2015年CRI Premier Li Encourages Cooperation of Younger Generation between South Korea and China（在线收听）

Stressing that communication among the younger generations is an important part of bilateral cultural exchanges, Premier Li Keqiang encouraged participants at the forum to seize the opportunity as both China and South Korea are seeking economic development driven by innovation.

"Now it is the best time for full cooperation between China and South Korea. There are some 60 thousand South Korean students studying in China, and the number of Chinese students in South Korea also reached that number. We hope that the number can continue to increase in the future, and these young students can start up their careers in the respective countries right after graduation. This could be a huge treasure for both China and South Korea."

During Premier Li's visit to South Korea, the two countries reached agreements in a wide range of areas, including building up synergies between their own development strategies, and enhancing cooperation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn noted that cooperation among younger generations will be key to turn such initiatives into fruitful results.

"Since the two countries established diplomatic ties, cooperation between China and South Korea, based on the mutual friendship and trust among our leaders, have achieved unprecedented development. Now both the two countries are each other's strategic partners, and China is the largest trade partner of South Korea. We also signed the free trade agreement in June and the number of mutual visits has exceeded 10 million. In the future, cultural exchanges, especially among young people, will be important to deepen bilateral ties, and I wish this forum can play an important part to push for those exchanges in various fields. " 

The young leaders' forum gathers elites from the two countries in the fields of politics, economy, culture and also sports.

Among them is one of China's best Go players Chang Hao.

"I think communication is one of the most important things for exchanges between countries. I'm very happy to see that there are a lot of go lovers in China, South Korea and Japan. I also hope that the game can work as a bridge or an envoy of peace, to enable us to have more exchanges and better relations."

China and South Korea have agreed to hold mutual visits by 100 young talents from each country in the next five years, and the young talents' forum will be held accordingly.

For CRI, this is Niu Honglin.