李强同泰国总理会谈

CCTV News (Xinwen Lianbo): On the afternoon of November 13, Premier Li Qiang held talks with Thai Prime Minister Anutin in Bangkok.

Li Qiang said that during Prime Minister Anutin's official visit to China in July this year, President Xi Jinping met with him to jointly chart the development of China-Thailand relations. This visit to Thailand meant that the two premiers had exchanged visits within four months, fully demonstrating the high level of bilateral relations. Both China and Thailand are at important stages of national construction and development. China firmly supports the Thai government in successfully carrying out its administration and is willing to further consolidate political mutual trust with Thailand, support each other's core interests and major concerns, make good use of mechanisms including the "2+2" strategic dialogue between foreign and defense ministers and the joint economic and trade committee, and tap the potential for cooperation in all fields to deliver more practical results and greater benefits to both peoples.

Li Qiang noted that China is willing to strengthen alignment of development strategies with Thailand, advance high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, implement major projects such as the China-Thailand Railway, step up consultations on a new five-year economic and trade cooperation plan, promote early mutual protection of geographical indication products, and expand cooperation in finance, new energy, semiconductors and artificial intelligence to achieve a higher level of mutual benefit. China is willing to import more quality Thai products and encourage Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Thailand, and hopes Thailand will provide a fair, stable and predictable environment for enterprises. The two sides should also strengthen exchanges and cooperation in disaster prevention and mitigation, water resources management, education, tourism and media, intensify efforts to combat illegal and criminal activities, and increase the public's sense of benefit from China-Thailand cooperation. With many destabilizing factors and uncertainties remaining in the international situation, China is willing to work closely with Thailand within multilateral mechanisms such as China-ASEAN, Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and APEC to contribute to global peace and development.

Anutin said Thailand attaches great importance to relations with China and is committed to advancing comprehensive cooperation, continually elevating the Thailand-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and bringing greater benefits to both peoples. Thailand is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges with China, make use of mechanisms such as the "2+2" strategic dialogue between foreign and defense ministers, expand bilateral trade, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in agriculture, finance, connectivity, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, science and technology. Thailand is willing to continue providing a favorable business environment for Chinese enterprises investing in Thailand, strengthen bilateral law enforcement and security cooperation, combat crimes such as online gambling and telecommunications fraud, ensure the safety of Chinese tourists, deepen people-to-people exchanges and cooperation, and consolidate public support for friendship. Thailand supports China's successful hosting of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and is willing to work with China to organize the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting, jointly making new contributions to regional stability, development and prosperity.

After the talks, the two sides jointly witnessed the signing of several cooperation documents in areas including the automotive industry, vocational education, agriculture, customs and security.

Before the talks, Anutin held a welcome ceremony for Li Qiang at Government House.