On the afternoon of the 21st, Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, held talks with Rustam Emomali, Speaker of the Upper House of the Tajik Parliament, at the Great Hall of the People. In May of this year, the heads of state of the two countries jointly announced the promotion of building a community with a shared future for generations of friendship, solidarity, and mutual benefit, laying a new grand blueprint for the development of China Tajikistan relations. China is willing to work with Tajikistan to implement the important consensus of the two heads of state, strengthen strategic mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation, enhance people-to-people communication, maintain common security, promote international cooperation, and promote the continuous development of bilateral relations. Zhao Leji said that China was one of the earliest countries to establish diplomatic relations with Tajikistan, and both sides took the lead in building a development community and a security community, setting an example of jointly building a community with a shared future for mankind. China thanks Tajikistan for its unwavering support on issues related to China's core interests and major concerns, such as Taiwan, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and human rights, and will continue to support Tajikistan in pursuing a development path that is in line with its national conditions. China and Tajikistan have achieved fruitful results in jointly building the "the Belt and Road". In recent years, both sides have overcome adverse effects such as the epidemic, and economic and trade cooperation has risen against the trend, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality. We hope to deepen cooperation in traditional fields such as economy and trade, investment, connectivity, and agriculture, and open up cooperation in innovative fields such as the digital economy and artificial intelligence. Continue to run Confucius Institutes and Luban workshops well, promote local cooperation, and consolidate the foundation of public opinion for generations of friendship. Deepen cooperation in combating the "three forces" and drug crimes, jointly prevent infiltration and interference from extraterritorial forces, and jointly maintain regional peace and stability. Zhao Leji expressed that the National People's Congress of China is willing to work together with the Tajik parliament to strengthen exchanges at all levels, deepen cooperation in legislation, supervision and other fields, based on their own functions and responsibilities, and provide solid legal guarantees for the development of bilateral relations. Strengthen communication and coordination with international and regional parliamentary organizations such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union to safeguard the common interests of developing countries. Rustam Emomali stated that the comprehensive strategic partnership between Tajikistan and China provides broad space for good-neighborly friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. Tajikistan firmly adheres to the One China policy. The parliament of Tajikistan is willing to strengthen friendly exchanges with the National People's Congress of China and make unremitting efforts to promote the construction of a community with a shared future between Tajikistan and China. After the talks, Zhao Leji and Rustam Emomali jointly signed the "Cooperation Agreement between the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and the Upper House of the Parliament of the Republic of Tajikistan", and witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements in related fields. Zhang Qingwei participated in the above activities. (New News Agency)