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China and Portugal have pledged to enhance cooperation and work together to safeguard free trade.
Portuguese Prime Minister Luiz Montenegro concluded a three-day visit to China on Wednesday.
The trip was the first visit to China by a Portuguese head of government in nearly a decade.
In a meeting with the Portuguese leader in Beijing,
Chinese President Xi Jinping called
for expanding cooperation in green development Ocean Research and Pharmaceuticals.
President Xi Jinping also expressed the hope that China and Portugal were together to promote stable and healthy development of China-EU relations.
So for more,
joining us now on the line is Professor Tui Hongjian from the Academy of Regional and Global Governance Beijing Foreign Studies University.
So thank you very much for joining us today, Professor Tui.
First of all,
What do you think are the areas where there are untapped potentials for China-Portugal cooperation?
There has been very, very good, I mean, basis for cooperation in some areas, including,