ZhaoLeji,chairmanoftheNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC)StandingCommittee,holdstalkswithSpeakeroftheHouseofAssemblyPatriciaDeveauxandPresidentoftheSenateJulieLaShellAdderleyoftheBahamianparliamentattheGreatHallofthePeopleinBeijing,capitalofChina,April9,2024.(Xinhua/LiTao)BEIJING,April9(Xinhua)--ZhaoLeji,China'stoplegislator,heldtalkswithSpeakeroftheHouseofAssemblyPatriciaDeveauxandPresidentoftheSenateJulieLaShellAdderleyoftheBahamianparliamentinBeijingonTuesday.Zhao,chairmanoftheNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC)StandingCommittee,saidthatbilateralrelationshavemadegreatprogresssincetheestablishmentofdiplomatictiesbetweenChinaandtheBahamas27yearsago,withthecontinuousexpansionofpracticalcooperation,increasinglyclosepeople-to-peopleexchanges,andmutualunderstandingandsupportonissuesrelatedtothetwocountries'coreinterestsandmajorconcerns.ChinaiswillingtoworkwiththeBahamastodeepencooperationinvariousfieldsandacceleratethedevelopmentofbilateralrelationstobringincreasedbenefitstothetwocountriesandpeoples,Zhaosaid.ZhaonotedthatChinahasahighappreciationfortheBahamas'firmadherencetotheone-Chinaprinciple,whichisthepoliticalcornerstoneoffriendlyrelationsbetweenthetwocountriesandanimportantprerequisiteforthedeepeningandexpansionofpracticalbilateralcooperation."WewelcometheBahamastojointheBeltandRoadInitiativeatanearlydatetoopenbroaderspaceformutuallybeneficialcooperationandcommondevelopment,"Zhaosaid,alsoexpressingthehopethattheBahamaswouldjointhe"threeglobalinitiatives"andworkwithChinatocontributetoworldpeace,stability,developmentandprosperity.Chinaunderstandsandsupportsthespecialconcernsofsmallislandcountriesrelatedtotheissueofclimatechange,andstandsreadytostrengthencommunicationandcoordinationwiththeBahamasinaddressingclimatechange,Zhaosaid.Hestressedthatexchangesbetweenlegislativebodiesareanimportantpartofbilateralrelations.TheNPCofChinaiswillingtostrengthenfriendlyexchangesatvariouslevelsandinvariousfieldswiththeHouseofAssemblyandSenateoftheBahamianparliament,exchangeexperienceingovernance,anddeepenfriendshipandcooperation."Wewillgivefullplaytothefunctionsandrolesoflegislativebodies,createasoundlegalenvironmentforthetwocountriestostrengthentradeandinvestmentcooperationandexpandpersonnelexchanges,strengthencoordinationandcooperationwithinmultilateralframeworkssuchastheInter-ParliamentaryUnion,andsafeguardthecommoninterestsofdevelopingcountries,"Zhaosaid.DeveauxandAdderleysaidthattheBahamasadheresfirmlytotheone-ChinaprincipleandadmiresthegreatachievementsoftheChinesepeople.TheythankedChinafortheselflessassistanceithasprovidedfortheBahamas'economicandsocialdevelopment,andsaidthattheBahamianparliament'sHouseofAssemblyandSenatearewillingtostrengthenexchangeswiththeNPCofChinaandcontributetopromotingbilateralcooperationinfieldssuchastheeconomy,trade,cultureandlegislation.ZhaoLeji,chairmanoftheNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC)StandingCommittee,posesforpictureswithSpeakeroftheHouseofAssemblyPatriciaDeveauxattheGreatHallofthePeopleinBeijing,capitalofChina,April9,2024.ZhaoheldtalkswithSpeakeroftheHouseofAssemblyPatriciaDeveauxandPresidentoftheSenateJulieLaShellAdderleyoftheBahamianparliamentinBeijingonTuesday.(Xinhua/LiTao)ZhaoLeji,chairmanoftheNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC)StandingCommittee,posesforpictureswithPresidentoftheSenateJulieLaShellAdderleyoftheBahamianparliamentattheGreatHallofthePeopleinBeijing,capitalofChina,April9,2024.ZhaoheldtalkswithSpeakeroftheHouseofAssemblyPatriciaDeveauxandPresidentoftheSenateJulieLaShellAdderleyoftheBahamianparliamentinBeijingonTuesday.(Xinhua/LiTao)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.