Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's state visit to China will further strengthen the strategic bilateral relationship between the two countries, Chinese Ambassador Liu Jianchao said here Thursday.

President Yudhoyono will arrive in Beijing on March 22 and engage in a flurry of diplomatic activities in his three-day visit. He will hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, and respectively meet with Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao. He and Chinese leaders will also meet young people of the two countries and deliver a speech at the famous Tsinghua University and receive an honorary doctorate degree from the university, Liu said at a press briefing at the embassy.

Besides Beijing, the president will also visit Hong Kong, Liu said.

As two large emerging economies, China and Indonesia are expected to sign a series of important agreements, including a joint statement, documents on illegal drug-trafficking, infrastructure, manufacturing, China's investment projects in Indonesia and maritime cooperation, the ambassador said.

In the press briefing, Liu voiced optimism on the prospect of bilateral trade and investment.

"Despite the impact of international financial crisis, China and Indonesia scored remarkable economic growth in 2011, respectively at 9.2 percent and 6.5 percent. The two economies, with their complementarities, will enjoy a promising future for bilateral trade, investment and infrastructure," he said.

The two countries are trying to boost domestic demand, so they will serve as a huge market for each other. China is undergoing industrial upgrading, which will see more enterprises diverting their investment abroad and Indonesia is one of their targeted destinations. Indonesia's infrastructure, electricity, mining, manufacturing and agriculture are all attractive to Chinese investors. They also hope to cooperate with Indonesia on palm oil and fishery.

Indonesia has been striving to improve domestic infrastructure, one of the bottlenecks hindering the country's development. Liu said Chinese firms' strength in railway, highway, and bridge construction can cater to Indonesia's needs.

"On the one hand, China hopes Chinese enterprises can make a profit; on the other, we hope to give financial support for Indonesia's industrial development and create more employment opportunities. We hope the Indonesian government can provide good investment climate and policy consistency for all the foreign investors, including those from China," he said.

When asked whether China and Indonesia will cooperate on the Sunda Strait Bridge, a 29-km planned project that will link the populous and rich Java island with Sumatra, Liu said China is " positive" on the matter and is willing to have further consultations with Indonesia, especially on the feasibility studies.

Though trade and financial cooperation has long been under the spotlight, Liu also emphasized people-to-people exchanges, which will be the long-term instrument for boosting bilateral ties. China is ready to expand cooperation with Indonesia in tourism, education and student exchanges, he added.

More than 70 million Chinese tourists traveled abroad in 2011 and the number is expected to jump to 100 million by 2015. Indonesian tourism ministry eyes 1 million Chinese tourists to Indonesia by 2014.