Chinese Premier Li Qiang expressed optimism over the steady advancement of China-Australia relations during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the East Asia leaders' summit in Vientiane, Laos.
Premier Li acknowledged the gradual progress in practical cooperation across various fields between the two nations, noting that subnational and people-to-people exchanges have become more active. He emphasized China's willingness to enhance mutual understanding with Australia and to jointly build a more mature, stable, and fruitful comprehensive strategic partnership.
\"China is ready to share more development opportunities with Australia,\" Li stated, highlighting the mutually beneficial and win-win nature of their bilateral ties. He called for strengthened exchanges on macroeconomic policies and expanded cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, green development, and scientific and technological innovation.
Li assured that China will continue to deepen reforms and promote high-level opening up, creating a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized first-class business environment. He welcomed more Australian enterprises to invest in China and expressed hope that Australia would provide a fair, safe, nondiscriminatory, and predictable business environment for Chinese enterprises operating in Australia.
The Chinese premier also stressed the importance of expanding cultural and people-to-people exchanges to solidify the foundation of bilateral relations. He expressed readiness to work with Australia to safeguard peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region through concrete actions.
Prime Minister Albanese echoed the positive momentum in Australia-China relations, noting that dialogues in diplomatic, economic, and other fields are being carried out intensively. He expressed willingness to further strengthen high-level and all-level dialogue and cooperation with China, and to deepen collaboration in areas such as economy and trade, green economy, clean energy, climate change, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges.
Albanese affirmed Australia's adherence to the one-China policy and expressed a desire to strengthen coordination with China in multilateral fields to jointly safeguard regional and world peace, stability, and prosperity.
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