Li Qiang Meets President of Thailand's National Assembly and Speaker of the House of Representatives

On the morning of November 14, Li Qiang met Sophon in Bangkok, with Mongkol and others attending.

CCTV News (Xinwen Lianbo): On the morning of November 14, Premier Li Qiang met in Bangkok with Sophon, President of Thailand's National Assembly and Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mongkol, Vice President of the National Assembly and President of the Senate, and others attended the meeting.

Li Qiang proposed accelerating the China-Thailand Railway and cooperation in emerging industries, collaborative innovation and people-to-people ties, and expressed hope for stronger exchanges between the two countries' legislatures.

Li Qiang noted that China is willing to deepen economic and trade exchanges with Thailand, accelerate construction of the China-Thailand Railway, encourage enterprises from both countries to cooperate in emerging fields such as new energy and electronic information, strengthen collaborative innovation and jointly promote industrial upgrading. The two sides should deepen exchanges and cooperation in culture, youth, education and local affairs, enhance mutual understanding and friendship between their peoples, and strengthen public support for friendly relations. They should strengthen multilateral coordination and cooperation to safeguard their shared interests and international fairness and justice. He expressed the hope that the two countries' legislatures would strengthen exchanges and cooperation, support major projects and practical cooperation, and play a greater role in providing legal guarantees and promoting people-to-people bonds.

Last year, China and Thailand celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations and the golden jubilee of their friendship.

Li Qiang said that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and King Vajiralongkorn, China-Thailand relations have developed steadily and soundly, with fruitful cooperation in all fields. Last year, China and Thailand celebrated the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the golden jubilee of their friendship, bringing bilateral relations to a new historical starting point and creating new opportunities for development. Looking ahead, China is willing to work with Thailand to carry forward their traditional friendship, strengthen political mutual trust, and deepen and substantiate the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future, bringing greater benefits to both peoples and better serving modernization in both countries.

Sophon affirmed adherence to the one-China policy and willingness to advance cooperation in various fields, saying Thailand's National Assembly is willing to provide a favorable legal environment and guarantees.

Sophon said Thailand-China friendship has a long history. Thailand deeply admires the globally acclaimed development achievements made by the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Thailand firmly follows the one-China policy and is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, advance exchanges and cooperation in connectivity, people-to-people ties and education, law enforcement and security, and tourism, strengthen international collaboration and jointly address shared challenges. Thailand's National Assembly is willing to provide a favorable legal environment and guarantees for practical, mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries to better benefit both peoples.