"China welcomes efforts by businesses from around the world, including Germany, to expand their investment in China and promote technological and knowledge cooperation."

PREMIER LI KEQIANG, speaking in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Nov 7.

"Xi'an will become the world's capital in the hard sciences and core scientific fields, and become a model city for cutting-edge innovation, applications and trade by 2025."

WANG YONGKANG, Party chief of Xi'an, Shaanxi province, speaking at the opening of the Global Hard& Core Technology Innovation Conference in the city.

"Cross-Straits relations in the new era face new opportunities and space for development. We will fully implement the policies adopted by the 19th CPC National Congress and help promote the continuous development of cross-Straits relations."

YU ZHENGSHENG, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, addressing the opening ceremony of the 2017 Cross-Straits Entrepreneurs Zijin Mountain Summit on Nov 6.

(China Daily European Weekly 11/10/2017 page2)