The Chinese Premier Li Qiang holds a welcome ceremony for Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the Northern Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China on April 1, 2023. PHOTO XINHUA BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks with visiting Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Beijing on Saturday.
China and Malaysia have reached a consensus on building a China-Malaysia community with a shared future, which has drawn a blueprint for the development of bilateral relations in the new era, urging efforts to take the consensus as guidance to promote regional and global peace, stability, development and prosperity.
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China and Malaysia need to leverage their comparative advantages to advance cooperation in the next stage, as developing countries and emerging economies, said the Chinese premier.
He called for efforts to synergize the two countries' development strategies, promote integrated development, step up cooperation in emerging industries and increase friendship and mutual trust.
China is ready to work with Malaysia and other Association of Southeast Asian nations to speed up consultations on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea and to maintain peace and stability in the area, Li said.
The Chinese premier said that Asia is our common home and that win-win cooperation is the only right choice, and that China is ready to work with Malaysia and other ASEAN countries to advance the negotiations on the ASEAN-China Free Trade AreaASEAN-China Free Trade Area ACFTA 3.0, and continue to promote the building of the East Asia Economic Community.
Li also called on the two countries to unambiguously defend multilateralism, safeguard the common interests of developing countries and emerging economies, and make more contributions to improving the global governance system.
For his part, Anwar said that the Malaysian government gave priority to developing Malaysia-China relations and upholds the one-China policy.
Malaysia supports the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, and is willing to strengthen cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative, advance cooperation in automotive, energy, culture and tourism, agriculture and digital economy, and promote personnel exchanges, he said.
After the talks ended, Li and Anwar witnessed the signing of a number of bilateral cooperation documents on economy, trade, agriculture and customs.