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Sunday, February 17, 2019, 17:54
'China-Europe exchanges great example of cultural engagement'
By Xinhua
Sunday, February 17, 2019, 17:54 By Xinhua

Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks at the 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, Feb 16, 2019. (THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)

MUNICH, Germany – People-to-people and cultural exchanges China and Europe are thriving in a great example of cultural dialogue and engagement, a senior Chinese official said here Saturday.

Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said this in his keynote speech themed "Working for a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind by Promoting International Cooperation and Fourth Industrial Revolution " at the 55th Munich Security Conference.

Yan Jiechi stressed that China and EU work together “to seize the opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and meet our people's aspirations for a better life”

Fifteen years since the establishment of the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership, the two sides have developed an all-dimensional and multi-tiered framework of exchanges and cooperation covering wide-ranging areas, he said.

Efforts to build China-EU partnerships for peace, growth, reform and civilization have made substantial progress, said Yang, who is also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee.

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"It is essential that our two sides continue to draw on each other's strengths, focus on shared interests, remove obstacles and work together to seize the opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and meet our people's aspirations for a better life," said the official.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, Yang said, the country has embarked on the right path, one that is suited to its national conditions and follows the trend of the times.

The Chinese economy has entered a new phase of transitioning from high-speed growth to high quality development, operating within a proper range and maintaining overall stability and continued progress, he added.

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"Facing lackluster new drivers and mounting downward pressure in the global economic context, China has enough resilience and huge potential to keep the economy on a sound track for a long time to come," Yang said.

The enormous effective demand being generated by the 1.4 billion Chinese people who are moving up the income ladder will provide the world with even more opportunities in terms of market, investment and cooperation, he reassured.

INF TREATY

China hopes that the United States and Russia will return to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Yang said after delivering his keynote speech.

The unilateral declaration by the United States to withdraw from the INF Treaty has serious consequences, and has drawn widespread concern from the international community, he said.

China hopes that the US and Russia can get back to the INF Treaty and is opposed to the multilateralization of the treaty, said Yang.

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