Sydney, Australia -- Media from China and Australia should strengthen
cooperation and help beef up the long-term, lasting and stable development of
Sino-Australian relationship and friendship, a senior Chinese government
official said today.
Now that the Sino-Australian ties have been upgraded to a new high following
Premier Wen Jiabao's successful visit two weeks ago, Cai Wu, minister of the
State Council Information Office, has called media of the two countries to do
their part to cement a full-fledged fruitful relationship.
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Cai Wu, minister
of the State Council Information Office, delivers a speech at
the China-Australia Media Forum in Sydney today.
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Cai
told the China-Australia Media Forum which opened in Sydney Tuesday that China
has a lot to learn from Sydney and Australia in order to make the 2008 summer
Olympic Games a complete success in Beijing. Sydney made the 2000 games a
worldwide splendor.
Cai, who is leading a media delegation visiting Australia, suggested the
media outlets from the two countries build up understanding via better
engagement, play their role to boost trade and expand prosperity of the two
economies, and help accelerate cultural exchanges between the two friendly
peoples.
"China's development and future trends need the attention from Australian
media. We hope that the Australian media can have a deep understanding of
China's initiatives of building a harmonious society and facilitating the
development of a harmonious world, and convey these messages to Australian
friends so that they can be well informed of a peaceful, stable, prosperous and
responsible China, " Cai said in a key-note speech delivered to the forum.
Sino-Australian relationship is now at its best, Cai said, adding the two
Aian-Pacific region giants have a lot to gain in developing a mutually
beneficial relationship during the 21st century.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that his country will "work
closely with China to pursue our shared goal of a stable and prosperous region."
"Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries,
none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our
relationship with China," Howard said of bilateral ties, hailing China's
emergence as a regional and global power as a positive development.
Chinese and Australian economies are highly
complementary and interdependent. Increasing exports of Australian raw resources
has aided China's rapid boom, and, Australian economy has become more dynamic,
too.