JOIN HANDS TO BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW OF CHINA-MALAYSIA COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

This piece is written by Ouyang Yujing, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Malaysia, following the recent official visit by His Excellency Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, from 18th to 20th June 2024, in honour of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of China-Malaysia diplomatic relations. 

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Bernama) --  Recently, Premier Li Qiang successfully concluded his official visit to Malaysia, marking the China-Malaysia 50th anniversary celebrations and promoting the development of China-Malaysia relations to a higher level.

China and Malaysia will continue to develop bilateral relations as a priority in their respective foreign policy. Both sides will take the 50th anniversary as a good opportunity to accelerate the building of the China-Malaysia Community with a Shared Future.

As an important achievement, a strategic, forward-looking and detailed “Joint Statement on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership towards China-Malaysia Community with a Shared Future” was issued by the two governments on June 20, which is a good reflection of the comprehensive consensus achieved by both sides in many fields of cooperation.

Malaysia highly commends the concepts put forward by China’s President Xi Jinping which include building the Community with a Shared Future for Mankind, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Principle of Amity, Sincerity, Mutual Benefit and Inclusiveness in Neighbourhood Diplomacy, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilisation Initiative.

In the same way, China gives full support to the fundamental principles of "Malaysia MADANI". Malaysia reiterates its firm commitment to the One China Policy and recognises that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People's Republic of China. 

China and Malaysia have agreed to further synergise development strategies of both countries to inject new impetus into building the China-Malaysia Community with a Shared Future.

We will continue to further synergise the “Belt and Road Initiative” and the “Madani Economy Framework”, keep strengthening cooperation in trade, investment and infrastructure connectivity between the two countries and continue to work closely to promote key projects such as the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and the “Two Countries, Twin Parks”, so as to bring more benefits to the peoples of both countries.

This visit has seen 14 cooperation documents signed and exchanged between the two governments covering the areas of digital economy, green development, science and technology, etc.

Both sides will take full advantage of these great opportunities to further develop new quality productive forces and unleash the great potential in emerging industries.

Malaysia welcomes China’s application to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and China appreciates Malaysia providing open and fair opportunities for Chinese enterprises to participate in Malaysia’s 5G network construction.

China welcomes Malaysia to export more high-quality agricultural products to China. When the news “fresh durian can be exported to China” was released, it soon became a glaring headline in both countries’ major media, bringing great joy to both business and ordinary people of the two countries.

China and Malaysia have agreed to further promote humanity exchanges to consolidate the people-to-people bond underpinning the building of a China-Malaysia Community with a Shared Future. China will extend visa exemption to Malaysian citizens till the end of 2025 and Malaysia will do the same to Chinese citizens till the end of 2026.

China and Malaysia will continue consultation and discussion on mutual visa exemption to further facilitate people exchange. Giant pandas are China-Malaysia friendship ambassadors who are deeply adored and loved by both peoples.

Now, the two countries have confirmed to conduct a new round of panda protection joint research. China and Malaysia have agreed to jointly nominate the lion dance to be included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity to better preserve and highlight this common heritage.

China and Malaysia have also agreed to reinforce coordination in a multilateral arena to enrich the China-Malaysia Community with a Shared Future with more international significance. Malaysia will become the Country Coordinator for China-ASEAN Dialogue Relations this July and assume the ASEAN chairmanship next year.

China will work together with Malaysia to jointly build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future. With the South China Sea being our common home, China and Malaysia will launch a bilateral dialogue on the management of maritime issues to reinforce maritime cooperation, at the same time, continue to maintain peace, security and stability in the region.

The two sides have also expressed full support for the resumption of the political settlement process of the Palestinian question on the basis of the two-state solution, and will jointly promote a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of this issue.

At this new historical starting point, China and Malaysia will work closely together to progress steadily and fast on the way to modernisation under the guidance of leaders of both countries and jointly turn the next 50 years into another golden era in China-Malaysia relations’ history!

-- BERNAMA