Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Friday that he looks forward to in-depth exchanges of views with Thai leaders on deepening China-Thailand comprehensive strategic cooperation and making further substantive progress in the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future. Li made the remarks upon arrival in Bangkok for an official visit to Thailand at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
The premier said that China and Thailand are geographically close and culturally connected, and the friendship between the two countries has a long history.
Last year, China and Thailand jointly held grand celebrations for the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations and the golden 50 years of China-Thailand friendship, Li said.
Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua paid a state visit to China, during which Chinese President Xi Jinping held a meeting with him, bringing bilateral relations to a new historic starting point, Li added.
Charnvirakul welcomed Li at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Chinese premier arrives in Bangkok for official visit
Chinese premier arrives in Bangkok for official visit
Zi Rui and Ao Ke, two giant pandas featured in the Chinese television series Panda's Family, are seen lounging on opposite sides of a tree stump piled with bamboo shoots at a conservation base in southwest China.
Zi Rui sits on the left, holding a long shoot in her paws, while Ao Ke leans back across from her. Another clip shows him enjoying the bamboo on his own.
The footage was filmed on Oct 20 at the Dujiangyan base of the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Sichuan Province and released on Nov 6 and 9.
Both pandas were born in 2023, Zi Rui in July and Ao Ke in August. Ao Ke is known for sticking close to his keepers, and fans have dubbed him the"best-looking" panda among the center's cubs born that year.
The two grew up together, though they are not siblings. Zi Rui's mother, Rui Rui, also cares for Ao Ke while his mother, Xian Xian, raises his twin brother Ao Ran in a program preparing him for possible release into the wild.
Wild training is one part of the center's work to breed and conserve giant pandas. It also collaborates with 18 zoos in 16 countries and regions, 39 animal care institutions in China and more than 10 research institutes.
Panda TV favorites share meal at tree-stump table
