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China Plans to Expand Cooperation with Indonesia


Wed 06 Sep 2023 | 09:23 AM
Israa Farhan

China seeks to work with Indonesia to expand cooperation in various areas including green energy, the digital economy, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence, China's foreign ministry reported on Wednesday, citing Premier Li Qiang.

In Indonesia for a regional summit, Li told business leaders that they should be confident in cooperation after weak economic data indicating a slowdown in China had raised doubts in other markets about China's rise.

"China will steadily expand systemic openness, further relax market access in areas such as the modern service industry, increase the protection of intellectual property rights, and create a first-class business environment," the ministry quoted Li as saying.

He noted that China hopes Indonesia will keep its open market open and provide a fair and just business environment for Chinese companies.

Li is also scheduled to attend the trial run of a $7.3 billion high-speed rail project funded by China as part of the Belt and Road Initiative for transportation and energy projects.