An undated file photo shows containers are loaded onto a China-Vietnam freight train at Nanning International Railway Port in Nanning, capital of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. - Photo: Xinhua
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday (April 14) that China will deepen friendly cooperation with neighbouring countries and jointly advance Asia's modernisation.
Xi made the remarks in a signed article titled "Building on past achievements and making new advances in pursuit of shared goals".
The article was published on Monday by the Nhan Dan Newspaper of Vietnam ahead of his state visit to the Southeast Asian country.
Noting that Asia represents a new elevation in global cooperation and development, Xi said that at a new starting point toward revitalisation of the whole region, Asia faces both unprecedented opportunities and challenges.
"China will ensure continuity and stability of its neighbourhood diplomacy. We will stay committed to the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness," he wrote, adding that "we will continue to pursue the policy of forging friendship and partnership with our neighbours".
"Today, global, epoch-making and historical changes are unfolding like never before, and the world has entered a new period of turbulent transformation," Xi said, adding that China remains a key engine of the world economy.
"China will continue to provide more opportunities to the world with its high standard, and will contribute to the development of all countries with its high-quality development," he added.
Xi also said China and Vietnam should strengthen their efforts on all fronts to build the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, and contribute more to peace, stability, development and prosperity in Asia and the world at large.
He said building the China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance serves the common interests of the two countries and is conducive to peace, stability, development and prosperity in the region and beyond.
He called for deepening strategic mutual trust and advancing the socialist cause, continuing win-win cooperation and delivering more benefit to the two peoples, strengthening people-to-people exchanges and forging a closer bond between the two peoples, as well as enhancing multilateral collaboration and promoting Asia's prosperity and revitalisation.
The Chinese leader warned that trade war and tariff war will produce no winner, and protectionism will lead nowhere.
"Our two countries should resolutely safeguard the multilateral trading system, stable global industrial and supply chains, and open and cooperative international environment," he added.
"We should properly manage differences and safeguard peace and stability in our region," Xi said.
"The successful delimitation of our boundaries on land and in the Beibu Gulf demonstrates that with vision, we are fully capable of properly settling maritime issues through consultation and negotiation."
China stands ready to advance cooperation with Vietnam on the three standard-gauge railways in northern Vietnam and the smart port, said Xi.
The Chinese president said China welcomes more quality Vietnamese products in the Chinese market and encourages more Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Vietnam.
"Our two countries should step up cooperation on industrial and supply chains, and expand cooperation in emerging areas such as 5G, artificial intelligence and green development to create more benefits for the two peoples," he wrote. - Xinhua
