Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on the eve of an official visit to South Korea, China’s ambassador to South Korea Cheng Yonghua, on December 15 on the Xi Jinping to South Korea-South Korea relations and other issues has accepted South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, Deputy Secretary for overseas, Kim Dae-yong interview.
South Korea on the Xi Jinping, Cheng ambassador said, should the South Korean government’s invitation, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s upcoming official visit to South Korea. This is the Chinese leaders an important visit to South Korea, China-South Korea relations in this year’s event. Vice-President Xi South Korea, will meet with President Lee Myung-bak, Kim Hyung-oh Speaker, Chung Premier South Korean leaders on bilateral relations and issues of common concern, exchange of views, and have extensive contacts with various sectors of Korean society, in bilateral relations development strategy. At present, China and South Korea are seriously and actively make relevant preparation work. I believe that joint efforts,
Visit will be a success, and further deepen friendship and strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation, enrich the connotation of bilateral strategic cooperative partnership to promote the greater development of bilateral relations.
With regard to the status quo and prospect of China-South Korea relations, Cheng ambassador said that China and South Korea are important countries in Asia, in close geographical proximity, popularity to each other edge of interlinked text. Establishment of diplomatic ties 17 years ago, in joint efforts, China-South Korea relations witnessed comprehensive and rapid development. Since 1998, the 21st century partnership, to the comprehensive and cooperative partnership in 2003, to the 2008 strategic partnership, China-South Korea relations to a new level. We are pleased to see that since last year, despite facing a rare global financial crisis, China-South Korea relations have maintained stable development momentum.
First, frequent high-level exchanges, deepening political mutual trust. This year, President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao respectively with President Lee Myung-bak met with international multilateral occasions, the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau Standing Committee member Li Changchun, a friendly visit to South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, respectively the President and the Speaker Kim Hyung-oh of South Korea and Japan to visit China to attend the leadership of person meetings and official visits. Vice President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to South Korea is also high-level exchanges between the two countries this year, an important part. Close interaction between the two leaders and good communication, the guidelines that bilateral relations continue to move forward along the right track.
Second, deepening economic and trade cooperation, hand in hand a total of grams of the financial crisis. Between the two countries central banks in December last year, 180 billion yuan to sign a bilateral currency swap agreements, to the two financial systems provide short-term liquidity support. Sino-South Korea trade, the financial crisis has brought a certain influence, but this year China is still Korea’s largest trading partner, exports and foreign exchange surplus target country of origin. South Korea has remained China’s third largest trading partner status. Benefit from China’s policy of expanding domestic demand, some South Korean enterprises in China sales volume increased substantially. The two sides are still low-carbon green economy and other aspects of cooperation to explore and promote new growth points,
For the post-crisis era of deepening mutually beneficial and pragmatic cooperation lay a solid foundation.
Third, cultural exchanges in the ascendant. Last year, personnel exchanges between the two countries reached 5.13 million passengers, an increase of 26 times compared with the early establishment of diplomatic relations, in other words, an average of 1.5 million passenger trips a day to shuttle between the two countries. Since this year, although the financial crisis and a flow such as the impact of personnel exchanges between the two countries still maintain an active posture. The two sides established a 122 pairs of friendly relations between provinces and cities. China is South Korea’s largest tourist destination country, more than 800 weekly flights shuttling between the two countries. At present the number of Korean students in China, 65000, in South Korea has more than 60,000 Chinese students, the two sides are the largest source of overseas students. Confucius Institute in South Korea has been increased to 16,
Showed that South Korean people and the enthusiasm of students studying Chinese to continue to rise.
Fourth, the two sides in regional and international affairs, in particular, to promote the six-party talks on North Korean nuclear issue to promote East Asian cooperation and safeguarding regional peace and respond to global climate change, green growth, G20 summit, and so on have also maintained close communication and good cooperation.
We are confident about the future of the China-South Korea relations. China and South Korea are facing a historical opportunity for rapid development, China is from the “world factory” to “world market” changes in South Korean national strength is increasing every day will be held in Korea next year, the 5th G20 summit and the South Korea-Japan summit, the Chinese leadership Korean participants were in the future. More and more widely in our common interests, common objectives, more and more clear, more and more deeply rooted among the friendly China-South Korea, China and South Korea co-promising. The two leaders agreed that China and South Korea to Shanghai World Expo and the Yeosu World Expo will provide an opportunity to turn the 2010 and 2012 were confirmed as a visit to China and South Korea Visit Year.
I believe the two sides will take this opportunity to work together to strengthen friendly cooperation, and promote the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership in the further development of the new situation.
Cheng ambassador said that China’s development has really made great achievements, but we are not in favor of the “G2″ (two groups) in reference to the main reasons are: First, China is a populous developing country, to be completed a modern country still has a long way to go; Second, China pursues an independent foreign policy of peace, not with any country or group of alliances; and third, China believes that world affairs should be decided jointly by all countries, not by a the two countries have the final say.
At present, the international situation continues to undergo complex and profound changes, global challenges of the growing nations of the world increasingly interdependent, economic globalization is developing further. China’s development is inseparable from the world, the world’s stability and prosperity also needs China. We will unswervingly pursue the independent foreign policy of peace, adhere to peaceful development, pursue mutually beneficial and win-win opening-up strategy, based on the principles of peaceful coexistence with all countries to develop friendly cooperation, continue to own development to promote regional and world common development, to expand cooperation with the convergence of interests of all parties to promote the building of lasting peace and common prosperity, harmonious world.
China, South Korea, and Japan are both important countries in Asia to strengthen the tripartite cooperation not only conforms to the interests of the three countries, but also conducive to regional and world prosperity and development. Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama proposed the establishment of an East Asian community, showing the East Asian regional cooperation, positive attitude. President Lee to propose new Asian diplomacy, regional cooperation is also attached great importance to and actively. China hopes that China, South Korea, Japan and three further expand areas of cooperation, new modes of cooperation to promote regional cooperation and make greater contributions to safeguarding regional peace.
On the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and the six-party talks, Ambassador Cheng said that to maintain nuclear-free peninsula through dialogue and peaceful means to solve the problem, and insist on preserving the peninsula and in Northeast Asia peace and stability is China’s consistent position. We support the US-North Korea contacts and dialogue, hope that the dialogue will help enhance mutual understanding and address their concerns, help promote the resumption of the talks. The Special Representative of the United States policy toward North Korea before Bosworth, both sides said the six-party talks and the “9.19″ the importance of the joint statement reached a certain consensus. We believe that under the current circumstances, relevant parties should seize the favorable opportunity to work together
To promote the nuclear issue on the peninsula along the correct track of peaceful solution through dialogue forward, full implementation of the “9.19″ joint statement. China, as the six-party talks, the host country, will continue close communication with the parties concerned and coordination to promote the six-party talks to play a constructive role.