Malaysia, China exploring new areas to strengthen cooperation - PM Muhyiddin

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and China are exploring new areas of common interests to strengthen bilateral collaboration, apart from existing cooperation in economy, trade and investment, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Muhyiddin, who held a discussion via video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang this morning, said the cooperation included aspects of COVID-19 vaccine production through the 'fill and finish' method in Malaysia and collaborations in the fields of electronic commerce, high technology and digital economy.

Other areas of cooperation were in agriculture and agrofood, development of food security and poverty eradication programmes, he added.

"The Chinese government has given a very positive response for these proposed collaborations to be discussed in greater detail at the relevant ministerial level.

"Both of us agreed that Malaysia-China bilateral ties have remained close and continued to expand positively in the face of bitter challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic," he said in a posting on his Facebook account today.