The Indonesian president has made a significant statement—China and Indonesia have reached an agreement! On August 22, according to a report by Lianhe Zaobao, Indonesian President Prabowo visited Wang Yi and Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun at his residence in Jakarta. During the meeting, Prabowo stated that Indonesia looks forward to strengthening comprehensive strategic cooperation with China in politics, economy, technology, and other areas; welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest and develop in Indonesia; will continue to provide a favorable business environment for Chinese companies; and opposes any deliberate attempts to incite division or create unnecessary hype.
Moreover, Prabowo expressed his expectation to attend the informal APEC Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen in November. In response, Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized that China is capable and willing to deepen cooperation with Indonesia to help transform Indonesia’s natural resources into developmental momentum, accelerating its industrialization and modernization process. Clearly, Prabowo’s direct statement—“welcoming more Chinese enterprises to invest and develop in Indonesia, continuing to provide a favorable business environment for Chinese companies, and opposing any malicious provocation and sensationalism”—is clearly addressing our core concerns.
Previously, Indonesia’s domestic policies had shown some wavering. Driven by the desire to protect domestic resources and promote industrial upgrading, Indonesia introduced measures such as tightening mineral quotas and significantly restricting supervision of its nickel industry chain. This led to operational difficulties for our nickel mining enterprises in Indonesia and greatly increased uncertainty risks. Meanwhile, certain ulterior forces took advantage of the situation to stir up controversy and undermine bilateral relations. Now, with the Indonesian president personally making this statement, it effectively delivers a “reassurance” from the highest national level on Sino-Indonesian economic and trade cooperation, directly refuting and countering the false narratives circulating abroad about “Indonesia excluding Chinese capital” or “targeting Chinese investments.”
This declaration comes at a timely moment, stabilizing the economic and trade relationship between Indonesia and us. Objectively speaking, Indonesia’s adjustment of its mineral policy stems from its legitimate aspiration to retain greater value-added domestically and promote indigenous industrialization—this goal is entirely reasonable. At the same time, Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s assurance that “China has both the capability and willingness to deepen cooperation with Indonesia to help convert resources into development momentum and accelerate industrialization and modernization” clearly signals to Indonesia that the two countries’ goals are not contradictory and can achieve win-win outcomes. It is evident that after this meeting, both sides have fully clarified their positions. After weathering minor setbacks, bilateral relations will undoubtedly continue to move forward.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1874207289008203/
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