[Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Kyrgyz President Japarov] On the morning of August 31 local time, Kyrgyz President Japarov held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Harmony Palace in Bishkek. Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Kyrgyzstan should deepen practical cooperation, implement the intergovernmental economic and trade cooperation plan, enrich trade categories, and expand new growth points such as digital trade and cross-border e-commerce; build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, a vital transportation artery carrying the hopes of the region's people, with high quality; modernize ports; and deepen "soft connectivity" in systems, standards, and rules; implement more landmark projects in renewable energy and resource recycling; implement green mineral cooperation documents; and carry out cooperation across the entire industrial chain; jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative joint laboratory; strengthen cooperation in areas such as artificial intelligence; and empower and enhance bilateral cooperation through technological innovation; further promote people-to-people exchanges; strengthen cooperation in youth, media, tourism, sports, healthcare, and local areas; and continuously consolidate the social and public opinion foundation for China-Kyrgyzstan friendship.
