Yuan Jiajun and Hu Henghua Meeting with Thongloun Sisoulith, 

General-Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee and President of Lao PDR

2023年6月19日，中共中央政治局委员、重庆市委书记袁家军会见老挝人革党中央总书记、国家主席通伦一行。 图/苏思

Recently, a delegation led by Thongloun Sisoulith, General-Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee and President of Lao PDR, paid a visit to Chongqing. On the afternoon of June 19, Yuan Jiajun, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and Hu Henghua, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Mayor of Chongqing Municipal Government, met with Thongloun and his delegation.

Yuan Jiajun and Hu Henghua, on behalf of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Chongqing Municipal People’s Government, welcomed General-Secretary Thongloun and his delegation to Chongqing. According to Yuan Jiajun, China and Laos, as friendly neighboring socialist countries, enjoy a special bond akin to “good comrades and brothers.” Our relationship is characterized by shared mountains and rivers, fostering a deep and enduring friendship. China would work with Laos to earnestly implement the important consensus reached between General-Secretary Xi Jinping and General-Secretary Thongloun, and jointly build a high-standard, high-quality, and high-level community with a shared future between China and Laos. Chongqing is the largest centrally-administered municipality, playing a unique and important role in the regional development and opening-up endeavors. At present, Chongqing is fully implementing the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress, promoting the grand blueprint of Chinese path to modernization and yielding deliverable achievements in Chongqing. Chongqing is actively promoting the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-Hub Mega-Region, focusing on building a modern industrial system and creating a national advanced manufacturing center. The city is now driving population agglomeration and urban development through industrial agglomeration, and promoting high-quality development of mountainous and reservoir areas with the central urban area taking the leading role. In this way, it can consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation to help rural revitalization. The city is speeding up the construction of New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC) and giving full play to the role of the golden line of the China-Laos Railway. And it is actively developing the cross-border road regular buses, and constantly promoting the cooperation between Chongqing and Laos and ASEAN countries in the fields of economy, trade, education, people-to-people exchanges, with remarkable results. General-Secretary Thongloun’s visit will bring significant opportunities for deepening exchanges and cooperation between Chongqing and Laos. It is hoped that Chongqing will deepen cooperation in ILSTC, trade exchanges, education and training, exhibitions, and other aspects. Chongqing will deeply integrate into the construction of the China-Laos Economic Corridor, and contribute Chongqing’s strength to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for China and Laos.

Thongloun extended gratitude for Chongqing’s considerate arrangements and warm reception. In his opinion, the relationship between Laos and China is currently at the best period in history, and Laos is willing to work with China to uphold the spirit of “good neighbors, friends, comrades and partners”, to jointly promote their comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership and development of a community with a shared future. He said Chongqing is a heroic city. Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, Chongqing has continuously made new and impressive achievements in modernization construction. He hoped to strengthen cooperation and exchange with Chongqing through this visit, draw on experience in poverty reduction, development of manufacturing, inland opening-up, and other fields, and better promote the development of Laos. He hoped to better leverage the role of the China-Laos Railway, and deepen practical cooperation in agricultural product trade, transportation and logistics, tourism, education and training. Finally, he sincerely welcomed more Chongqing enterprises to invest and develop in Laos.

Relevant heads from the Office of LPRP Central Committee, the Lao President House, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International Department of Central Committee of LPRP, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Lao-China Cooperation Committee of the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Embassy of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in China, as well as Chinese representatives Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister of the International Department, Central Committee of CPC, Li Mingqing, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and Luo Lin and Zhang Guozhi, the leadership of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government attended the meeting.

Source/Chongqing Daily

2023年6月19日，中共中央政治局委员、重庆市委书记袁家军会见老挝人革党中央总书记、国家主席通伦一行。 图/苏思

近日，老挝人革党中央总书记、国家主席通伦率老挝代表团在重庆访问考察。6月19日下午，中共中央政治局委员、重庆市委书记袁家军，市委副书记、市长胡衡华会见了通伦一行。

袁家军、胡衡华代表市委、市政府欢迎通伦总书记率团来渝。袁家军说，中老是山同脉、水同源的社会主义友好邻邦，有着“同志加兄弟”般的友好情谊。中方将同老方一道认真落实习近平总书记与通伦总书记达成的重要共识，共同构建高标准、高质量、高水平的中老命运共同体。重庆是中国最大的直辖市，在国家区域发展和对外开放格局中具有独特而重要的作用。当前，重庆正全面贯彻中共二十大精神，推动中国式现代化宏伟蓝图在重庆落地生根、开花结果。积极推动成渝地区双城经济圈建设，着力构建现代化产业体系，打造国家先进制造业中心，以产业集聚带动人口集聚和城市发展，以大城市带动山区库区高质量发展，巩固拓展脱贫攻坚成果助力乡村振兴。加快建设西部陆海新通道，充分发挥中老铁路黄金线路作用，积极发展跨境公路班车重庆至老挝陆运线，不断推动重庆与老挝及东盟各国在经贸、教育和人文交往等领域的合作取得显著成效。通伦总书记此访为深化重庆与老挝交流合作带来重大机遇，希望在共商共建共享西部陆海新通道、贸易往来、教育培训、展会等方面深化合作，深度融入中老经济走廊建设，为推动中老命运共同体建设贡献重庆力量。

通伦感谢重庆的周到安排和热情接待。通伦表示，老中关系正处于历史最好时期，老方愿同中方一道，秉持“好邻居、好朋友、好同志、好伙伴”精神，共同推动老中全面战略合作伙伴关系、老中命运共同体不断向更深层次发展。他说，重庆是一座英雄之城。在中共中央领导下，重庆现代化建设不断取得新的成就，令人印象深刻。希望通过此访，加强与重庆的合作交流，借鉴在减贫、制造业发展、内陆开放等领域经验，更好推动老挝国家发展。更好发挥老中铁路作用，在农产品贸易、交通物流、旅游、教育培训等方面深化务实合作，欢迎更多重庆企业到老挝投资兴业。

老挝党中央办公厅、国家主席府、外交部、中联部、农林部、公共工程运输部、计划投资部老中合委会及驻华大使馆有关负责人，中共中央对外联络部副部长郭业洲，重庆市委副书记李明清，市领导罗蔺、张国智参加。