looks forward to working with Myanmar to carry forward the traditional 'pauk-phaw' (fraternal) friendship, deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperation, and achieve more practical results in building the China-Myanmar community with a shared future, so as to deliver more tangible benefits to the two peoples," Lin said.
Myanmar president to pay state visit to China: spokesman
China's high-tech manufacturing, emerging services, and new forms of consumption gained momentum in May, supporting steady economic growth as employment and prices stayed broadly stable, official data showed Tuesday.
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that production and supply improved steadily during this period, while the economy continued to move toward innovation-driven and quality-oriented growth.
In agriculture, summer grain production is in good shape this year and is expected to deliver a good harvest.
Industrial production also picked up, with value-added industrial output of enterprises above designated size rising 4.5 percent year-on-year, 0.4 percentage points faster than in April.
The industrial sector continued to move up the value chain, with faster progress in smart, green and integrated manufacturing. In the first five months of the year, high-tech manufacturing contributed nearly 40 percent of overall industrial growth, pointing to stronger industrial competitiveness.
The services sector also expanded steadily. China's services production index rose 4.4 percent year on year in May, accelerating from the previous month, with emerging services such as information transmission, software and information technology maintaining solid growth.
Consumption continued to shift toward higher-quality demand. From January to May, services retail sales increased 5.4 percent, as demand for services was further released. Online, digital and green consumption became new growth points.
The job market remained generally stable, with the surveyed urban unemployment rate standing at 5.1 percent in May, down 0.1 percentage points from April.
China's economy remains steady in May as manufacturing, services drive growth
