CHINA, POLAND ECONOMY HIGHLY COMPLEMENTARY
When meeting Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, Li speaks highly of the development of China-Poland relations and praises Poland for its active role in promoting 16+1 cooperation and China-EU relations.
The economies of China and Poland are highly complementary to each other with great prospects for mutually beneficial cooperation, said Li.
China is willing to step up efforts in aligning the Belt and Road Initiative with Poland's re-industrialization development strategy, seeking broader converging interests and exploring more cooperation areas in line with the principle of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win results, the premier said.
China would participate in the construction of ports and industrial parks in Poland, using its advantage in equipment manufacturing, Li added.
China is also willing to enhance communication and cooperation with Poland in the fields of technology and education, and boost the mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples, the premier said.
For his part, Szydlo said the development strategies of Poland and China are compatible to each other with great prospects for economic cooperation.
Poland highly values the development of Poland-China relations and is willing to make more efforts to work out a plan for bilateral pragmatic cooperation, Szydlo said.
Poland is also willing to, in the light of its re-industrialization process, expand cooperation with China in the areas of infrastructure, industrial parks and technology, and deepen cooperation within the framework of 16+1 cooperation, Szydlo added.
BELARUS' ROLE AS OBSERVER WELCOMED
While meeting Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov, Li said China always views Belarus as a close friend and important partner in Europe, and welcomes its attendance of the 16+1 summit as an observer.
China stands ready to maintain the sound momentum of bilateral ties, keep close high-level exchanges, strengthen cooperation in production capacity and equipment manufacturing while increasing people-to-people exchanges with Belarus, so as to push forward the development of their friendly cooperation, Li said.
Kobyakov said Belarus is willing to strengthen bilateral cooperation in production capacity and equipment manufacturing, promote bilateral trade while expanding financial and tourism cooperation.
