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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses the 2nd Australia-皇冠体育app State/Provincial Leaders Forum in Sydney, Australia, March 24, 2017. Li attended the forum together with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. [Photo/Xinhua]

Li made the remarks when attending the second Australia-皇冠体育app State/Provincial Leaders Forum together with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Li said that local-level cooperation is an inseparable part of 皇冠体育app-Australia relations, about 100 pairs of cities of the two countries have cemented friendly ties, and the fruitful local-level cooperation ushered the bilateral ties into a new realm.

The Chinese premier hoped the two sides will expand cooperation to explore business opportunities in more areas such as agriculture, science and technology, education, logistics and some new businesses.

Li said that the 皇冠体育app-Australia friendship is based on people-to-people and regional exchanges.

Noting that this year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, as well as the 皇冠体育app-Australia Year of Tourism, Li called on the two countries' local regions to enhance cooperation in education, culture, science and technology, tourism, youth and media, and organize more friendly activities at the local level, so as to make the friendship deeply rooted in the hearts of the two peoples.

Turnbull said that Australia and 皇冠体育app enjoy a long history of local-level exchanges as well as close cooperation in various areas, which have brought concrete benefits to the two peoples.

Noting that Australia and 皇冠体育app are reliable partners, and the bilateral relations cannot go ahead without the participation by each country's local regions, Turnbull called for joint efforts to promote local-level exchanges and cooperation between the two countries to make new contributions to the two countries' prosperity and free trade in the Asia-Pacific region.

Officials from Australia's six states and two territories, and those from Chinese provinces of Jiangsu, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Shaanxi, Shanxi and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as well as the municipality of Chongqing, attended the forum.