BERLIN, Jun 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Visiting Chinese Premier, Li Qiang, yesterday said, China and Germany should work more closely, make more contributions to world peace and development, play the role of stabiliser in the midst of changes, and speed up the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Li made the remarks, when co-chairing the seventh China-Germany inter-governmental consultation, with German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
They heard reports on progress of China-Germany cooperation, from heads of 22 departments, including foreign affairs, economy and trade, industry, finance, justice, transport, education, science and technology, health, environmental protection.
Li said, the consultation was efficient and pragmatic, and achieved fruitful results. Under the current circumstances, the two sides should seize the opportunity of green transformation.
Li proposed that, China and Germany should become partners in green development, strengthen communication and coordination on green and environmental issues, promote green energy technology development and industrial technology upgrading, and deepen cooperation in such fields as new energy vehicles, green finance, and third-party markets.
Scholz said, the inter-governmental consultation mechanism reflects the special significance of relations between the two countries. Germany is willing to maintain close communication with China on all issues, and to jointly address global challenges such as climate change, food security and debt problems.
Germany, Scholz said, has no intention to decouple from China, and is ready to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation to promote world development and prosperity.
The two sides agreed to set up a dialogue and cooperation mechanism on climate change and green transition, hold the third China-Germany High Level Financial Dialogue, as well as, new editions of Sino-German Environmental Forum and health dialogue, and continue to deepen cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, investment, automobile manufacturing, high-tech, new energy, digital economy and humanities.
After the consultation, Li and Scholz witnessed the signing of a number of bilateral cooperation documents, in the fields of climate change response, innovation, advanced manufacturing and vocational education, and met with the press together.– NNN-XINHUA
