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BEIJING, May 24-- President Xi Jinping Thursday told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel that China will work with Germany to push bilateral ties to a higher level. Xi welcomed Merkel on her 11th visit to China, hailing the great importance she has attached to bilateral ties. Since the two countries launched an all-dimensional strategic partnership in 2017, bilateral ties have improved significantly with the cooperation width and depth reaching an uNPRecedented level, said Xi. He said China and Germany must set an example of win-win cooperation, take the lead in promoting China-Europe ties, advocate the new type of international relations and override the ideological differences for cooperation. "This should be the direction that bilateral ties will move to in the next stage," said Xi. He called on both sides to maintain high-level exchange, enhance top-down planning on bilateral ties, encourage bilateral cooperation in various areas and give full play to dialogue mechanisms. "We welcome Germany to grasp opportunities arising from China's new round of reform and opening up," said Xi. He said the two countries should expand industrial and market cooperation, driven by innovation, and jointly explore the third-party markets. The two countries need to enhance cultural and people-to-people exchanges to consolidate the basis of friendship, and jointly deal with global challenges, said Xi. | 
