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Xi's speech at symposium commemorating Hu Yaobang published

President Xi Jinping's speech at the symposium commemorating the 110th birth anniversary of Comrade Hu Yaobang has been published by the People's Publishing House.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered the speech on Thursday.

Premier calls on Beijing and Berlin to strengthen dialogue

Premier Li Qiang returned to Beijing on Monday aboard a chartered plane after attending the G20 Summit in South Africa.

He met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday on the sidelines of the summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Li said that the governments of China and Germany should make joint efforts to strengthen dialogue and communication and properly handle their respective concerns.

Li said that China and Germany are each other's important economic and trade partners. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 53 years ago, China and Germany have continuously strengthened dialogue and cooperation, which effectively promoted both sides' common development.

Merz noted that since the establishment of diplomatic ties, Germany-China relations have seen sound development, with increasingly close economic and trade links and fruitful cooperation across various fields.

Germany and China have long been important economic and trade partners, with highly complementary economies, he said.

Xinhua