Chinese vice premier meets Austrian guest

Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju met Thursday with Hubert Gorbach, vice-chancellor of the Austrian government.

Huang first briefed the guest about economic and social development in China, especially the industrialization of research findings and the development of high-tech zones. He also talked about China-Austria ties and the bilateral scientific and technological cooperation.

China and Austria have seen good development of bilateral ties with frequent exchange of high-level visits, and fruitful cooperation in the fields of economy, technology and education, Huang said, adding there is still a great potential for such cooperation.

He also said he hoped that the two countries will push forward the bilateral ties through exchange of visits by leaders.

Speaking highly of the achievements made by China in industrialization of research findings, Gorbach said he supported the bilateral cooperation in jointly developing a hi-tech zone, and he hoped the two countries would further strengthen scientific and technological cooperation.