While meeting Australian acting Governor-General and New South Wales State governor Marie Bashir, Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said he was pleased to see the expansion of mutual benefits and cooperation in all fields between China and NSW following the all-round development of bilateral ties between both countries.
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Marie Bashir (L), Australian acting governor-general and New South Wales State governor, meets with Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Sydney, Australia, March 22, 2009. |
He also said that the friendly exchange, mutual benefits and cooperation are the important basis and driving force of the all-around development of the two countries and he hoped to see the further development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation, cultural exchange and people-to-people friendship which help to push forward the friendly relations of the two countries.
Bashir told Li that she has visited China many times since 1974and witnessed the profound changes in China over the past 30 years. She said she always believed that the friendly cooperation in all sectors is the major factor in enhancing the peaceful development in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Marie Bashir (L), Australian acting governor-general and New South Wales State governor, meets with Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Sydney, Australia, March 22, 2009. |
Li arrived in Australia on Friday. Australia is the first-leg of Li's four-nation tour which will also take him to Myanmar, the Republic of Korea and Japan.