President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang.

The Premier noted that the visit of the President of Uzbekistan will contribute to advancing of cooperation, strengthening of strategic partnership relations between the two countries.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that Uzbekistan highly appreciates the friendly relations with China, and the dynamic development of cooperation between the two countries serves the interests of our peoples.

During the visit of the President Mirziyoyev to China, more than 100 accords have been signed. This speaks of the fact that trade, economy ties and cooperation in all fields between Uzbekistan and China have reached a a new level .

The meetings in the framework of the visit created a good opportunity for expanding the scale of relations and allowed to comprehensively analyze the current state of cooperation and outline promising directions.

Senior Chinese leaders vowed on Saturday to strengthen cooperation with Uzbekistan and push forward bilateral relations.

China is willing to consolidate political mutual trust with Uzbekistan, enhance exchanges and broaden cooperation to benefit the people of both countries, Premier Li Keqiang said.

Uzbekistan is welcome to import more cost-effective and environment-friendly equipment from China to assist its industrialization drive, while China will expand imports of competitive Uzbek products, Li said.

He urged the two countries' small and medium-sized enterprises to enhance cooperation for mutual benefits and win-win cooperation.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev said Uzbekistan can learn from China's development experiences, broaden bilateral cooperation in areas including transport infrastructure, energy and mineral resources, water conservancy, equipment, industrial capacity and industrial parks, in order to lift bilateral ties to a new level.

In a separate meeting, Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, called on the Chinese and Uzbek legislatures to enhance exchanges to carry forward the Belt and Road Initiative and provide legal and institutional guarantees for closer people-to-people exchanges and a better environment for investment.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev said Uzbekistan will continue to enhance inter-connectivity with China to ensure healthy development of relations.

While addressing a banquet for Chinese and Uzbekistan entrepreneurs, Meng Jianzhu, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the two countries should further align each other's development strategies under the Belt and Road Initiative.