The President of Uzbekistan noted with deep satisfaction with dynamic development of mutually beneficial multifaceted cooperation between Uzbekistan and China.

It was stressed that the state visit of the President of Uzbekistan to China held in May this year brought bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level, helped strengthen the all-round strategic partnership of the two countries.

The volumes of mutual trade are growing at a steady pace - in January-July this year the trade turnover exceeded US$2.5 billion.

Priority investment programs and projects in the energy sector, oil and gas, chemical, machine-building, electrical engineering, textile industries, development of reliable transport and communication infrastructure, tourism and other important areas are being carried out jointly with leading Chinese companies and banking and financial institutions.

Contacts between regions and business communities of the two states are actively developing. Scientific, technical and cultural-humanitarian cooperation is expanding.

At the meeting prospects of practical cooperation between Uzbekistan and China, first of all, in trade and economic, investment, financial and transport-communication spheres were considered.

The decisive role of the Uzbek-Chinese intergovernmental committee on cooperation in ensuring full-scale implementation of agreements at the highest level, as well as the promotion of new projects in high-tech sectors of the economy, was noted.

Meng Jianzhu expressed deep gratitude to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev for warm welcome and conveyed sincere greetings and best wishes of the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping.

The interest and readiness of the Chinese side to further strengthen the relations of comprehensive strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and China are underlined.

In line with the decree of the President of Uzbekistan, Meng Jianzhu was awarded with Dustlik (Friendship) order for his strengthening friendship and multifaceted relations, deepening of long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation between Uzbekistan and China, as well as personal contribution to implementation of major economic and investment projects, development of comprehensive strategic partnership relations.