On April 30, 2010, Chinese President Hu Jintao met respectively with a number of foreign leaders who are here in Shanghai for the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 World Expo.
Hu welcomed the foreign leaders to attend the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai and thanked all parties for their active support of China’s holding of the event, expressing hope that all countries through this platform will showcase their achievements of development, build up understanding and friendship and promote common development.
The foreign leaders at the meetings congratulated China for holding the World Expo and wished the event a great success.
Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with Malawian President Bingu Wa Mutharika who is here for the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo
During his meeting with Malawian President Bingu Wa Mutharika, Hu pointed out that since the two countries established diplomatic ties two years ago, bilateral ties have witnessed comprehensive, sound development with fruitful cooperation in the areas of politics, economy, trade, public health and education. China attaches importance to ties with Malawi and is ready to work with the country to consolidate and deepen bilateral friendly cooperative relations. Hu suggested both sides enhance friendly exchanges between the national leaders, governments, ruling parties and legislative bodies of the two countries, and build up mutual friendship and political trust. Both sides should advance pragmatic cooperation to achieve mutual benefit. They should build key projects in an orderly manner, promote bilateral trade and investment cooperation and boost cooperation within the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Hu called for increased exchanges and cooperation between the two countries on culture, health and education. Efforts should also be made to strengthen coordination in multilateral frameworks including the UN and Forum on China-Africa Cooperation as well as cooperation in coping with major international issues.
Mutharika called China a true friend of his country, saying that bilateral relations have been developing smoothly with deepening cooperation in all areas since the establishment of diplomatic ties. He expressed sincere thanks for China’s important support to Malawi’s economic and social development. Malawi is ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China on economy, trade, science, technology, culture and education, and actively explore cooperation on hydropower and solar energy development. Malawi, which holds the AU's rotating presidency this year, is ready to push for Africa-China coordination and cooperation on infrastructure construction, energy, environmental protection, climate change and food security within Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov who is here for the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo
When meeting with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Hu said that bilateral ties have maintained a sound moment of vigorous development since the establishment of diplomatic ties 18 years ago. Both sides have kept close exchanges between their leaders, offered mutual support on major core issues of each other’s concern and carried out fruitful pragmatic cooperation. Both sides have also worked closely in multilateral frameworks and safeguarded and promoted regional and world peace, stability and development. To develop Sino-Kazakh strategic partnership of long-term stability is one of China’s diplomatic priorities. China is ready to join hands with Kazakhstan to lift bilateral strategic partnership to a new level. Sino-Kazakh pragmatic cooperation is complementary to each other and has huge potential. China is ready to work with the Kazakh side to further exchanges and cooperation on economy, trade, energy, finance, agriculture, transportation, science, technology and infrastructure construction.
Masimov hailed the sustained, healthy development of Sino-Kazakh relations, pointing to close contacts between the leaders of the two countries. The consensus reached by the two heads of state to strengthen bilateral pragmatic cooperation in all areas has been implemented effectively. The Kazakh side fully agrees with China’s important proposals on developing bilateral ties, and is ready to work with China to boost wide-range, multi-level exchanges and cooperation to continuously advance bilateral strategic partnership.
When meeting with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, President Hu Jintao said China attaches great importance to its relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), adding cementing good-neighborly and friendly cooperative ties between the two countries has been a consistent policy of China. Currently China-DPRK relations face new opportunities for development. China is willing to join hands with the DPRK to promote the good-neighborly friendship and cooperative relations to new heights, Hu said. Hu said China would maintain and strengthen friendly exchanges with the DPRK between the governments, parties and parliaments of the two countries. He urged the two sides to fully tap complementary advantages, enhance bilateral economic and trade cooperation and advance multi-level, multi-channel and multi-area exchanges on humanities to cement the social basis of bilateral friendship. Hu urged both sides to provide mutual support on major international and regional issues, and enhance communication and coordination on important issues.
China and the DPRK celebrated the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic ties by holding the Year of Friendship in 2009. Kim Yong Nam said the Year of Friendship had yielded substantial results. He said DPRK-China friendly relations have been developing very well under the personal care and promotion of General Sectary Kim Jong Il and it is the unswerving position of the Korean Workers' Party and the DPRK government to continue consolidating and developing bilateral friendly cooperation. the DPRK was willing to expand and deepen cooperation with China in all areas and promote bilateral friendly cooperative relations. The DPRK side sincerely wished China even greater achievements in economic and social development.
During the meeting with ROK President Lee Myung-bak, Chinese President Hu Jintao pointed out that China-ROK relations have been developing very well thanks to the joint efforts of both sides. "We attach great importance to boosting relations between our two countries," Hu said. China is willing to work with the Republic of Korea (ROK) to further relations between the two countries. Hu suggested that the two sides keep high-level exchanges, strengthen strategic communication, and exchange views on significant issues on bilateral and multilateral occasions. The two countries should deepen pragmatic cooperation, keep closer the bond of interests, well implement the Joint Research Report on China-ROK Mid-to-Long Term Development Plan on Economic Cooperation and Trade, strengthen cooperation on high-tech and other key areas and step up the development of the China-ROK free trade area. Hu said the two countries should enhance personnel exchanges and build up feelings between the two peoples. Both sides should well plan and successfully hold activities in the "Visit China Year 2010" and the upcoming "Visit South Korea Year 2012". "We should strengthen cooperation between China, Japan and the ROK, within the framework of the 10+3 mechanism and in the process of East Asia integration," said Hu, suggesting the two countries continue their close cooperation in the reform to the United Nations and the Security Council, as well as on issues concerning climate change.
Lee Myung-bak said the ROK side was satisfied with the sound development of bilateral relations since the two countries forged the strategic cooperation partnership in 2008. The ROK was ready to work with China to deepen high-level exchanges, strengthen trade and economic cooperation, promote the development of the ROK-China free trade area and ensure the "Visit China Year 2010" and the upcoming "Visit South Korea Year 2012" a success, he said, expressing the hope that both the ROK and China take the opportunity of the G20 Summit slated for the second half of this year in the ROK to enhance communication and coordination between the two countries on global issues concerning the world economy, finance and climate change.
Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung who is here for the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo
During his meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Hu said this year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-Vietnam diplomatic ties and is also the Year of Friendship between the two countries. China-Vietnam relations are at a new historical starting point and face new opportunities for development. Both sides should adhere to the general direction of bilateral ties and bear in mind the long-term interests of both peoples as well as the two countries’ long-term development plan to maintain and develop bilateral ties with practical actions. Both sides should advance friendly cooperation, explore new ways of cooperation and enhance exchange of experience on state governance. Both sides should expand economic and trade cooperation, strengthen youth exchange and deepen cooperation on science, education, culture and health. Hu suggested both countries strengthen coordination and cooperation in multilateral areas, keep closer coordination in coping with global issues, properly handle differences, take into account the overall situation and adhere to friendly consultations to achieve mutual benefit.
Nguyen Tan Dung said with the joint efforts of both sides, bilateral relations have been developing smoothly. Vietnam is ready to work with China to further relations between the two parties and countries. Both sides should maintain exchange of visits and contacts between the leaders of the two countries and provide new impetus for bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership. He urged both sides to expand multi-level exchanges in various areas and ensure the Year of Friendship between Vietnam and China in 2010 a success. He called for closer cooperation on economy, trade, infrastructure and tourism to promote bilateral economic, trade and technological cooperation. Both sides should also keep closer coordination and cooperation in international and regional issues to safeguard common interests.
Yu Zhengsheng, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Ling Jihua, member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Huning, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor Dai Bingguo and other officials attended the related meetings.