Ambassadors highlight key topics

Editor’s Note: Diplomats in Beijing share their views on the Government Work Report on Tuesday.

Ibrahima Sory Sylla Senegal’s ambassador to China

Politics and the economy are the topics we are interested in. The model of governance and investment from China can inspire us in efficiency because we are having local development. The second issue we pay attention to is economic cooperation. We want to build a strong partnership with China in different fields such as the economy, trade, and we are looking for more efficiency in terms of industry, agriculture and private investment.

Andre Haspels

The Netherlands’ ambassador to China

I’m happy to be here to listen to China’s plans. It’s very important to European countries such as the Netherlands. The most interesting topics for me are economic and security issues because they are very important for our bilateral relationship and the global situation as we are facing challenges in Ukraine and Gaza, so I hope we can learn more about China’s positions there. China has undergone tremendous development for decades. It’s important to keep up the development, because the world economy and Chinese economy are very interlinked. We have to make sure the interlink remains.

Salvador Moncada Honduras’ ambassador to China

I think the Government Work Report is a very interesting and wide-ranging report. I’m very interested in the part related to the development of green society and ecological society, for example your plan for the reduction of energy consumption per unit of GDP. And the idea that you will continue to grow at 5 percent is also very good. The other one we are interested in is the plan of China to continue maintaining positive and synergistic interactions with many countries and organizations around the world on promoting world peace.

Peter Lizak Slovakia’s ambassador to China

I’ve seen there are comments and suggestions by the Chinese premier today on how to overcome the not easy situation. Setting a growth target of around 5 percent this year is realistic. But it was also stressed that China is developing in extremely demanding surroundings, internally and externally. The international situation is quite complicated. And internally, as it is said in the report, there are some structural questions to be solved. But there are also many positive impulses. For example, it was mentioned in the report that … (three new types of) exports including electric vehicles were growing extremely fast, by around 30 percent.

Jean Louis Robinson Madagascar’s ambassador to China

What I cared most about during the two sessions is the strengthening of relations between China and developing countries including Madagascar. I expect more cooperation in agricultural techniques between the two countries. We want to increase our rice production and China is helping Madagascar in research on hybrid rice.