Mr. Yang Jiechi, State Councillor of China and Mrs. Karen Ellemann Kloch, Minister for Gender Equality and Nordic Cooperation, attended the first China Denmark Regions and Cities Forum in Beijing and delivered speeches respectively on December 5th. The forum was jointly organized by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and the Royal Danish Embassy in China.

Yang Jiechi pointed out that under the guidance of the Five Major Development Concepts of Innovation, Coordination, Green, Openness and Sharing, initiated by Chinese President Xi Jinping，China is moving towards the goal of establishing a well-off society in an all-round way. It is the right time to strengthen the experience sharing and pragmatic cooperation between the Chinese and Danish regions and cities. Both sides should have in-depth exchanges  in development strategies and discussion in new fields of pragmatic cooperation in order the better to serve the development of the both countries and benefit to the two peoples.

Karen Ellemann Kloch said, the Danish side pays high attention to the relationship with China. She hoped that the forum would become the platform  of continuously deepening  cooperation, sharing knowledge, technology and solutions for the two countries, which could promote the development of the Chinese and Danish regions and cities.

Editor: Yang Yijun

Reproduced: Xinhua News Agency