China and Indonesia have signed several agreements on trade,infrastructure construction, space, taxation, and search and rescue atsea during Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s current official visitto China.

At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Widodowill also attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), which takes place insouthern Hainan province, during his tour from March 26-28.

The Indonesian President held talks with his Chinese counterpart XiJinping in Beijing on March 26 and they both decided to ink afive-year action plan for the bilateral comprehensive strategicpartnership.

President Xi called on maintaining high-level exchanges as well as enhancing people-to-people and cultural exchanges.

Via the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk RoadFund, China intends to assist Indonesia’s maritime infrastructuredevelopment, particularly its ship-building industry and theconstruction of ports, high speed railways, and airports, Xi declared.

Indonesia welcomes Chinese businessmen to takepart in its infrastructure sector, the guest said, expressing his hopefor bilateral trade reaching 150 billion USD by 2020 as targeted.

Widodo stated Indonesia and China should take on a bigger role ininternational affairs, demanding an end to violence and urging othercountries to resolve disagreement through dialogues.-VNA