On April 22, H.E. Ambassador Ouyang Yujing met with the Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry of Malaysia, Johari Abdul Ghani and exchanged in-depth views on China-Malaysia relations as well as bilateral economic and trade cooperation.

Both sides commended China-Malaysia relations and concurred to jointly further substantiate the outcomes delivered by high-level visits of leaders of both countries, strengthen communication and coordination in regional and international affairs, and drive bilateral economic and trade cooperation to a new level.

Ambassador Ouyang said that for over fifty years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, bilateral trade has increased a thousandfold. In the future, both sides should further focus on new quality productive forces such as the digital economy and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors to advance bilateral economic and trade cooperation to a higher quality and a higher level.

Johari said that Malaysia and China share a millennium-old friendship and have maintained long-term close cooperation. He hopes that bilateral trade will continue to improve steadily, and welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Malaysia.