Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - April 11, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of ASEAN-China Media and Think Tank Forum in progress; guests speaking; attendees listening
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Fadillah Yusof, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister:
"It provides a timely opportunity to strengthen people-to-people ties, ensuring that our cooperation is not merely transactional, but built upon a foundation of mutual trust, cultural affinity and shared aspirations."

FILE: Putrajaya, Malaysia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of sign reading "Putrajaya", Perdana Putra building, national flag of Malaysia, other flags

Malaysia - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ong Tee Keat, president, Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific (starting with shot 3/partially overlaid with shot 5):
"The entire nation is awaiting the arrival of President Xi Jinping. This is a very timely visit from the perspective of Malaysians. When we talk about a shared future, certainly, we have a lot of things in common. We have the shared interests as well as the common challenges that we need to grapple with together."

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FILE: Malaysia - Dec 2023 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
5. National flags of China, Malaysia
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FILE: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Date Unknown (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. National flag of Malaysia, sign reading "Putrajaya
7. Perdana Putra building, national flag of Malaysia, other flags

Malaysia - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Danial Rahman, CEO, Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (partially overlaid with shot 9): :
"President Xi's visit to Malaysia, in that regard, sets the tone for diplomatic and economic strengthening and cooperation, and we can see further collaboration emerging in not just the semiconductor space, but also trade agreements like RCEP, the Belt and Road Initiative, as well as areas of artificial intelligence."

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - April 10, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of cityscape, Petronas Towers
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FILE: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of cityscape, Petronas Towers

Malaysia - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Oh Ei Sun, principal advisor, Pacific Research Center:
"President Xi's visit to Malaysia acquires even higher level of significance as those countries, for example, Malaysia and China, which would like to continue to embrace free trade, would perhaps like to see even closer economic interactions among themselves."

FILE: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Various of traffic, buildings

Malaysia looks forward to Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visit, aiming to enhance cooperation with China in comprehensive areas from people-to-people exchanges to economy and trade, according to Malaysian experts.

Chinese foreign ministry said that Xi will pay a state visit to Vietnam from April 14 to 15, and will pay state visits to Malaysia and Cambodia from April 15 to 18.

Ahead of Xi's visit, Malaysia held the ASEAN-China Media and Think Tank Forum in capital city of Kuala Lumpur on Friday, bringing together representatives of major media and think tanks from the 10 ASEAN countries and China to discuss and promote common development.

As the ASEAN chairman this year, Malaysia aims to foster greater collaboration and economic integration with the bloc's biggest trading partner -- China, which is also a key focus of the forum.

"It provides a timely opportunity to strengthen people-to-people ties, ensuring that our cooperation is not merely transactional, but built upon a foundation of mutual trust, cultural affinity and shared aspirations," said Fadillah Yusof, Malaysia's deputy prime minister while addressing the event.

Malaysian experts said Xi's visit serves as a good opportunity for both sides to discuss issues of common interests and concerns, and seek to expand cooperation in fields including technology and trade.

"The entire nation is awaiting the arrival of President Xi Jinping. It is a very timely visit from the perspective of Malaysians. When we talk about a shared future, we have a lot of things in common. We have the shared interests as well as the common challenges that we need to grapple with together," said Ong Tee Keat, president of the Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific.

"President Xi's visit to Malaysia, in that regard, sets the tone for diplomatic and economic strengthening and cooperation, and we can see further collaboration emerging in not just the semiconductor space, but also trade agreements like RCEP, the Belt and Road Initiative, as well as areas of artificial intelligence," said Danial Rahman, CEO of the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute.

"I think President Xi's visit to Malaysia acquires even higher level of significance as those countries, for example, Malaysia and China, which would like to continue to embrace free trade, would perhaps like to see even closer economic interactions among themselves," said Oh Ei Sun, principal advisor of the Pacific Research Center.