Hipkins, who replaced Adin as Prime Minister of New Zealand in January this year, began to officially visit China for six days last Sunday (June 25).As Western countries have recently held up the banner of "de -risk" to China, this head of South Pacific countries has visited China, and once again releases the signal of the Western world.Some countries value economic benefits more and hopes to strengthen the economic and trade connection with Beijing to hedge economic haze.
The New Zealand Prime Minister's visit to China also meant that China expanded its security influence in the South Pacific last year, which once caused high -vigilance incidents in regional countries may have been put aside.
After the US Secretary of State Brills visited Beijing, President Biden immediately publicized that the Chinese official was a dictator, allowing Sino -US relations disputes that had just stopped falling in stability.Herpkins, who once called China as a "valuable partner", expressed disliked Biden on June 22, obviously intended to stay away from unnecessary diplomatic storms to avoid the target of the target of promoting trade in China.
The embarrassing New Zealand's economic prospects are shrouded in haze.Economists have expected that the country will fall into a decline later this year, because the central bank's interest rate hikes and inflation will increase the interest rate of housing loans, the people's loads shrink, and the consumption power weakens.
Faced with the stagnation of economic momentum, the New Zealand government will look at China again.
China and New Zealand signed the Free Trade Agreement in 2008, replaced Australia at the end of 2013, becoming New Zealand's largest trading partner.Of New Zealand's annual export products, about 30 % are sold to China, worth 21 billion New Zealand (S $ 17.28 billion), and China's demand is pivotal for New Zealand's economy.
Among the western countries, New Zealand has always been mild in China.However, China punished neighbor Australia through trade. Last year and signed a police cooperation agreement with the Solomon Islands of the South Pacific Islands, New Zealand has been vigilant. In recent yearsThe annual summit.
New Zealand also tried to reduce its dependence on trade with China. The proportion of goods exports to China in April this year decreased by two percentage points to 29 % year -on -year, the first time since 2015.
Nevertheless, in the face of economic downturn, the Hipkins government seems not interested in de -risk, hoping to seek a diversified trade in China and export more extensive products and services.
China ’s official Tuesday (27th) met with Hipkins in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, saying that China and New Zealand should promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, and provide a better business environment for other companies.Cooperation in the fields of education, culture, tourism.
Hipkins described the two countries to have the internationally "most important and most extensive relationship", and stated that the focus of this trip was to help enterprises in the two countries to rebuild and deepen their contacts, and they were consistent with the goal of China hope to attract foreign capital.
Chinese officials also call on the two countries to continue to regard each other as partners rather than opponents, opportunities rather than threats, but also to maintain communication to help the development of the Pacific island nation together, try to increase dialogue, reduce New Zealand's security to China in the South Pacific in the South Pacific in the South PacificWorries of activity.
Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang also emphasized in the talks with Hipkins on Wednesday that China's open door will only be bigger and bigger. It is willing to share the new opportunities brought by China's development with New Zealand to tap the digital economy and the green economy with New Zealand., Creative industries and other fields, create "new kinetic energy" in emerging fields.
Li Qiang and Hipkins also witnessed many bilateral cooperation documents such as science and technology, education, and agriculture.
China and New Zealand also issued a joint statement on comprehensive strategic partnerships on Wednesday, agreed to strengthen high -level exchanges, deepen cooperation, enhance understanding, and control differences.New Zealand welcomes China to apply for joining the Capital Pacific Partnership Comprehensive Progress Progress Agreement (CPTPP), as well as in -depth discussions on the work group of the Digital Economic Partnership Agreement (DEPA).
Statement stated that the two countries are willing to strengthen bilateral trade, expand cooperation in the fields of e -commerce, service trade, and green economy, agree to strengthen cooperation between education, aviation, and tourism in the two countries, and reiterate the maintenance of open and inclusive world economy, maintaining toughness with tenacity.The importance of global supply chain.
Although the leaders of China and New Zealand seem to be peaceful this week, foreign ministers of the two countries have reportedly have fierce differences in Beijing in March this year.
According to the Australian News, Agence France -Presse, etc., New Zealand Foreign Minister Marhota went to Beijing in March to prepare for the country's Prime Minister's visit to China.Qin Gang was "taught for an hour" by Qin Gang's "tutoring", and she did not show weakness and refuted Qin Gang's "wolf -style speech".
Malacta described a discussion with Qin Gang on Tuesday.She believes that after the "blunt discussion" of the two sides, the New Zealand Prime Minister can still lead the group to visit China, reflecting the maturity of relations between the two countries.
New Zealand and China currently have the common interests of overcoming economic downturn. In addition, China also hopes that New Zealand will not fall further towards Western military groups, so the motivation will be divided aside.However, with the continuous intensification of Indo -Pacific geopolitical political tension, the domestic demands of New Zealand's demands to reduce the voices of Beijing's dependence are getting higher and higher. Whether the two parties can continue to eliminate obstacles based on the needs of business needs will remain to be observed.
