China and Hungary vowed in Budapest Wednesday to step up their
substantive cooperation in the economic and investment fields in an
aim to jointly explore the European market and further enrich the
bilateral relations.
China and Hungary have strong economic complementarity and two
nations share a very good foundation for the economic cooperation,
visiting Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo said in his meeting with
Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, referring to that China
already succeeds in the economic construction and Hungary have a
strategic geographic position in and is a very important member of
the European Union (EU).
China supports the concept of the establishment of a "Chinese
brands trading center" in Hungary, Wu said, expressing his
willingness to promote the two business communities to foster
cooperation especially in the fields of infrastructure
construction, tourism, science and technology.
Echoing Wu's views on the bilateral relations, Gyurcsany said
China maintains its economic growth at a surprisingly high rate,
which is a perfect evidence of success for a unique, innovative
path China chooses to develop.
Hungary will further develop its relations with China in a
comprehensive way, and is willing to play an important role of
bridging the Chinese business into the EU market, Gyurcsany
said.
The Hungary Prime Minister also reiterated Hungary's coherence
to the one-China policy.
In the talks with his Hungarian counterpart Szili Katalin, Wu
also stressed his commitment to boost the exchanges and cooperation
between the Chinese and Hungarian legislatures to facilitate
bilateral relations.
The Chinese NPC will continue its high-level exchanges with the
Hungarian parliament, increase in-depth cooperation between the
special committees of the legislatures, and enhance communication
on legislation so as to serve the comprehensive development of
China-Hungary relations, Wu said.
At an invitation of Szili, speaker of National Assembly of
Hungary, Wu arrived in Budapest on Tuesday afternoon. It is the
first time for a Chinese top legislator to visit the East European
nation.
Agreeing with Wu's views on the inter-parliamentary cooperation,
Szili said the cooperation between the two parliaments is a very
important component of the bilateral relations.
The National Assembly of Hungary will make its utmost efforts to
promote the bilateral cooperation in the economic, trade and
financial fields to a new level through its friendly exchange and
cooperation with the NPC, Szili said.
Hungary is the second leg of Wu's three-nation tour to Africa
and Europe, which will also take him to Poland. Prior to Hungary,
Wu already paid a successful visit to Egypt.
(Xinhua News Agency May 24, 2007)
