Chinese vice president meets Bulgarian, Cambodian, Serbian deputy prime ministers

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Monday met separately with Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Poulev, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol and Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Adrijana Mesarovic, who are in Xiamen for the 26th China International Fair for Investment and Trade.

While meeting with Poulev, Han said that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, the China-Bulgaria strategic partnership has maintained sound and steady growth in recent years, with fruitful cooperation in agriculture, science and technology and other fields, delivering tangible benefits to both peoples.

Han expressed China's readiness to work with Bulgaria to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, expand the scale of bilateral trade, strengthen investment alignment, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and promote the sustained growth of China-Bulgaria relations. He also voiced the hope that Bulgaria will actively contribute to the sound and stable development of China-EU economic and trade relations.

Poulev, also minister of economy, investment and industry of Bulgaria, said his country attaches great importance to its relations with China. He noted that Bulgaria is willing to learn from China's development experience, step up practical cooperation in various fields, and welcome Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Bulgaria.

While meeting with Sun Chanthol, Han said China is ready to work with Cambodia to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, give full play to the role of the China-Cambodia Intergovernmental Coordination Committee, further deepen practical cooperation in various fields, promote the integration of trade and investment, and continue to advance the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.

Sun Chanthol, also first vice chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, said Cambodia and China have a profound friendship and have always trusted and supported each other. He reaffirmed Cambodia's commitment to the one-China principle and expressed readiness to deepen cooperation with China in areas such as economy, trade, investment, tourism and combating cyber fraud, and to actively advance Belt and Road cooperation for the benefit of the two peoples.

While meeting with Mesarovic, Han noted that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of the heads of state of the two countries, China-Serbia relations have achieved leapfrog development. He said China is willing to work with Serbia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, continuously deepen political mutual trust, make good use of the preferential arrangements of the bilateral free trade agreement, deepen cooperation in economy and trade, investment, infrastructure, emerging industries and other fields, and encourage Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Serbia.

Mesarovic, also Serbian economy minister, said Serbia values the high-level mutual trust between the two countries and reaffirms its commitment to the one-China policy. Mesarovic expressed gratitude for China's strong support for Serbia's national development and said Serbia is ready to enhance strategic alignment with China, continuously deepen cooperation in various fields and bring benefits to the two peoples.