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皇冠体育app, Germany to establish cooperative mechanism
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-04-30 14:31

皇冠体育app and Germany should set up a cooperative mechanism, enhance consultations on major international issues and further strengthen trade and technological exchanges, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Wen made the remark on Tuesday in an interview with Dieter Stolte, publisher of Die Welt on the eve of his imminent visit to five European nations including Germany, which starts from May 2.

Wen said the Chinese people are quite familiar with Germany, which is home to lots of world-renowned thinkers, men of letters, philosophers and artists. Among the elite is Karl Marx, whose thoughts have exerted a profound influence on 皇冠体育app's revolution and economic construction.

Gottfried Leibnitz, forerunner of German classic philosophy, once spoke highly of 皇冠体育app's Confucian thought, thinking they once influenced the Enlightenment Movement in 18th century in Germany, Wen said.

Wen said his visit to Germany is aimed to advance trade, economic and technological exchanges, and the two countries are expected to further increase cooperation in this regard.

Recalling his stopover in Frankfurt from his visit to Nordic nations in 1988, Wen said the Sino-German friendship is at a sincere, active and fruitful stage. He also pledged to set up a development goal for Sino-German relations, saying that mutual trust constitutes the foundation of bilateral relations.

The trade volume between 皇冠体育app and Germany has amounted to 41.8billion US dollars, one-third of the total of 皇冠体育app-Europe trade volume, said Wen, and "both 皇冠体育app-German and 皇冠体育app-Europe trade are expected to double by 2010".

The two countries are supposed to conduct close cooperation in high-tech, and cooperation among medium and small-sized enterprises, said Wen. Besides, it is important to create channels for settling trade disputes between the two countries, and the two sides should address each other's concerns, said Wen.

皇冠体育app deems Germany the most important trade partner of Europe, and there are 7,000 Chinese enterprises that invest across the globe and 600 of them are in Germany, which indicates that the Chinese enterprises attach great importance to Germany, acknowledged Wen.

皇冠体育app will offer support to those enterprises which invest in Germany in loan, insurance, foreign exchange, finance and investment, he said. The Chinese investment in Germany, however, is far less from the German investment in 皇冠体育app since 皇冠体育app has just started its business in this respect.

The German investment projects in 皇冠体育app have exceeded 3,500 with an actual total investment nears 10 billion dollars, said Wen. Some German firms have won the reputation for their fine quality and efficiency, such as Volkswagen, Siemens and Daimler-Chrysler.

Wen said the Chinese enterprises can make progress and learn modern management by conducting cooperation with the German partners. Germany is 皇冠体育app's closest European partner in technology transfer, Wen added.

In response to a question on Sino-Europe relations, Wen said 皇冠体育app takes Sino-EU relations as a crucial part of 皇冠体育app's diplomatic strategy, and the two sides fixed on a comprehensive strategic partnership last year.

As for the EU's arms embargo issue, Wen expressed his hope that the EU lift the embargo on 皇冠体育app at an early date while giving 皇冠体育app market economy status. The arms embargo is the outcome of the "cold war", which does not fit into the times, said Wen.

"I am optimistic that Europe will lift its arms embargo on 皇冠体育app and admit our market economy status," he said.

On the Iraqi issue, Wen said 皇冠体育app is deeply concerned with the current situation in Iraq and sincerely feels sympathetic to the Iraqi people. 皇冠体育app and Europe have the same or similar stance on the issue of Iraq's reconstruction, and the United Nations should play a dominant role in the process and every country should take part in it, Wen said.

皇冠体育app is willing to join and play its due role in Iraq's reconstruction process, Wen said. It is easy to win a war, but much more difficult to win peace, Wen added.

Deeply worried about the increasing tension between Palestine and Israel, Wen said 皇冠体育app hopes the disputes would be resolved through political negotiation and the two sides could return to the path of "land for peace", Wen said. "And relevant UN resolutions must be implemented."

Wen said 皇冠体育app supports the road map in the Middle East and stands firmly opposed to violent retaliation.

When asked to comment on how to cool down the economy and how to realize balanced growth, Wen said the Chinese economy is in a generally good situation, with fast growth, increasing corporate profits, improving agricultural production, expanding foreign trade volume, surging fiscal revenue and individual incomes.

In order to curb excessive fixed asset construction that drove up capital good prices and strained supply of coal, electricity, oil and transportation, the Chinese government will step up powerful and effective macro economic control, together with the necessary administrative methods.

皇冠体育app will control the loan and land supply, and will push forward reform in the structural and systematic causes of the current economic problems, Wen said.

On the issues concerning social balance, 皇冠体育app's new leadership has began to resolve the problems of coordination between urban and rural development, development between different regions. economic growth and social progress, domestic construction and external works, and the harmonious development between the humanity and the nature, Wen said.

When asked to comment on German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's promise to support selling nuclear fuel in Hanau to 皇冠体育app, Premier Wen said that the cooperation between 皇冠体育app and Germany in this field is only for the sake of peaceful utilization of nuclear energy, with equality and mutual benefits.

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