China's chief legislator Wu Bangguo has given this assurance when he met Sri Lankan Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne who is in China currently to attend the 15th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen.
"China will continue to support Sri Lanka's efforts to safeguard its national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as respect Sri Lanka's path of development and its domestic and foreign policies," the high ranking Chinese official has said.
During his meeting with the Sri Lankan Premier, Wu, China's current Chairman and Party secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, has said that his country will encourage Chinese companies, especially large enterprises, to engage in Sri Lanka's development and expand trade and investment with the country in order to realize mutual benefit and common development.
The chief legislator has also pledged to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in areas including infrastructure, the exploitation of energy and resources and tourism.
Wu has also expressed his appreciation to Sri Lanka for its continuing support on issues relating to Taiwan and Tibet.
The Sri Lankan Prime Minister has expressed his appreciation to China's long-standing support for Sri Lanka's development and promised to strengthen bilateral ties further, Xinhua reported.
China has been the largest donor to Sri Lanka even surpassing the Asian development bank (ADB) and World Bank with providing aids for the major infrastructure projects in the country including the Norochcholai coal power plant, Southern port, and second airport in Hambanthota.
Sri Lanka has also sought China's backing to counter the allegations of war crimes leveled against the country by the report from the Panel of Experts appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to probe Sri Lanka's accountability during the later stages of the war.
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