Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Britain has opened a “golden era” of bilateral relations and a new chapter of China-West exchanges, said Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Briefing the newsmen on outcome of President Xi’s visit, Wang added that the fruitful results of the landmark trip once again demonstrated the bright prospects of Xi’s idea of building a new model of international relations with win-win cooperation at its core.
The Chinese president’s first state visit to Britain has promoted the all-around development of bilateral ties, ushered in the “golden time” for China-Britain strategic partnership, injected fresh impetus for cooperation between the Asian giant and Europe, and created a new chapter for the communication between the Chinese civilization with the West, Wang said.
Noting that both countries have made important contributions to the civilization of all mankind, Wang said that promoting the bilateral ties is now the consensus of both governments and both peoples.
After Xi and the British Prime Minister David Cameron held several rounds of talks, China and Britain already embarked on a new journey — “a golden era in their relations featuring enduring, inclusive and win-win cooperation,” the Chinese minister said.
Many significant breakthroughs in China-Britain relations as well as in China-Europe relations have been made over the past five days, Wang said.
In joint declaration, the two countries vowed to build a “global comprehensive strategic partnership for the 21st century.”
The minister commended that the new definition of bilateral ties reflects both countries are enthusiastically expecting to achieve win-win cooperation with each other.
In the declaration, the two sides pledged joint efforts in fields ranging from RMB internationalization and the free trade talks between China and the European Union cyber security and climate change.
The two sides also vowed to enhance bilateral trade and investment and strengthen political trust based on equality and mutual respect.
Britain “welcomes the progressive participation of Chinese companies in its civil nuclear energy projects,” says the declaration, issued one day after Chinese and French companies signed an agreement to cooperate in the building of a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in southwestern England.
All the agreements have brought the bilateral ties up to a new level. The declaration has pointed out the new directions for the long-term comprehensive cooperation between China and Britain and offered a beautiful blue print for bilateral ties, Wang added.
The China-Britain cooperation is now gaining more significance in China-Europe cooperation and even, Asia-Europe cooperation, Wang said.