On November 3, 2007, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held talks in Tashkent with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyaev. Both sides reached broad consensus on mutually beneficial cooperation and other issues in a friendly and pragmatic atmosphere.

During their talks, Wen said since the establishment of diplomatic ties 15 years ago, bilateral relations have been developing steadily, which benefits both peoples and also contributes to regional peace, stability and development. China regards Uzbekistan as an important partner in Central Asia. "China highly values its ties with Uzbekistan and will endeavor to boost bilateral cooperation based on the principles of equality, mutual trust, mutual benefit and common development", Wen noted.

Wen said recent years have witnessed rapidly growing trade between both countries and their economic cooperation faces favorable opportunities for further development. He hoped both sides can strengthen cooperation in the following four aspects. First, expand trade scale. To this end, Wen suggested both sides improve trade mix, increase the proportion of high-tech, value-added products and establish direct trade channels. China will expand its import of cotton from Uzbekistan and ensure that the bilateral trade volume will reach 1.5 billion US dollars by 2010. Second, increase two-way investment. China encourages its businesses to invest in Uzbekistan and precipitate in economic construction there, said Wen, expressing hope that Uzbekistan will take earnest measures to improve investment environment. Third, expand cooperation area. Wen urged both sides to further strengthen cooperation on agriculture, transportation and tourism, especially the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway and railway projects and the opening of aviation transportation market to each other. China agrees to grant Uzbekistan the tourist destination status. Fourth, explore possibilities of further cooperation and coordination in multilateral organizations. "China supports Uzbekistan's efforts to join the World Trade Organization at an early date and agrees to grand the country the market economy status," Wen said, expressing hope that both sides will complete the bilateral market access negotiations as soon as possible. Both leaders also discussed on the financing projects under the framework of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and Asian Development Bank to create conditions for bilateral economic projects..

Hailing the smooth development of bilateral ties based on equality, mutual benefit and mutual trust, Mirziyaev said Uzbekistan attaches great importance to developing good-neighborly, friendly cooperation with China, which serves not only the fundamental interests of both peoples, but also regional peace and stability. Uzbekistan will continue to stick to the one-China policy and firmly back China on the Taiwan and Tibet questions, Mirziyaev said, pledging to further cooperate with China on law enforcement and security matters and jointly combat the "three evil forces" including the "East Turkistan" terrorist forces, as well as drug trafficking and other criminal activities, so as to safeguard peace and stability of the two countries and the whole region at large.

Hailing the sound trade relations between the two countries, The Uzbek prime minister said he hoped to foster cooperation with China in the fields of trade, agriculture, energy, and chemical industry and welcomed Chinese entrepreneurs to establish businesses in his country. Uzbekistan encourages and supports the expansion of bilateral cultural, educational, tourism and people-to-people exchanges to build up mutual understanding and friendship, he added.

Wen and Mirziyaev also exchanged views on enhancing the role of the SCO, agreeing to strengthen bilateral cooperation within the organization and work with other members to implement the important achievements made at the Bishkek summit in August.

Following the talks, the two prime ministers attended the signing ceremony of a number of cooperation agreements concerning economy, technology and other areas. Both sides also issued a joint communiqué between the two governments.