CRI听力:Chinese President's South Korea Trip Expected to Advance FTA Talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip is expected to greatly advance the negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement.

After the establishment of diplomatic relations 22 years ago, China is now South Korea's largest trading partner and export market. Meanwhile, South Korea is the third-largest trade partner and the fifth-largest source of foreign investment for China.

For more on the economic cooperation between the two countries, we are now joined live on the line with Professor Shen Dingli, Associate Dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University.

1. China and South Korea have just released a Joint Communique. What are the highlights of that document?

2. How do you evaluate the current relations between Beijing and Seoul?

3. How does this visit benefit free trade negotiations, with the 12th round of talks set to begin later this month?

4. What impact will progress between China and South Korea have on the slow-moving trilateral free-trade talks involving China, South Korea and Japan?

Professor Shen Dingli, Associate Dean of the School of International Studies at Fudan University.