In a high-profile meet-up Xi Jinping and Prabowo Subianto sealed several co-operation deals in Beijing on nov 9th. The fresh agreements cover water saving maritime stuff and mining operations (which shows both countries want to work closer together)
The timing is perfect - just before tomorrows big business talks where Indonesian officials will meet top-tier Chinese companies; the expected outcome: mega-deals worth over $10-billion. Its Prabowos second trip to China this year which happened right after he won the election
China wishes to boost exchanges in poverty-reduction medicine grain-growing and fishing industries
The two nations published a joint-paper about building a shared future: this shows how they want to make their friendship stronger. Both leaders talked about team-work in digital stuff high-tech manufacturing and recycling plans
Prabowo picked China as his first foreign stop as president-elect - a move that shows how much he cares about keeping good ties with Beijing. During talks he told everyone that Indonesia wants to be Chinas close friend in these complex world times and asked Chinese business-people to bring more money to his country