On November 13, 2009, Chinese President Hu Jintao met with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Singapore, exchanging views and reaching important consensus on bilateral ties as well as major international issues of common concern.

Hu congratulated the Indonesian people for their achievements in overcoming the impact of natural disasters and realizing economic and social development. He said China will continue to support Indonesia in its national construction and rehabilitation of the disaster-stricken areas. China is willing to see Indonesia play a greater role on the international stage, the Chinese president said.

Hu emphasized that China and Indonesia, which established diplomatic ties 60 years ago, are friendly neighbors and major developing countries in the Asia Pacific region. The development of bilateral ties over the past six decades has proven that expanding friendly cooperation not only conforms to the basic interests of the two countries and their peoples, but also is conducive to peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world. While the international situation is currently under profound and complicated changes, Hu said, both China and Indonesia are in a critical stage of development and are faced with both similar challenges and opportunities for cooperation. Hu said China is ready to work with Indonesia to proceed from a strategic height and a long-term view to continually advance their strategic partnership.

Hu put forward four suggestions on further advancing bilateral relations. Firstly, Hu said the two countries should deepen mutual trust in the political area and leaders of the two countries should maintain close contact so as to have prompt and extensive exchanges of opinions on major issues. He suggested an early signing of the strategic partnership action plan in order to enhance the level of their bilateral strategic cooperation. Secondly, Hu said the two countries should step up trade and economic cooperation. He said the two sides should actively tap their potential and fully utilize the advantage of complementarity of the two economies in a bid to promote the recovery of bilateral trade. Hu said China is ready to take an active part in Indonesia's infrastructure construction. Thirdly, Hu said the two countries should expand personnel exchanges. He said the two sides should utilize next year's 60th anniversary of their establishment of diplomatic ties to consolidate the social foundation of the China-Indonesia friendly relations.

The Chinese president suggested that the two countries hold a series of commemorative activities, enhance exchanges at all levels and between various government departments and lend strong support to exchanges between various sectors of the society. He said the two sides should work together to secure a long-term and healthy development of their bilateral ties. Fourthly, Hu said the two countries should have even closer cooperation on multilateral issues. He said the two sides should strengthen communication on regional cooperation and other major regional issues and enhance coordination and cooperation in multilateral arenas such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and the Group of 20. That's to make due contributions to the development of a fair and rational international political and economic order and safeguard the legitimate interests of developing countries.

Susilo said the Indonesian people are sincerely grateful to China for its prompt and selfless assistance when their country was stricken by earthquakes. He said Indonesia and China have witnessed sound development of their strategic partnership and have enjoyed smooth progress in trade, economy, investment and energy. The Indonesian president thanked China for its support and assistance to the development and construction of Indonesia. He said the Indonesian people have enjoyed tangible results of bilateral cooperation. Susilo fully agreed with Hu's suggestions on developing bilateral ties. He said Indonesia is ready to maintain high-level contacts with China in such areas as politics, defense and education, and exchange views on bilateral ties and major international and regional issues. The Indonesian president expressed the wish to expand trade and economic cooperation with China, especially in the areas of infrastructure and agriculture. Indonesia is ready to hold commemorative events with China to mark next year's 60th anniversary of their diplomatic ties. He also said Indonesia would like to strengthen cooperation with China in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and the Group of 20 in a bid to safeguard the common interests of both countries and the international community. He said China has played an important role in promoting the recovery of the world economy against the background of the international financial crisis. Susilo said ASEAN countries are willing to strengthen cooperation with China to realize common development.

Ling Jihua, Wang Huning and Dai Bingguo attended the above activities.