Chinese President Xi Jinping released a signed short article in Malaysian media on Tuesday, highlighting the importance of shared trust and cooperation between China and Malaysia.The post, titled May the Ship of China-Malaysia Friendship Sail Toward an Even Brighter Future, was published in local media consisting of the English-language paper The Star ahead of his arrival on Tuesday afternoon in Malaysia for a state visit.In the short article, Xi stressed that both nations must collectively promote the multilateral trade system and interact to ensure the stability of worldwide industrial and supply chains.He highlighted the long-standing relationship between the two nations, and required improved tactical interaction between the two countries and the conditioning of political trust.Xi likewise highlighted the need to deepen equally useful cooperation and advance the premium advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative, with particular concentrate on sectors such as the digital economy, green economy, blue economy and tourism.He further mentioned that China and Malaysia must collaborate to promote worldwide governance in a fairer and more equitable instructions, secure the multilateral trade system and ensure the stability of global supply chains.
Xi also required maintaining an open and cooperative international environment.This year, Malaysia assumes the role of chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) rotating presidency.
Xi expressed Chinas strong support for ASEAN unity and advancement.
He repeated Chinas full support for Malaysias management in satisfying its duties as the 2025 ASEAN chair and anticipated Malaysia playing an essential role as a planner in China-ASEAN relations, even more enhancing the bridge in between the two sides.Xi worried that China is advancing Chinese modernization and is willing to team up with Malaysia and other ASEAN countries to resist the undercurrent of geopolitics and bloc confrontation and break the existing unilateralism and protectionism so as to push forward the China-Malaysia community of shared future and create a closer China-ASEAN community of shared future.