Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Israel, China vow to advance innovation cooperation

Xinhua | 2016-03-30

JERUSALEM, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and Chinese leaders promised here Tuesday to promote innovation cooperation in various fields, including economy and trade, science and technology, agriculture, health and education.
The vow was made when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin held separate talks with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong.
Netanyahu told Liu that Israel admires the achievements China has made and regards the country as a top priority of its foreign policy.
Israel appreciates that China made the innovation-driven development as a national strategy, said the prime minister, adding that Israel is willing to strengthen exchanges and become an ideal partner of China in innovation cooperation.
Netanyahu said Israel also looks forward to further enhancing cooperation with China in the fields of agriculture, education, science and technology, health care, infrastructure and energy.
He stressed that deepening bilateral pragmatic cooperation is important as such a move is not only consistent with their common strategic interests, but also instrumental in promoting peace and development through the world.

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