Jia Qinglin (L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with New Zealand's acting Prime Minister Bill English during Jia's visit in Wellington, New Zealand, April 16, 2012. (Photo: Xinhua)
Chinese top political advisor Jia Qinglin held talks with New Zealand acting Prime Minister Bill English on Monday afternoon. The two sides vowed to further promote their ties facing its 40th anniversary.
Conveying Premier Wen Jiabao's greeting to New Zealand Priem Minister John Key, Jia spoke highly of the good development momentum of the China-New Zealand relations in recent years.
He said the countries witnessed frequent high-level visits, increasing mutual political trust, abundant trade and economic cooperation, fruitful exchanges and cooperation in technology, education, culture and tourism and closer people-to-people communication.
China and New Zealand also maintained close communication and coordination in many international and regional affairs such as dealing with global financial crisis and climate change, as well as promoting Asia-Pacific cooperation, Jia added.
He summarized the experience for the smooth development of bilateral ties as mutual respect, mutual understanding, equality and taking into consideration each other's core interests and major concern, reciprocal trade and economic cooperation, as well as friendship between the two peoples.
