China and Mongolia discuss increasing Mongolia's coal exports to China and accelerating cross-border railway construction
Mongol News Agency, Ulaanbaatar, August 25th, the fifth China-Mongolia Expo will be held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China from August 25th to 29th, 2025. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development of Mongolia, N. Uchirlee, led the Mongolian delegation to attend this expo. During the event, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development of Mongolia, N. Uchirlee, met with a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China on the 24th of this month in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
At the beginning of the meeting, both sides emphasized that the friendly relations between the two countries continue to develop deeply and expressed their positions on further expanding economic cooperation. As the head of the working group established by the government to increase exports, the First Deputy Prime Minister, N. Uchirlee, emphasized that policy reforms are being initiated to create a favorable legal environment for trade and proposed cooperation in specific areas of cooperation.
He expressed hope that the Chinese side would pay attention to issues such as incorporating the work of three cross-border railway projects at the Wulijing-Ceke, Biqugetu-Zhuengadabu, and Hangji-Man Dulah border ports in the country's "14th Five-Year Plan", strengthening the construction of the Zhamen Wude and Erlianhot cooperation zones, accelerating the production of export-oriented renewable energy, promoting the development of the private sector, exporting Mongolian goods, and expediting the issuance of transit quarantine permits.
During the meeting, the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China mentioned that it is necessary to promote the alignment of China's "14th Five-Year Plan" with Mongolia's long-term development documents, expand bilateral cooperation, and express positions on some issues. For example, he stated that he is willing to strengthen strategic and economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, increase the import of Mongolian coal, create a stable investment environment, and within the framework of local cooperation, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has become an important bridge, and support the work on cross-border railways.
Finally, both sides focused on expanding the economic cooperation relationship based on market principles and increasing trade volume.
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