From left, Korean Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, and Korean Food and Drug Safety Minister Oh Yu-kyung and Sun Meijun, director basic of China’s General Administration of Customs, attend signing ceremonies for agreements on the institution of a business cooperation dialogue and on meals security cooperation, respectively, with attendance by President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping, proper in the second row, on the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday. Yonhap
(*14*)BEIJING — Korea and China signed a collection of memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on cooperation in industrial exchanges, know-how, the setting and other areas on the event of a summit between Presidents Lee Jae Myung and Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, Seoul’s presidential workplace Cheong Wa Dae mentioned.
(*14*)The 14 MOUs and a separate settlement on the return of Chinese historic artifacts in Korea underscored the joint efforts by Seoul and Beijing to deepen bilateral ties, as Lee pushes for “pragmatic” diplomacy to stably handle relations with China whereas making certain a sturdy safety alliance with the United States.
(*14*)Among the MOUs was an association on the creation of an everyday dialogue platform between South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources and China’s Ministry of Commerce to boost business cooperation between the 2 international locations.
(*14*)On the know-how entrance, the 2 sides signed an MOU on cooperation for science and know-how innovation, in addition to a separate MOU on digital know-how collaboration.
(*14*)They additionally inked MOUs to seek out and nurture promising startups and lay the groundwork for safeguarding mental property (IP) through the use of new applied sciences, and bettering legislation enforcement towards IP infringements involving imports and exports.
(*14*)Additional MOUs have been signed on meals security and quarantine procedures for fisheries, animals and vegetation.
(*14*)In the environmental sector, the 2 international locations signed an MOU to carry common ministerial and working-level conferences on points equivalent to local weather change — an effort to broaden the scope of bilateral cooperation past the difficulty of nice mud.
(*14*)An settlement on transportation cooperation contains plans to collaborate on land transport, roads, railways and future mobility, in addition to to arrange a working-level consultative physique.
(*14*)On the event of Lee’s state go to, a pair of Qing Dynasty stone lion statues that the Kansong Art and Culture Foundation has stored in its assortment since its buy in 1933 will probably be returned to China. The National Museum of Korea signed a certificates with China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration to formalize the return.
(*14*)Cheong Wa Dae mentioned the choice to return the Chinese cultural artifacts paves the way in which for expanded cultural exchanges between the 2 nations.