President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping on October 17.
Current issues of further strengthening of friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and China were discussed.
At the beginning of the meeting, the president expressed his gratitude to the Chinese leader for the invitation and the warm welcome.
The head of Uzbekistan warmly congratulated the chairman of the People’s Republic of China on the anniversary of the founding of China and the tenth anniversary of the “One belt, one road” initiative.
The “belt and road” initiative has become an important, inclusive and open platform for cooperation in the pursuit of common development and prosperity in a short historical period.
“Green Silk Road” initiative of the President of the People's Republic of China was announced for the first time in Uzbekistan in 2016, has a deep symbolic meaning,” the leader of our country said.
Uzbekistan’s determination to deepen multifaceted relations with China was emphasized.
A five-year program for the development of comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era is being implemented.

It was noted with great satisfaction that the agreements reached during the state visit of the President of Uzbekistan to China in May of this year are being consistently implemented, the political dialogue is strengthening, and the parties are supporting each other on the main issues.
Trade, economic and investment cooperation is developing rapidly.
In the following years, the volume of Chinese investments increased fivefold, and the number of joint ventures increased threefold. Since the beginning of this year, the volume of mutual trade has increased by 36 percent. This indicator is expected to exceed 10 billion dollars by the end of the year.
It was unanimously agreed that there is every reason to increase trade to $20 billion in the next five years.
With the participation of Chinese companies and financial institutions, a number of large-scale investment projects are being implemented in high-tech, alternative energy, chemical, mechanical engineering, metallurgy, electrical engineering, infrastructure modernization, and other areas.




