Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Friedrich Merz on his election as chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Noting that China
and Germany are all-round strategic partners, Xi said since establishing diplomatic relations 53 years ago, the two countries have treated each other with mutual respect, trust
and equality.
The two countries have consistently followed a path of mutually beneficial
and win-win cooperation, growing into good partners that advance together
and help each other succeed,
and promoting the steady
and sound development of bilateral relations through high-level cooperation, said Xi.
Today's world is marked by intertwined transformation
and upheaval, with surging headwinds of unilateralism
and protectionism, Xi noted.
Yet peace, development, cooperation
and win-win outcomes remain the right way forward for humanity
and an unstoppable trend of the times, Xi said.
As the world's second-
and third-largest economies
and two major countries with global influence, China
and Germany 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, said Xi.
Xi said he highly regards the development of China-Germany relations,
and is ready to work with the chancellor to stick to the original aspiration in establishing diplomatic relations, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen exchanges
and cooperation,
and open a new chapter in the all-round strategic partnership between China
and Germany, so as to guide China-EU cooperation in the right direction,
and jointly promote world peace, stability,
and prosperity.
On the same day, Chinese Premier Li Qiang sent a congratulatory message to Merz on his election as German chancellor.
Noting that China
and Germany are all-round strategic partners, Li said the practical cooperation between the two sides in various fields has yielded remarkable results
and has broad prospects.
Equality, mutual benefit, cooperation,
and win-win outcomes are the historical choices made by both countries
and the most distinctive features of China-Germany relations, which should be carefully nurtured, inherited
and promoted by both sides, Li said.
The Chinese premier said he looks forward to establishing
and maintaining a sound working relationship with Merz, deepening exchanges
and jointly promoting development, enhancing understanding
and building consensus, continuously enriching the connotation of the China-Germany all-round strategic partnership,
and guiding China-Germany
and China-EU cooperation in the right direction.
Editor：Evan
