Ambassador Hu briefed the audience of the tremendous achievements regarding the social and economic developments in China. He stated that China has become an important force to safeguard the world peace and promote the global economic growth along with the steady rise of China's international position and influence. The ongoing Shanghai Expo has not only shown the world of an open, tolerant and progressive China, but has opened a window for the Chinese people to get to know more of the world also. But China is still a developing country. There exist many issues such as the unreasonable economic structure, the uneven regional development, and the further improvement of the quality of the economic growth ect. , which are unable to be solved within a short period of time. Therefore, China has to open up futher to the outside world, deepen the reforms, realize the scientific development so that to make even greater contributions to the common prosperity and development of the whole world. Ambassador Hu has a very high opinion of the comprehensive friendly relations and cooperation between China and Latvia. He expressed that the development of China has not only benefited the Chinese people, but also provided huge opportunities to the various countries of the world including Latvia. The Chinese side would like to make joint and unremitting efforts with the Latvian side to further enhance the mutual trust, expand the common understanding and deepen the cooperation.