Printer Friendly Version Ambassador Bacevic gave a speech on event on presenting Qinghai provinces organized by MFA of the People’s Republic of China @ 2 December 2019 08:08 AM

Ambassador M. Bacevic, at the invitation of State Counselor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, gave a speech on the event dedicated to China's northwestern Qinghai province - “China in the New Era: Beautiful Qinghai, From the Source of Three Rivers to the World”. The event was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China on 26 November 2019

In his address, Ambassador Bacevic said that  the year celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the new China has given us an opportunity to witness the results achieved by the Chinese leadership during many years of undertaking a balanced and synchronized development of all provinces. The presentation of Qinghai province is therefore an opportunity to better understand the achievements of the People's Republic of China in its strategy to elevate its outermost regions to a higher level of development, transform them into a healthy investment environments, create opportunities for better environmental protection, education and talent retention. With a record of poverty elimination, the People's Republic of China has succeeded in fulfilling one of its national goals while in the same time affirming its role as a responsible international actor in the global struggle against poverty.

China's determination to open up its western region more to the world is compatible with the needs of a number of countries, including Serbia, to attract investment, export its products and achieve mutual benefits through people-to-people exchange, technology transfer and knowledge.

Serbian-Chinese „iron friendship”, confirmed by its endurance for almost seven decades, with record of high level visits in the last four years, as well as by the first visa-free agreement with a country from CEE region, accumulated investment and growing social exchange, have contributed to a greater understanding of contemporary Serbia and China. Identifying opportunities for joint growth and progress, thus strengthening the foundations of decades longstanding friendship between the two countries, gives a solid foundation for expanding Serbia’s cooperation with Qinghai province.

Qinghai Province is a treasure trove of natural resources, that is known as „water tower“ due to the river head of Asia's three longest rivers on the „roof of the world“ - the Yangtze, the Yellow River and the Mekong. The modern progress of this province is characterized by interactive development between ecological environment and sustainable growth. Qinghai is also the center of the largest pilot zone of the circular economy in the country, as well as the largest source of clean energy supply in the world. It is rich in natural resources, oil, gas, and has valuable supplies of the rarest metal minerals.