China part of transformation taking place in Guyana – Pres Ali

As the Guyana Government continues along the trajectory of economic growth and sustainability, President Dr Irfaan Ali has assured that all avenues will be explored including its partnership with China.
According to the Head of State, China is a major contributor to the transformation taking place in Guyana and the partnership between the two nations will position the country as one of the most innovative and diversified economies that is built on knowledge and technology.

The Guyanese leader made these remarks at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China’s 75th Anniversary on Tuesday evening which was hosted at the Marriot Hotel.
During his remarks, President Ali underscored Guyana’s commitment to work with China to tackle shared challenges, seek cooperation and promote development together so as to build a closer China-Guyana community with a shared future.
He said this will play a crucial role in ensuring the local economy is carefully created and crafted to be competitive, resilient and sustainable in the future.
“We understand that the pace of development and the pace of growth requires us solidifying existing partnership and of course China and Guyana relationship has grown from strength to strength. But whilst we solidify the existing relationship, we believe that we must work harder to win and bring new friend with us,” Ali said.

Mutual trust
President Ali stressed that relations between Guyana and China have maintained sound development with strong political mutual trust.
Guyana firmly adheres to the one-China principle, Ali noted, adding
regards China as a highly reliable partner and welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest in Guyana.
“Our relationship and partnership are not only diplomatic or economic, at the governance level or social services. We also have military partnership, defence partnership, security partnership and intellectual partnership. Many times, we don’t focus on the intellectual partnership but the transfer of technology, the training of our human resource potential are important parts of economic transformation and we want to recognize 05: 16 China is playing in this transformation also,” he added.
Meanwhile, Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Guo Haiyan shared similar sentiments, stressing that China encourages Chinese enterprises to invest in Guyana as the two sides continue to expand mutually beneficial cooperation in the fields of energy, mining, finance, agriculture and fisheries, and infrastructure construction, and cultivate new growth areas such as new energy and green development.
“China fully understands Guyana’s desire to cease opportunities to develop itself and always stands ready to be a steadfast partner in Guyana’s development. China will never forget that Guyana is the first English speaking Caribbean country to forge diplomatic ties with China. Over the past 52 years, China- Guyana relations and we stood the test and time and the two countries continue to build mutual trust,” the Chinese Ambassador shared.
China has played an important role in the economic and social development of Guyana and the Caribbean Region, not only sharing China’s experience, but also providing valuable assistance to Guyana and regional countries in the development of infrastructure, connectivity, medicine and health. (G1)
Guyana and China celebrated 51 years of bilateral relations last year.