On May 24, 2017, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with German Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Gabriel in Beijing. Vice Minister of the United Nations Coordinating Agency for International Cooperation and Minister of Information Wei Yan participated in the joint interview.
Wang Yi said that the current Sino-German relationship has reached an unprecedented high level and entered a new era of all-round strategic cooperation. China attaches great importance to developing Sino-German relations and is willing to make joint efforts with Germany to ensure the success of important high-level visits in the near future. Plan and promote cooperation between the two countries in political, economic, trade, security, innovation, aerospace, and high-tech fields to achieve more substantive results. To strengthen strategic coordination in global governance and major international affairs and expand pragmatic cooperation under the “Belt and Road” framework. The two sides should make full use of the high-level humanities exchange and dialogue mechanism that has just been launched to reinforce the solider public opinion and social foundation for the relations between the two countries.
Wang Yi expressed that China would fully cooperate and support Germany in holding the G20 Hamburg Summit and promote the Hamburg Summit to make new progress on the basis of the Hangzhou Summit, in order to safeguard an open world economy, support multilateral trading rules, and promote the world. New contributions to economic growth. It is hoped that Germany will play a constructive role in promoting the EU's obligations under Article 15 of the "China Accession Protocol."
Gabriel said that this year is an important year in German-Chinese relations. The German side attaches great importance to and cherishes the important visit to Germany by the Chinese leaders and is willing to communicate closely with China to ensure a complete success of the visit, further promote mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and explore the development of tripartite cooperation in Africa, strengthening the "Belt and Road" framework. Practical cooperation. It is believed that the new mechanism for humanities exchanges and dialogue will further enrich the connotation of bilateral relations. Thank China for supporting Germany to host the G20 Hamburg Summit. Article 15 of the Protocol on China's Accession to the WTO should fulfill its obligations. At the same time, the revision of relevant EU laws should not target and discriminate against any country, and should comply with the WTO rules.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with the German Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Gabriel after meeting. A reporter asked how China and Germany cooperate in the "One Belt, One Road" and the G20, two important global mechanisms. How does China view the role of these two mechanisms in promoting world economic development?
Wang Yi said that last year, China successfully hosted the G20 Hangzhou Summit and achieved a series of innovative results. Not long ago, we launched the "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit in Beijing, which injected new impetus for the rebalancing of globalization and made new contributions to building a community of human destiny. We thank the German side for its support for the Hangzhou G20 Summit and the "One Belt and One Road" Summit Forum. The Chinese side will also fully support Germany in running the G20 Hamburg Summit this July.
Wang Yi said that the G20 is the most important platform for global economic governance, and the “One Belt and One Road” initiative is the world’s largest and most far-reaching international cooperation initiative. The two are indeed different in form and content, but there are many similarities and similarities in philosophy and goals. such as:
The “One Belt and One Road” is committed to promoting the development of coordinated development strategies and policy communication between countries, and forms coordinated development cooperation. This is in line with G20's commitment to promoting global macroeconomic policy coordination.
The “One Belt and One Road” proposes to strengthen infrastructure, trade, and finance to tap the world’s economic growth momentum and respond to the major challenges facing the global economy. This coincides with the G20’s goal of promoting strong and sustainable growth in the world economy.
The “One Belt and One Road” advocates building an open world economy, implementing the 2030 sustainable development agenda and resolving the imbalance in global development. This is similar to the G20’s efforts to strengthen global economic governance.
We believe that the "Belt and Road Initiative" will provide a broader perspective and strong momentum for the G20 process on a global scale. It is hoped that these two major cooperation platforms will complement each other, cooperate with each other, promote each other, jointly play a leading role in the healthy development of the world economy, and make their own contributions to building the grand goals of the human destiny community.