Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with the Central Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and State President Boon Yang

  Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 22. On December 22, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the State, had a telephone conversation with the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Republic of China.

  Xi Jinping said that I am very happy to have a phone call with General Secretary Bunyan again this year.

Under the strong leadership of the Lao Party Central Committee and General Secretary Bunyan, Laos has achieved political and social stability, sustained economic development, and markedly improved people’s livelihood.

In recent years, General Secretary Bunyang and I have actively promoted the construction of a community of shared future between China and Laos, ushering in a new era of China-Laos relations.

We attach great importance to poverty alleviation work, making poverty alleviation cooperation a highlight of China-Laos relations.

The two sides joined hands in fighting the epidemic and fighting floods, and jointly opposed the politicization of the epidemic and the stigmatization of the epidemic, which vividly explained the spirit of a community of shared destiny of sharing weal and woe and helping each other.

General Secretary Bunyang has devoted a lot of effort to the development of China-Laos friendship, and I have also forged close working relations and deep friendship with General Secretary Bunyang.

  Xi Jinping said that next year the Communist Party of China will celebrate its 100th anniversary and start a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

The Lao Party will hold its 11th National Congress and enter a new stage of national construction and socialist development.

We are willing to work with Laos to open a new chapter and write a new chapter in the relationship between the two parties and the two countries in the new era.

The two sides should deepen strategic communication and firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests.

The two parties should intensify high-level exchanges, deepen exchanges of theory and experience in party and country governance, and constantly improve the all-round, wide-ranging, and multi-level pattern of two-party exchanges.

The two sides should deepen the alignment of development strategies, and take the opportunity of China to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern and the official signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, steadily advance the construction of the China-Laos Economic Corridor and the China-Laos Railway, and expand cooperation in the fields of culture, education, youth, and tourism. And to strengthen coordination in international and regional affairs, and promote the deepening and practical construction of a community of shared future between China and Laos, so as to better benefit the two peoples.

I wish the 11th National Congress of the Lao Party a success next year.

  Bunyang expressed that he was very happy to have a phone conversation with General Secretary Xi Jinping at an important critical period in both parties and countries. At present, Lao’s political economy and foreign cooperation have maintained a good momentum of development. The Lao Party and government are making every effort to prepare for the 11th National Congress of the Party and the 9th Congress to be held early next year. The Lao side sincerely thanked the Chinese party, government, and people for providing valuable support and assistance to Lao side in a timely manner when the epidemic broke out, and sincerely congratulated China on its major achievements in fighting the epidemic and poverty alleviation under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core. victory. The Lao side pays close attention to the "14th Five-Year Plan" adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the 2035 long-term goal recommendations, and firmly believes that China will successfully build a moderately prosperous society in all respects and successfully embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. Next year is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Laos and China. Laos is willing to continue to implement the Laos-China Community of Shared Destiny Action Plan signed by the top leaders of the two parties, strengthen mutual learning and mutual learning from experience in Party governance, and maintain exchanges at all levels to accelerate progress. Practical cooperation in various fields under the framework of the “Belt and Road” initiative to jointly maintain international and regional peaceful development and promote new and greater development of Laos-China relations.