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"So I think it is fair to say that our common interests far outweigh our difference or divergence. Economic and trade relations between the two countries have always served as a ballast stone for the overall bilateral relationship."

PREMIER LI KEQIANG, speaking during his meeting with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross at the Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing on Sept 25.

"My colleagues were proud of working for the Zhengzhou-Europe International Block Train. It serves both Zhengzhou as a modern comprehensive transportation hub and the Belt and Road Initiative."

YANG WENJUN, vice-president of Zhengzhou International Hub Development and Construction Co, talking about the Zhengzhou-Europe train, which has run a service to Hamburg, Germany, since 2013 and can now transport goods to and from Munich, Germany.

"Besides providing professional technical support, Interpol needs to take on the role of organizing international forces to conduct more global missions in the future."

MENG HONGWEI, president of the International Criminal Police Organization, speaking at the opening of the organization's 86th General Assembly in Beijing after President Xi Jinping delivered the keynote speech.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 09/29/2017 page2)