Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and Hungary on the Establishment of an All-Weather Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for a New Era
Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and Hungary on the Establishment of an All-Weather Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for a New Era
At the invitation of Hungarian President Sjuyuk Domash and Prime Minister Viktor Orban, President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China paid a state visit to Hungary from May 8 to 10, 2024. During the visit, President Xi Jinping held meetings and talks with President Shuyuk and Prime Minister Orban respectively. In an atmosphere of friendship, candor and mutual trust, the two sides reviewed the solid foundation of China-Hungary relations and the traditional friendship between the two peoples, exchanged in-depth views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common interest, and reached broad consensus.
Both sides spoke highly of the comprehensive strategic partnership established by the two countries in 2017 and expressed satisfaction with the fruitful results achieved by the practical and friendly cooperation between the two countries in recent years. China and Hungary regard each other as priority partners, always respect each other and treat each other as equals, becoming a model of mutually beneficial and pragmatic cooperation. The two sides agreed to maintain high-level exchanges, enhance political mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and ensure that bilateral relations always maintain high-level operations to better benefit the two peoples. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the two sides decided to upgrade the existing comprehensive strategic partnership to an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era. The statement is as follows:
1. Both sides agreed to actively use bilateral and multilateral occasions to hold meetings between the leaders of the two countries and further give play to the strategic leading role of leaders' exchanges.
2. The Hungarian side speaks highly of China’s great achievements in economic and social development, and wishes the Chinese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, to fully build a modern and powerful socialist country, achieve the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. China speaks highly of Hungary's major achievements in national development and construction, and appreciates Hungary's peaceful, open and pragmatic foreign policy and its positive role in promoting stability and common prosperity in the European region.
3. Both sides firmly support each other in safeguarding national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity. China respects the development path and domestic and foreign policies independently chosen by Hungary that are in line with its national conditions, and supports Hungary's efforts to maintain national stability and promote economic development. The Hungarian government firmly adheres to the one-China principle and reiterates that there is only one China in the world and the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government representing China. Hungary opposes any form of separatist behavior that undermines China's national unity.
4. The two sides are willing to strengthen high-level exchanges, intensify exchanges and cooperation between the central and local governments, legislative bodies, political parties and other departments and levels of the two countries, strengthen exchanges of experience in state governance, and continuously enhance strategic and political mutual trust.
5. Both sides agreed that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" between the two countries has been fruitful and that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative has played a positive role in promoting the economic development of the two countries and improving people's livelihood. In order to continuously enrich the connotation of the all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Hungary in the new era, the two sides are committed to strengthening the docking of development strategies under the framework of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative and Hungary's "Opening to the East" policy, relying on the "Belt and Road" between the Chinese and Hungarian governments. Mechanisms and platforms such as the Cooperation Committee and the China-Hungary Cooperation Promotion Center for the Belt and Road Initiative promote high-quality cooperation in the Belt and Road Initiative to become more in-depth and practical, jointly ensure the safe and smooth advancement of relevant cooperation projects between the two countries, and promote more fruitful practical cooperation Results. The two sides will further strengthen exchanges and cooperation on economic development policies and conduct policy exchanges and experience sharing on best practices in key areas.
6. The Hungarian side appreciates the positive role played by Chinese enterprises in Hungary's national construction, welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest and start business in Hungary, and is willing to create a good investment and business environment for them. Both sides agreed that Hungary has the advantages to become an economic and technological intersection between the East and the West. China will continue to encourage strong Chinese companies to invest in Hungary. The two sides will advance cooperation in emerging fields such as clean energy, artificial intelligence, mobile communication technology, nuclear energy and nuclear technology in an orderly manner. The Hungary-Serbia railway project is a landmark project for both sides to jointly build the "Belt and Road" and a flagship project for cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries. Both sides are willing to actively promote the construction of the Hungarian section of the Hungary-Serbia railway and jointly promote high-level connectivity in Central and Eastern Europe. Both sides are willing to actively support the healthy and stable development of the China-Europe Land-Sea Express Line and promote China-Hungary connectivity and trade.
7. Both sides agreed that Chinese-style modernization will bring new opportunities for economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, and that strengthening practical cooperation and closer economic ties is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples. The two sides will make good use of the China-Hungary Joint Economic Committee and its e-commerce and unimpeded trade working group mechanism to support the two countries’ trade and investment industry promotion agencies and business associations to strengthen exchanges, deepen cooperation in digital economy and green development, and cultivate new economic and trade growth points , expand the breadth and depth of economic and trade cooperation, and jointly maintain the stability and security of the industrial and supply chains.
8. The two sides fully affirmed the effectiveness of the development of China-Europe freight trains between China and Hungary, agreed to establish a China-Europe freight train cooperation mechanism between the two governments, promote infrastructure connectivity, and jointly take practical measures to ensure the safety of China-Europe freight train transportation channels and improve transportation quality and efficiency. , providing important support for deepening economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
9. China appreciates Hungary’s active participation in the China International Import Expo, China International Fair for Trade in Services, China Import and Export Fair and China-Central and Eastern European Countries Expo, and clearly supports Hungarian enterprises to participate more in various economic and trade exhibitions held in China. . The two sides agreed to further deepen cooperation on customs clearance facilitation on the China-Europe Land-Sea Express Line and promote cross-border trade facilitation. China welcomes more high-quality Hungarian products and qualified companies to enter the Chinese market.
10. Both sides believe that China-Hungary agricultural cooperation has great potential, and the cooperation between the two sides under the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Agricultural Cooperation Mechanism is making good progress. The two sides will give full play to the role of mechanisms such as the China-Hungary High-Level Agricultural Working Group, strengthen economic and trade investment cooperation between Chinese and Hungarian agricultural enterprises, expand market access, promote cooperation on "small but beautiful" projects, and strengthen joint research and development of animal health and agricultural product deep processing technology. cooperate. The two sides agreed to establish an inter-department working group to strengthen technical exchanges on regional management of animal diseases, carry out institutional dialogue, and strive to sign a cooperation agreement on regional management of animal diseases as soon as possible.
11. The two sides will further deepen financial cooperation, encourage financial institutions of the two countries to provide financing support and financial services for trade and investment cooperation, further tap the potential for cooperation in green finance and other fields, and continue to cooperate in the issuance of green sovereign panda bonds. Hungary thanks China for its valuable support in financial and other aspects. China supports Chinese financial institutions in setting up branches in Hungary subject to compliance with regulatory requirements.
12. The two sides are willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of land and spatial planning, promote the establishment of regular communication and exchange mechanisms, jointly explore the promotion of high-quality development through high-level environmental protection, and jointly respond to globalization, urbanization, green and low-carbonization and sustainable development, etc. new challenges faced.
13. The two sides will work hard to expand cultural exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, jointly organize the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary in 2024, and continue to consolidate the friendship between the two peoples and the social foundation of bilateral relations. The two sides will support exchanges and cooperation between the cultural centers established in each other's countries as well as their respective domestic cultural institutions, art academies, and cultural and art vocational schools, support the hosting of art projects and exhibitions in each other's countries, and encourage the mutual translation, distribution and distribution of literary works. Promotion.
14. The two sides will strengthen coordination and communication on the tourism policies of the two countries, jointly develop tourism routes, create tourism products, and promote the rapid recovery and healthy development of the tourism industry. Hungary highly appreciates China’s trial visa-free policy for Hungary. China appreciates Hungary’s introduction of visa facilitation measures for managers and experts of large Chinese-funded enterprises investing in Hungary. Both sides are willing to continue to improve their respective visa facilitation levels within the relevant international and domestic responsibility frameworks and create more favorable conditions for personnel exchanges between the two sides. Both sides support the two countries’ air transport companies in increasing direct flights between China and Hungary based on market demand to further promote business, tourism and people-to-people exchanges.
15. The two sides will further strengthen educational cooperation, support universities and think tanks of the two countries to strengthen exchanges, encourage educational institutions of the two countries to carry out cooperative research and joint training, and support two-way exchanges of young students. Both sides agreed to actively play the role of Hungarian-Hungarian bilingual schools, Confucius Institutes in Hungary and Hungarian majors in Chinese universities, continue to support young people of the two countries in learning each other's national language, and deepen language teaching cooperation.
16. The two sides will deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of scientific and technological innovation, and agree to hold a new regular meeting of the China-Hungary Scientific and Technological Cooperation Committee within this year, continue to expand scientific and cultural exchanges, strengthen the construction of joint scientific research platforms, and delve into basic research, applied research, and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Potential for cooperation in other areas.
17. Both sides attach great importance to the health and well-being of the people and are at the forefront of anti-epidemic cooperation in the world. They will further deepen health cooperation and promote the improvement of global public health governance. The two sides will strengthen cooperation in the fields of health policy, prevention and control of infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases, digital health, health human resources, medical research and traditional medicine. Both parties support the promotion and application of traditional Chinese medicine in Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe.
18. Both sides are willing to continue to promote the construction of sister cities, promote friendly exchanges between the youths of the two countries, and expand exchanges and cooperation in sports, film and television, media and other fields.
19. Both sides agreed that cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries effectively promotes practical cooperation and people-to-people and cultural exchanges, has become an important platform for China and Central and Eastern European countries to deepen friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation, and is a useful complement to China-EU relations and China-Hungary relations. China and Central and Eastern European countries cooperate to align with major EU initiatives and promote the development of China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership. China appreciates Hungary's contribution to promoting the cooperation and development between China and Central and Eastern European Countries, and supports Hungary in playing a more important role in finance, transportation, tourism, health, science and technology, humanities, environment, industrial and commercial cooperation and other fields within the cooperation mechanism between China and Central and Eastern European Countries. important role. Both sides are willing to strengthen communication and coordination based on the principles of openness, inclusiveness, mutual benefit and win-win, and jointly promote China-Central and Eastern European countries cooperation to achieve new and greater development.
20. China reaffirms its commitment to developing the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership, encourages high-level exchanges, enhances strategic consensus, strengthens people-to-people and cultural exchanges, jointly responds to global challenges, and actively promotes economic cooperation in a balanced way. As an EU member state, Hungary appreciates China's stance and will make positive contributions to this end.
21. Both sides emphasized the importance of peacefully resolving disputes between countries through dialogue and consultation. Hungary attaches great importance to the global development initiative, global security initiative and global civilization initiative proposed by China. Both sides reaffirmed the importance of global peace and security. The two sides reaffirmed their commitment to jointly safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, shape a more just and reasonable international order, and firmly safeguard world peace and stability.
