Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan addresses the opening session of a business forum between China and Turkmenistan in Beijing, Nov. 22, 2011. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

China is ready to work with Turkmenistan to create a good environment for their business cooperation, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan said Tuesday.

Wang made a speech as he attended the opening session of a business forum between China and Turkmenistan with his Turkmenian counterpart Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, who accompanied Turkmenian President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to visit China.

Cooperation between the two countries has seen achievement in economic, trade, energy, transportation and other fields in recent years, Wang told the forum.

China and Turkmenistan are not only sincere friends but also mutually beneficial cooperative partners, said the Vice Premier.

Wang called on the enterprises of the two countries to strive for more cooperative achievements.

Hojamuhammedov echoed Wang's remarks, noting that Turkmenistan attached great importance to cooperating with China in economic, trade and other fields. Turkmenistan is ready to work with China to take their friendship and cooperation onto a new level, said Hojamuhammedov.

Business people from the two countries discussed expanding their cooperation in various fields at the forum.