Foreign and Military Affairs

Wen meets with Indonesian VP on trade co-op

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-30 19:20

JAKARTA - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with Indonesian Vice President Boediono here Saturday to boost economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.

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Wen said that Sino-Indonesian bilateral trade has grown rapidly in recent years as China has become the largest exporter of non-oil and gas products to Indonesia and the second largest export market and trading partner of the Southeast Asian country.

He said he has reached broad consensus with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and that the two sides have set a new target of achieving a two-way trade volume of $80 billion by 2015.

The premier, who arrived in Jakarta from Malaysia on Thursday evening, expressed the hope that China and Indonesia would work together to enhance bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, finance, infrastructure, energy, agriculture and other sectors to promote common development and prosperity.

Boediono noted that Premier Wen's visit has been very fruitful and will strongly boost bilateral pragmatic cooperation.

He said Indonesia is willing to work with China to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and realize common development.

Later on Saturday, Premier Wen left here for home after concluding a two-day official visit to Indonesia.