China News Agency, Seoul, February 8 (Reporter Liu Xu) On the 8th local time, Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming met with Governor Wu Lianxun of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province in South Korea.
During the meeting, Wu Lianxun said that all walks of life in Jeju Province are eagerly looking forward to the early visit of Chinese tourists, and will do their best to make all preparations to welcome the arrival of Chinese tourists at any time.
Xing Haiming said on the same day that China and South Korea are close neighbors that cannot be moved away, and they are also cooperative partners with intertwined interests and mutual benefit.
Faced with the unfavorable conditions of increasing downward pressure on the global economy, the trade volume between China and South Korea will rise against the trend in 2022, reaching 362.3 billion US dollars.
South Korea has become China's second largest trading partner.
At present, China's economic recovery is strong, and the epidemic situation in various places has maintained a steady decline. Many countries, including Southeast Asia and Europe, have welcomed Chinese tourists with open arms.
Not long ago, Mr. Governor publicly expressed his expectation for Chinese tourists to visit as soon as possible, which won praise from the majority of Chinese netizens.
It is hoped that Mr. Governor will continue to play an active role in promoting the ROK and China to meet each other halfway and create more convenience for the early restoration of normal exchanges between the two peoples.
China is willing to work together with the ROK to continuously deepen bilateral economic and trade cooperation and people-to-people and cultural exchanges, so as to help the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations.
Wu Lianxun said that South Korea and China live next to each other, have a long history of friendly exchanges and close mutually beneficial cooperation.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Jeju Province has become increasingly active in personnel exchanges and economic and trade cooperation with China, and has become the most popular Korean tourist destination for Chinese tourists.
People from all walks of life in Jeju Province are eagerly looking forward to the early visit of Chinese tourists.
The Jeju Provincial Government will continue to strengthen communication and coordination with South Korea's epidemic prevention and other departments, and strive to eliminate the policy obstacles for Chinese tourists to travel to Jeju without visas as soon as possible, and make every effort to prepare for the arrival of Chinese tourists at any time, and promote the tourism exchanges and cooperation between the two countries to resume prosperity , making positive contributions to the development of South Korea-China relations.
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