On the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China, senior officials exchanged visits with ambassadors to China: Xi Jinping is expected to visit Malaysia next year

Malaysia's ambassador to China, Dato' Norman, revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Malaysia next year.

He said that as Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Seri Amzahi successfully commences his visit to China, senior level visits will also begin one after another to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China.

He said that in addition to Xi Jinping's visit to Malaysia next year, Chinese Premier Li Qiang will also visit Malaysia in June.

Today, Norman spoke to the Malaysian media who accompanied the delegation.

This will be Xi Jinping's second visit to Malaysia after 12 years. Xi Jinping last paid a three-day state visit to Malaysia from October 3 to 5, 2013.

Xi Jinping's visit to Malaysia was very fruitful. He announced that Sino-Malaysian relations had been upgraded to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” and put forward 5 suggestions for strengthening cooperation between the two countries: expand bilateral trade to reach 160 billion US dollars in 2017; promote mutual investment, continue to support the construction of industrial parks in Qinzhou and Kuantan, and encourage Chinese enterprises to actively participate in projects such as Malaysia's six major development corridors; expand financial cooperation to expand the scale of bilateral local currency exchanges to avoid financial risks; deepen agricultural and fishery cooperation; continue to strengthen cooperation in natural rubber cultivation and processing, agricultural machinery trade, fishing, deep aquaculture, etc. ; Work together to promote regional cooperation, jointly create an open, inclusive and win-win cooperation environment, and promote common development.