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Xi emphasizes pursuit of common development

President Xi shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during their meeting on the sidelines of the 19th G20 Summit on Monday. WANG ZHUANGFEI/CHINA DAILY Beijing, Canberra to bolster cooperation President Xi Jinping expressed on Monday China's willingness to work with Australia to build a more mature, stable and constructive comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries to inject greater stability and certainty into the Asia-Pacific region and the world. During Monday's meeting, Xi praised the progress achieved in the past year, and noted that a record high of more than 250 Australian companies participated in this year's China International Import Expo. Noting that both China and Australia are supporters and defenders of economic globalization and free trade, Xi called on the two countries to strengthen coordination and cooperation, oppose protectionism, and promote the sharing of opportunities and benefits among countries through opening-up, in order to achieve common development.

China Daily

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