In a message marked by optimism, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese premier Li Qiang extended warm congratulations to Friedrich Merz on his election as chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Since China and Germany established diplomatic relations 53 years ago, they have built an all-round strategic partnership founded on mutual respect, trust and equality.
Xi noted that as the world’s second- and third-largest economies, China and Germany have consistently followed a path of mutually beneficial cooperation, becoming partners that advance together and help each other succeed. Against a backdrop of rising unilateralism and protectionism, he emphasized that peace, development and cooperation remain an unstoppable trend.
Xi wrote that both countries should follow the trend of history, uphold fairness and justice, deepen exchanges and mutual learning, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, work together to weather storms and tempests, enhance the well-being of their peoples, and jointly promote an equitable and orderly multipolar world and an inclusive economic globalization.
Echoing this sentiment, the Chinese premier Li Qiang highlighted the remarkable results of practical cooperation in various fields and the broad prospects ahead. He looks forward to a sound working relationship with Chancellor Merz, deepening exchanges, building consensus, and guiding China-Germany and China-EU cooperation in the right direction.
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President Xi congratulates Merz on election as German chancellor
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