Visiting Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan met with Hungarian Prime
Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Wednesday, with both sides voicing the
will to promote bilateral economic ties.
Zeng, who was in Budapest on an official visit, said that
strengthening economic cooperation between China and Hungary
further would fundamentally benefit both the countries and their
peoples.
He hoped that both sides invent methods and broaden channels of
economic cooperation.
A three-point proposal was made by the vice premier for closer
economic ties.
The first one, Zeng said, was to develop big cooperation
projects; the second one was to strengthen cooperation in high-tech
industries, finance and tourism; the third one was to expand mutual
investment, and raise the standards of Sino-Hungarian trade and
economic cooperation.
Zeng expressed his appreciation for Hungary's consistent
one-China policy, and its support on China's position on the Taiwan
issue and Tibet.
For his part, Gyurcsany agreed to the proposal, saying his
country was willing to work for closer cooperation in various
fields.
The prime minister welcomed Chinese entrepreneurs to invest and
set up branches in Hungary, and carry out all-around
cooperation.
On Thursday, Zeng met with Hungarian industrial and commercial
leaders, and welcomed them to expand investment and trade in
China.
He hoped that both sides would work to establish a mechanism of
regular dialogue, optimize trade structure, broaden the field of
investment, and set bilateral cooperation on agriculture,
infrastructure, energy saving, environmental protection, high-tech
industry and finance as priorities.
Hungary is the first leg of Zeng's four-nation tour, which will
also take him to Belgium, Ireland and Norway.
(Xinhua News Agency September 22, 2006)
