Chinese premier meets Slovak president in Beijing

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Chinese premier meets Slovak president in Beijing

2026-07-29 20:04 Last Updated At：22:17

Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini in Beijing on Wednesday.

In their meeting, Li said that since China and Slovakia established diplomatic relations, the two countries have always treated each other with mutual respect and equality, enjoying a time-honored friendship.

China is ready to work with Slovakia to carry forward traditional friendship, consolidate strategic mutual trust, advance high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and deepen cooperation in areas such as connectivity, new energy vehicles and people-to-people exchanges to jointly promote the development and prosperity of the two countries, Li said.

Li also expressed the hope that Slovakia will help to push the European Union to adjust its policy towards China in a more positive and rational direction, promoting the sound and steady development of economic and trade relations between China and the EU.

Noting that Slovakia-China relations are currently at their best in history, Pellegrini said Slovakia is willing to strengthen exchanges and expand communication and cooperation in areas such as trade and economy and people-to-people exchanges.

Slovakia stands ready to play a positive role in advancing EU-China dialogue and cooperation, he said.

South China's Friendship Pass registers sharp growth in value of imports, exports in January-June

The Youyiguan Port, or Friendship Pass, in Pingxiang City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region neighboring Vietnam registered sharp growth in the value of imports and exports in the first half of this year.

The port, China's main gateway to Vietnam, recorded a total import and export cargo value of 364.12 billion yuan (about 53.77 billion U.S. dollars) in the first six months, up 26 percent year on year.

The trade with ASEAN member states dominated the port's performance, with the value of imports from and exports to ASEAN countries reaching 361.4 billion yuan in the January-June period, a 26.2 percent increase year on year, accounting for 99.3 percent of the port's total cross-border volume.

Machinery and electronic products remained the main categories of imports and exports through the port.

To facilitate economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN countries, the local customs authorities have introduced a series of measures to simplify the customs declaration and clearance procedures, raising the overall inspection efficiency by 40 percent.