2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia. Malaysia's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Zheng Likang said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters a few days ago that he is optimistic about the prospects of win-win cooperation in the science and technology innovation industry between Malaysia and China, and hopes to take advantage of the opportunity of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China to strengthen joint research, technology transfer and personnel exchanges between the two sides in the field of scientific and technological innovation.
Zheng said that in the past few years, China has led the construction of many infrastructure facilities in Malaysia, including the Malaysian East Coast Railway. These developments have brought convenience to the Malaysian people, and have also promoted cooperation at the level of technology transfer and led to the introduction of new technologies, which has benefited Malaysian enterprises a lot.
In recent years, Malaysia has vigorously promoted the development of green and low-carbon industries. Zheng Likang spoke highly of China's development in renewable energy power generation and electric vehicles, and praised China's active investment in renewable energy to help reduce global carbon emissions.
Zheng Likang said that many Chinese-funded enterprises have invested in Malaysia to set up factories and promote technologies to help Malaysia's green development. Malaysia** set up an automotive high-tech valley in Tanjung Malin to attract electric vehicle-related enterprises to set up factories, build Tanjung Malin into a ** center for electric vehicles and parts in the ASEAN market, and drive local economic development.
In terms of the digital economy, Cheng said that Malaysia** hopes to increase the contribution rate of the digital economy to Malaysia's GDP to 25 by 20255%。"We hope that more enterprises in the fields of artificial intelligence, data centers, and cloud computing will invest in Malaysia," he said, "In addition to providing preferential policies in terms of taxation and land, Malaysia can also become a 'stronghold' for foreign investors to expand their business in Southeast Asia and Asia." ”
Zheng Likang said that he looked forward to strengthening Malaysia-China cooperation in science and technology innovation industry under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, especially in areas with great potential such as vaccine development, aviation and artificial intelligence. He looked forward to more research cooperation between research institutions and enterprises of the two countries to benefit the scientific and technological innovation projects of the two countries.
He also expressed the hope that the two countries will strengthen cooperation in poverty alleviation, and improve the living standards of low-income groups in Malaysia by learning and exchanging China's experience in poverty alleviation and targeted poverty alleviation through science and technology.
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