Chinese vice-president makes proposal to further ties with Hungary

BUDAPEST, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met here Friday with Hungarian President Solyom Laszlo, and put forward a four-point proposal to help further bilateral relations.

Hungarian President Solyom Laszlo (R) meets with visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Budapest, capital of Hungary, Oct. 16, 2009.(Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

The Chinese vice-president proposed to maintain high-level contacts aimed at cementing friendship, to enhance economic cooperation and investment aimed at balancing trade, to improve personnel exchanges aimed at furthering understanding, and to join hands in promoting a healthy development of China-European Union relations.

"No matter what changes have taken place in the international arena or in the two countries, China-Hungary relations will develop steadily," Xi said during his talks with Solyom Laszlo.