00:00A total of 14 Memorandum of Understandings, Agreements, Protocol and Joint Statement involving
00:09nine ministries have been exchanged between Malaysia and China on Wednesday, witnessed
00:14by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and China Premier Li Qiang.
00:19The documents were exchanged during Li's official visit to Malaysia, which also marked
00:23his first visit to the country as Premier, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of
00:28diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China.
00:32He is here for a three-day official visit beginning Tuesday.
00:36Besides the MOUs, Malaysia and China also inked the second cycle of the Malaysia-China
00:42Five-Year Programme for Economic and Trade Cooperation to deepen further linkages between
00:47industries in priority sectors like high-level manufacturing and digital economy.
00:55The programme would also deepen cooperation in robotics, entrepreneur development, innovation
01:00and start-up, as well as research and development in agriculture and primary industries.
01:06Earlier, both leaders had a closed-door meeting to discuss bilateral relations between Malaysia
01:12and China, and exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual interests.
01:18Next, Anwar also hosted a luncheon for Li and his Chinese delegation at Seri Perdana.
01:24Li will also have an audience with His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, on Wednesday.
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