Tashkent(WNAM Monitoring): President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a delegation of the People’s Republic of China led by Chairman of the People’s Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Erkin Tuniyaz on 28 March.
Priority areas for further expansion of Uzbek-Chinese multifaceted cooperation were considered, including the development of practical interaction between the regions of Uzbekistan and the XUAR.
The current highest level of Uzbek-Chinese relations of friendship and all-weather strategic partnership was noted with deep satisfaction.
Uzbekistan’s trade turnover with the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is growing – this region currently accounts for about 10 percent of mutual trade between the countries.
The portfolio of investment projects with leading companies from the XUAR amounts to $3.5 billion and today covers such areas as “green” energy and the electrical industry, the construction sector and the production of new types of building materials, metallurgy, infrastructure modernization and others.
A cultural exchange program is being actively implemented.
The head of our state noted the importance of further building up mutually beneficial cooperation with the XUAR and accelerating joint projects. A number of priority areas have been identified – innovative technologies, agriculture and water management, transport and logistics, banking and financial sector, education, traditional medicine.
It was emphasized that Uzbekistan will take an active part in the main exhibition “Expo China-Eurasia”, held annually in the city of Urumqi.
During the meeting, issues of developing humanitarian and tourism ties were also discussed in detail.
Particular attention was paid to promoting the project for the construction of the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan-China railway.
