130 30 INVESTMENT STRATEGY

File Photo shows People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China take part in a parade to celebrate its 75th founding anniversary in Beijing, 01st August 2002. On 01st August 1927, an uprising at Nanchang in east China's Jiangxi Province marked the beginning of the independent leadership of the army by the Communist Party of China (CPC). After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the government set August 01 as Army Day.

This is to mark the National Day of China - 58th anniversary of founding of the People’s Republic of China - that falls on 01st October 2007.

China will be entering its 30th year since the CPC embarked upon a strategy to shift the focus of the Party to socialist modernisation and policy of reforms and opening up in December 1978. Chinese people have since then made significant achievements in all spheres of human activity. China has seen continuous advancement in its national economic strength, defence capability and the cohesiveness of the whole Chinese nation. The ethical civilization and the building of democracy and legal system as well as other social undertakings have obtained enormous achievements.

The Chinese people should be very proud to note that China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) now ranks fourth in the world, while its total import and export volume breaks US$ 1trillion, reaching US$ $1758 billion, lifting China to the fifth place in world trade. The outputs of steel, coal, cement, chemical fertilizer, TV-set, meat, cotton, fruit and vegetable, etc. jumped to the first throughout the world. People’s living standards have been significantly improved, and China has marched onto a new historical development stage of building a well-off society in a comprehensive manner.

China and Sri Lanka have worked closely together in the international field making an impact on world developments. At the historic “Bandung Conference” convened in Indonesia in 1955, China and Sri Lanka worked together with other Asian and African nations giving direction and cohesion to the Third World. Then Premier and Foreign Minister Zhou Enlai led the Chinese delegation to the Conference and his speech won widespread acclaim among the delegates of the participating countries. During the Conference, the Chinese delegation advocated the principle of seeking common ground while putting aside difference, which not only won the support of overwhelming number of delegates but also laid the ground for the success of the Conference.

China and Sri Lanka had a long-standing relationship, which dated back to the fifth century. As early as over 1500 years ago, Fa-Hsien, an eminent Chinese monk had paid a study visit to our country and wrote a book entitled “A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms” (394-414CE), from which the Chinese people came to know about Sri Lanka. People’s Republic of China and Sri Lanka have had accorded each other diplomatic recognition in January 1950. Since our country established full diplomatic relations with People’s Republic of China on 07th February 1957, China and Sri Lanka have developed equal, mutually beneficial and friendly-cooperative relations on the basis of the five principles of peaceful coexistence, which serve the fundamental interests of the peoples of the two countries. Whenever Sri Lanka was in crisis, China has come to our assistance. So we consider China a very strong friend of ours.

Both our countries have been cooperating in multilateral forums on various bilateral and international issues. Sri Lanka while consistently supporting moves at the United Nations (UN) to restore the right of People’s Republic of China to occupy the seat of ‘China’ at the UN, it has expressed unwavering support for the People’s Republic of China's "One China" policy, and look forward to with confidence that differences will be solved through negotiations and dialogue. In 1996, Sri Lanka welcomed the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China. Sri Lanka has also extended its support for China on issues including Tibet, human rights and entry of World Trade Organization (WTrO).

It is a matter of great satisfaction to us that China and Sri Lanka have enjoyed healthy and smooth development of relations over the past 50 years. I am confident that the friendship between China and Sri Lanka cannot be shaken; the existing ties of friendship would grow from strength to strength as well as with the efforts of the two sides, China and Sri Lanka would have broader and brighter prospects of cooperation in this new century. And I am hopeful that with China being an economic powerhouse in the world, they would play a positive and dynamic role in the development of the Sri Lankan economy in the fields of industry, tourism and investment promotion.

China and Sri Lanka has been enjoying not only lasting friendship for generations but also a long history of bilateral trade. As early as 600 years ago, Zhenghe, the greatest navigator in the Ming Dynasty in China, sta

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