such as finance, agriculture, poverty reduction, low carbon, health, and digital innovation". He also stressed the need to develop "new growth drivers. Speaking to regional leaders, Xi said the countries must "fully unleash the potential of traditional cooperation in economy, trade, industrial capacity, energy and transport," according to a state media readout. The region is also a crucial link in China's trillion-dollar global infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative. The Chinese leader is hosting the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan at a summit in Xi'an in northern China this week - a meeting Beijing has said is of "milestone" significance.īeijing says trade with Central Asia reached $70 billion in 2022 and expanded 22 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023. Xian: Xi Jinping called on China and Central Asia to "fully unleash" their potential in trade, economic and infrastructure cooperation Friday, as he wrapped up a landmark summit with heads of state from the strategically vital region.
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