China-New Zealand economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Friday.
The New Zealand Business Roundtable in China (NZBRiC) recently published the NZBRiC Business Outlook Report 2024, which says that 76 percent of respondents have a positive view for the Chinese economy in the coming year and 93 percent indicate this for the next three years. The report also shows that 84 percent of respondents say their company has increased or maintained total investments in China over the past three years, 88 percent also intend to increase or maintain China investments in the coming three years, and 61 percent anticipate increasing their China-based headcount in the next three years.
When asked to comment on this report at a press conference held in Beijing, Lin said that the report demonstrated the mutually beneficial and win-win nature of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, and showed the New Zealand business sector's confidence in Chinese economic prospects.
"The report categorized the survey in the New Zealand business community with three themes: opportunity, confidence, cooperation. It attests to the opportunities brought by China's development, reflects the confidence in China's economic outlook and highlights the aspiration for China-New Zealand cooperation. The report serves as another evidence that China's development is an opportunity not a challenge to New Zealand, and that China-New Zealand economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature. China is further deepening reform across the board and advancing Chinese modernization, which will generate more opportunities for China-New Zealand cooperation. China stands ready to work with New Zealand to actively respond to the aspiration of various sectors in the two countries, deliver on the important common understandings reached by leaders of the two countries as well as the outcomes of Premier Li Qiang's visit this June, carry forward the spirit of 'striving to be the first', deepen and expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and further upgrade the comprehensive strategic partnership to deliver more benefits to the two peoples," he said.
China-New Zealand economic, trade cooperation mutually beneficial in nature: spokesman
A Chinese envoy urged the United States on Friday to desist from undermining international solidarity, creating division and antagonism, and provoking bloc confrontations on the Ukraine crisis.
"In the ongoing Ukraine crisis, there has been a steady influx of large quantities of weapons and ammunition into the battlefield," which will only lead to escalated situation and the loss of more civilian lives, Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said at the UN Security Council briefing on arms supply to Ukraine.
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said at the meeting that any transfer of weapons and ammunition must comply with the applicable international legal framework and Security Council's resolutions. She called on all parties to act in accordance with international humanitarian law, protect civilians and civilian facilities, and resolve the current conflict through political means at an early date.
In the discussion that followed, Vasily Nebenzya, Russian permanent representative to the UN, said that using long-range missiles supplied by Western countries to strike Russia will result in severe consequences. He reiterated that Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine, while the Western nations are unwilling to engage in dialog.
In response to remarks by the U.S. representative, Geng emphasized that "China did not create the Ukraine crisis, much less are we a party to the conflict."
China has not supplied weapons to either party, and has consistent and rigorous controls over dual-use items, said Geng, adding China maintains normal trade and economic cooperation with all countries around the world, including Russia and Ukraine.
He called on the parties to the conflict to demonstrate their political will, meet each other halfway, put an early end to the hostilities, and relaunch peace talks. He also called on the international community to pave the way to this end by providing tangible assistance and facilitation, and urged all parties concerned to put peace and humanity first and re-channel their resources and energy to ending hostilities through diplomacy.
Underscoring that China's position on the Ukraine issue "is objective and impartial," the ambassador said that for over two years, China has been working hard to promote peace and encourage and facilitate peace talks.
He elaborated the efforts made by China and other countries on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, including the six-point consensus jointly issued by China and Brazil in May this year. This fully demonstrates that diplomatic negotiations and a political settlement meet the common expectations of the majority of countries and represent the will of the international community, Geng added.
"We hope that the United States will not continue to turn a deaf ear to these calls for peace, that it will desist from discrediting and obstructing the diplomatic efforts of China and other countries concerned, undermining international solidarity, creating division and antagonism, and provoking bloc confrontations, and that it will truly play a constructive role in bringing an early end to the war and achieving peace," Geng said.
Chinese envoy urges US to desist from creating antagonism
