On December 17, Wang Xiaohui, Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee and director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, met with Austrian Ambassador to China Hayworth in Chengdu. During the meeting, Wang Xiaohui welcomed Hayworth and his entourage to Sichuan on behalf of the provincial committee and provincial government, and gave a brief introduction to the economic and social development situation in Sichuan. He said that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President van der Belen, the friendly strategic partnership between China and Austria has continued to deepen, and practical cooperation between the two countries has continued to advance. This has brought favorable opportunities for Sichuan and Austria to strengthen exchanges and cooperation. In particular, since the establishment of the Austrian Consulate General in Chengdu, China and Austria have successively opened trains and direct flights between China and Europe. Cooperation between the two sides in fields such as giant panda protection, friendship city construction, economic and trade exchanges, and cultural exchanges has achieved remarkable results. Next year marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Austria, and the beginning of China's “15th Five-Year Plan” development. We will earnestly implement the important consensus of the heads of state of the two countries, fully share new opportunities for Sichuan's modernization drive with Austria, further deepen traditional friendship, consolidate the existing foundation of cooperation, and expand new areas of cooperation. We hope to give full play to the role of the Austrian Embassy and Consulate in China, promote the cooperation between Sichuan and Austria to achieve more practical results, and jointly contribute to advancing the friendly strategic partnership between China and Austria to a new level.

On December 17, Wang Xiaohui, Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee and director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, met with Austrian Ambassador to China Hayworth in Chengdu. During the meeting, Wang Xiaohui welcomed Hayworth and his entourage to Sichuan on behalf of the provincial committee and provincial government, and gave a brief introduction to the economic and social development situation in Sichuan. He said that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President van der Belen, the friendly strategic partnership between China and Austria has continued to deepen, and practical cooperation between the two countries has continued to advance. This has brought favorable opportunities for Sichuan and Austria to strengthen exchanges and cooperation. In particular, since the establishment of the Austrian Consulate General in Chengdu, China and Austria have successively opened trains and direct flights between China and Europe. Cooperation between the two sides in fields such as giant panda protection, friendship city construction, economic and trade exchanges, and cultural exchanges has achieved remarkable results. Next year marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Austria, and the beginning of China's “15th Five-Year Plan” development. We will earnestly implement the important consensus of the heads of state of the two countries, fully share new opportunities for Sichuan's modernization drive with Austria, further deepen traditional friendship, consolidate the existing foundation of cooperation, and expand new areas of cooperation. We hope to give full play to the role of the Austrian Embassy and Consulate in China, promote the cooperation between Sichuan and Austria to achieve more practical results, and jointly contribute to advancing the friendly strategic partnership between China and Austria to a new level.