Beijing (VNA) – Politburo member and Secretary ofthe Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Van Nen held talks with HuangKunming, Politburo member and Secretary of the Guangdong Party Committee onNovember 16 as part of the Vietnamese official’s ongoing working visit to China.

During the talks, Huang briefed the guest on socio-economic development ofGuangdong whose GDP ranks first in China.

Guangdong is not only alocality with the greatest economicachievements but also a largest province in terms of industry, finance,foreign trade, and population, he said, adding that Guangdong’seconomy is robust, serving as the cradle for the strong development ofhigh-tech andadvanced manufacturing industries.

In its diplomaticpolicy, China consistently prioritises its relations with Vietnam, Huang stressed expressing his belief that Guangdongand HCM City will continue to further promote economic and trade cooperationand people-to-people exchanges, contributing to the China – Vietnam comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership in the new era.

For his part, Nen stressed that in the process of building andcultivating the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership,the Party Committee, authority and people of HCM City always attachimportanceto maintaining and developing relationships with Chinese ministries,sectors, andlocalities, and are willing to collaborate to implementagreements and common perceptions of senior leaders of the two Partiesand countries,contributing to the stable, healthy and sustainable development of theVietnam-China relations as well as bringing practical benefits to thetwo peoples.


He agreed with the proposal to promote cooperation between Guangdong andlocalities as well as businesses in Vietnam and HCM City in particular,saying that theresults achieved in political, economic, cultural, and educationalcooperationbetween Vietnam and HCM City, and Guangdong have importantly contributedtofostering friendship and improving the effectiveness of thecomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the twocountries.

He hoped that leaders of Guangdong will continue to implement agreements between senior leaders ofthe two Parties and States. and further foster exchange and cooperation betweenunits of HCM City and the Chinese locality, especially in trade, education – training,culture, sports and tourism, thus promoting mutual understanding between thetwo countries’ people.

Earlierthe same day, Nen had a meeting with Guo Yonghang, Secretaryof the Guangzhou Party Committee, during which the host said on the basis of theVietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, Guangzhou  always attaches importance to boosting exchangeand cooperation with HCM City.

Guo affirmed that he will actively promote moreactivities to strengthen connection and support each other in the fields ofurban railway and infrastructure, cultural research, and tourism.

Nen said after 27 years since HCM Cityand Guangzhou city established friendly and cooperative relations, there is ampleroom for the two localities to further their cooperation, Nen said.  

He hoped that in the coming time, cooperation in all fieldsbetween the two cities will continue to be expanded, especially in experiencesharing in leadership, management, and administration of socio-economicdevelopment. thus bringing practical benefits to both sides.

HCM City wants to learn from Guangzhou's experience inplanning and developing special zones and high-tech zones, transferring scienceand technology applications, building digital government and smart cities, and contributingto stepping up the bilateral relations between the two countries.

Onthe occasion, the Management Board of UrbanRailway (MAUR), the China Association of Metros (CAMET), and the Guangzhou Metro Group Co., Ltd jointly established commongoals through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly support theimplementation of strategicresearch for developing HCM City's urban railway network, which is scheduled tobe completed by 2035.

Previously,on November 15 in Shanghai, the HCM City delegation had a working sessionwith representatives of the ShanghaiMunicipal Committee of Finance and Shanghai Municipal Financial RegulatoryBureau, during which delegates sharedexperiences on building a financial center model, mechanisms and policies,legal framework and system of legal regulations related to the construction,management and operation of a financial centre.

Right after the working session, the delegation paid a field trip to the Shanghai Suhe MixC World project in Shanghai city,which covers 42,000 square meters of urban green land area; visited the headquartersof Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, and the emergencyresponse and management centre at Hongqiao intersection, which is one of thelargest traffic intersections in China and the world./.