Hey amigos! In a fresh Beijing meetup, Chinese premier Li Qiang and Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro celebrated 20 years of their strategic partnership. 🤝
Li noted that this milestone opens up new doors for high-level exchanges and political trust. Both leaders vowed to dig deeper into high-quality Belt and Road projects, the digital economy, green energy, and even third-party markets.
Imagine more Portuguese olive oil and cheese on Chinese tables, and Chinese tech startups in sunny Lisbon! Li welcomed more high-quality agri-food imports from Portugal and invited Chinese companies to invest in Portugal. Meanwhile, Montenegro wants to make it easier for tourists, students, and young pros to travel, study, and launch new ventures across both countries. 🌏✈️
Culture and youth got top billing too: they plan to ramp up exchanges in higher education, language teaching, digital learning, and youth engagement. Think online classes, language meet-ups, and student exchanges lighting up new friendships. 🎓💬
Both sides also stood firm against protectionism. They called on the EU to stay open, pragmatic, and stand together to safeguard free trade. As global voices, China and Portugal will team up on the UN stage to oppose unilateralism and support an open world economy. 🌐🤗
Montenegro added that Portugal will deepen cooperation in trade, agriculture, maritime affairs, culture, sports, and new horizons in sci-tech innovation. The goal is fresh growth drivers and more benefits for people in both lands.
From digital darlings to green energy, this China-Portugal powwow is all about unlocking future wins and keeping trade free-flowing. Stay tuned for more on how these two nations plan to shape our shared global future! 🚀
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China, Portugal pledge to enhance cooperation, safeguard free trade
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