Chen Jining Meets with Assistant to President Castro of Honduras | President | Honduras
Today, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, met with Iris Hiomala Castro Samento, President of the Republic of Honduras.
On behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, and the people of the whole city, Chen Jining warmly welcomes the visit of President Castro and his delegation. He said that the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Honduras has opened a new chapter in the history of bilateral relations.At the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a grand blueprint for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization was drawn. As a central city of China's economy and a forefront window of reform and opening up, Shanghai earnestly practices the concept of a people's city, continuously strengthens its core functions, deepens the construction of the "Five Centers", and fully promotes high-quality development to better meet the people's aspirations for a better life. Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, we are willing to strengthen cooperation in economy, trade, culture, tourism and other fields, constantly expand the depth and breadth of cooperation in promoting people to people and cultural exchanges and friendly personnel exchanges between China and Hong Kong, share the opportunities of Chinese path to modernization, and work together on the road of modernization, so as to make greater local contributions to enhancing the friendship between the Chinese and Hong Kong people and promoting the development of bilateral relations. Welcome Hongfang enterprises to participate in the 6th China International Import Expo, allowing more high-quality products to be displayed and enter the Chinese market on this open platform.
Castro stated that the first stop of this visit to Shanghai is to fully feel the enthusiasm and friendship of the Chinese people and the tremendous development achievements China has made. Hong Fang attaches great importance to the development of Hong Kong China relations and firmly adheres to the One China policy.We look forward to strengthening practical cooperation in various fields such as economy, trade, and culture, seizing the opportunity of the China International Import Expo to promote high-quality products from Honduras, expanding channels and ways of friendly exchanges between the two countries, and better benefiting the people of both countries.
Assistant Foreign Minister Hua Chunying, Shanghai leaders Zhang Wei and Hua Yuan attended the meeting.