China News Service, Nanning, December 21 (Reporter Yang Chen) Consul General Azlimi of the Consulate General of Malaysia in Nanning expressed here on the evening of the 21st that Malaysia-China cooperation has great potential and broad prospects.

As an important link, Guangxi has created a good business environment for foreign investment and will promote the cooperation between Malaysia and China to produce more mutually beneficial win-win results.

  That night, the Consulate General of Malaysia in Nanning held a thank-you banquet in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi. Representatives of Malaysian business circles in Yong and people from all walks of life in Guangxi gathered together.

  Azlimi said that the just-concluded 17th China-ASEAN Expo demonstrated the close ties between ASEAN and Guangxi, and also proved that the solidarity and cooperation between ASEAN and China can overcome any challenges brought about by the environment.

  "In the past few years, I have witnessed that all parties in Malaysia are more actively participating in the China-ASEAN Expo. In 2019, a number of ministerial officials from Malaysia visited Guangxi." Azlimi said, despite the necessity this year For epidemic prevention and control measures, we cannot carry out close high-level interactions as before, but we firmly believe that it is only a matter of time before the full recovery of exchanges at all levels and levels.

  Zhou Hongbo, vice chairman of the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region who attended the banquet, agreed.

He said that Guangxi attaches great importance to friendly cooperation with Malaysia, and the exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in economy, trade, industry, culture and other aspects have been continuously deepened, with remarkable results.

  In 2020, facing the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, Guangxi and Malaysia watched and helped each other to overcome the difficulties. From January to November, the total import and export volume between Malaysia and Guangxi reached 7.06 billion U.S. dollars, demonstrating the huge potential and strong resilience of cooperation between the two sides.

  Zhou Hongbo said that in the future, Guangxi is willing to continue to promote cooperation with Malaysia to a new level and create new brilliance under the framework of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” and the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Malaysia.

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