Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A meeting was held at the Consulate General of Uzbekistan with Xialing Yan, Deputy Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Government of the Chinese province of Anhui, Dunyo news agency reported.

At the meeting, the possibilities of developing cooperation relations between the regions of the two countries were discussed.

Xialing Yan noted the rapid development of comprehensive cooperation between China and Uzbekistan and noted the importance of the agreements reached at the highest level in recent years.

The representative of Anhui Province stressed that expanding the scale of cooperation in the field of alternative energy, the production of new generation cars, higher education, innovation, pharmaceuticals, and the implementation of joint investment projects are equally priority for the parties.

An agreement was also reached on establishing direct working relations between the leading travel companies of Uzbekistan and Anhui province, taking into account the existing tourism potential of the parties.

During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the plan of joint events and visits between Anhui Province and the regions of our republic for the current year.