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Russell Shepard Jersey , Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The second annual China-CanadaForeign Ministers Dialogue is to open in Beijing, China, onWednesday, according to the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa Tuesday.
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland saidTuesday that she will co-chair the dialogue with her Chinesecounterpart Wang Yi to explore ways to further consolidateCanada-China ties.
""Canada will continue to work with China to deepen and broadenour relationship,"" said the Canadian minister in a statement beforeheading to Beijing.
Chinese Ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye said China and Canada havemaintained close high-level exchanges, and the mutual understandingand trust have constantly increased since Chinese Premier LiKeqiang and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exchanged visitslast year, forging a new ""Golden Era"" for the bilateral relations.Before it
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Canadian Governor General David Johnston just concluded hisvisit to China last month, and both sides reached importantconsensus on many fields, including economic and trade cooperation,people-to-people exchanges, etc.
According to the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Canada'sbilateral trade with China reached a value of 85 billion Canadiandollars (64 billion U.S. dollar) in 2016, and Canada's two-wayforeign direct investment with China stood at almost 34.7 billionCanadian dollars (27 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2016.
China is Canada's fastest-growing tourist market and the biggestsource of overseas students. The average annual growth rate ofChinese tourists to Canada has remained around 20 percent
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Chinese students are the largest group of international studentson Canadian campus, totaling about 180,000 this year. Enditem
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