China-Malaysia cooperation can reinforce the storm resilience of Southeast Asia

The warm reception given to President Xi Jinping during his trip to Southeast Asia speaks volumes of the region's readiness to work with China to build a neighborhood community with a shared future.

Wrapping up his two-day state visit to Vietnam on Tuesday where the two sides pledged joint efforts to accelerate the building of a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance through deepening pragmatic cooperation and strengthening mutual trust, President Xi embarked on his state visit to Malaysia the same day.

Like the series of collaboration agreements, plans and initiatives signed during his visit to Vietnam, President Xi's visit to Malaysia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has produced rich results paving the way for concrete cooperation projects in the digital economy, green development, the blue economy, industrial investment and transport infrastructure construction, and closer strategic coordination on regional and world affairs.