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China and Australia can jointly build competitive industrial and supply chains in the new energy sector, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday.
He made the remarks during his visit to Tianqi Lithium Kwinana Pty and Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and affiliate Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) in the Australian city of Perth, accompanied by the Australian Minister of Resources. Madeleine King and the Prime Minister of the State of Western Australia Roger Cook.
China and Australia can leverage their complementary strengths and exploit each other’s potentials to build more competitive industrial and supply chains in the new energy sector.
China’s new energy vehicle and lithium battery industry indeed has technical expertise, while Australia is rich in lithium and other essential minerals, he added.
During his visit, Li listened to Tianqi Lithium executives introduce the company’s operations, and toured a lithium concentrate warehouse and product packaging workshop.
He noted that potential industrial and supply chains, apart from being mutually beneficial, could contribute to the low-carbon development of both countries and contribute to the global green transition.
He hoped that Tianqi Lithium would continue to benefit the local community and people’s livelihoods, and that Australia would continue to provide a favorable business environment for Chinese companies to invest and expand. operate on its territory.
During his visit to FFI, Li listened to a presentation by the group’s executives, and examined a hydrogen transport truck, a mobile liquid hydrogen fueler and a battery-electric locomotive under development.
He noted that the green and low-carbon transition had become a major trend in global economic development in recent years, and that Fortescue’s active transformation into a green energy and resources company was eminently compatible with the China’s unwavering commitment to developing greener industries.
He said he hoped Fortescue would play an active role in China-Australia green development cooperation.
The Chinese side will continue to promote high-level opening-up, expand market access, and create a first-class, market-oriented and law-based internationalized business environment, so as to enable enterprises from Australia and other countries to invest and operate in China, the Chinese premier said.
China welcomes more Australian companies to invest and establish operations in China to promote continued development of China-Australia relations, he added.
Also on Tuesday, Mr. Li took part in a meeting with Mr. Cook. He said the economies of China and Western Australia were highly complementary, boasting large-scale, high-level cooperation that would make them a model of local and pragmatic cooperation. between China and Australia.
Li said he hopes Western Australia will deepen and expand cooperation with China in the fields of energy and mineral resources, agriculture and animal husbandry, green industries and low carbon emissions, scientific and technological innovation, and would continue to provide a good business environment for Chinese enterprises.
As an important trading partner of China, Western Australia is proud of its outstanding cooperation with the Chinese side, and is willing to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with China, establish more direct flights and promote greater bilateral cooperation to achieve more fruitful results, Mr. Cook said.