NANNING, July 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Lu Bing, acting chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region government, met here Tuesday withvisiting Prime Minister Nipake Edward Natapei of Vanuatu.

¡@¡@Lu said that Guangxi and Vanuatu are mutually complementary in economy and have room for cooperation on ocean resources, tourism and agriculture.

¡@¡@He said he hoped for promoting economic cooperation with Vanuatu.

¡@¡@Natapei said that Guangxi has already become Vanuatu's trading partner. He invited businessmen of Guangxi to invest in Vanuatu and encouraged further economic cooperation between the two sides.

¡@¡@Natapei is visiting China as guest of Premier Wen Jiabao. Enditem