China, Mexico vow to boost strategic partnership

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hands with Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Jose Antonio Meade in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 19, 2013. Yang on Monday met with a delegation led by three Mexican ministers, including Meade, Secretary of Communications and Transportation Gerardo Ruiz Esparza and Secretary of Tourism Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi met with a delegation led by three Mexican ministers on Monday, vowing to boost bilateral partnership.

Yang met with Secretary of Foreign Relations Jose Antonio Meade, Secretary of Communications and Transportation Gerardo Ruiz Esparza and Secretary of Tourism Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas.

Yang said China attaches great importance to the development of friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation with Mexico.

China will work with Mexico to enrich bilateral strategic partnership in order to benefit the people of the two countries, he said.

Meade said Mexico is ready to work with China to implement the agreements reached by the countries' leaders and expand bilateral cooperation in politics, trade and mutual investment in order to achieve common development goals.