Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent out a congratulatory message to Friedrich Merz on his election as chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.Noting that China and Germany are overall tactical partners, Xi said considering that establishing diplomatic relations 53 years earlier, the 2 countries have actually treated each other with mutual respect, trust and equality.
The 2 nations have actually regularly followed a path of equally helpful and win-win cooperation, turning into good partners that advance together and assist each other prosper, and promoting the constant and sound advancement of bilateral relations through top-level cooperation, said Xi.Todays world is marked by linked transformation and upheaval, with surging headwinds of unilateralism and protectionism, Xi noted.Yet peace, development, cooperation and win-win outcomes remain properly forward for mankind and an unstoppable pattern of the times, Xi said.As the worlds second- and third-largest economies and 2 significant countries with worldwide impact, China and Germany should follow the trend of history, maintain fairness and justice, deepen exchanges and shared knowing, strengthen uniformity and cooperation, work together to weather storms and tempests, improve the well-being of their peoples, and collectively promote a fair and organized multipolar world and an inclusive financial globalization, said Xi.Xi said he extremely concerns the development of China-Germany relations, and is all set to work with the chancellor to stick to the initial aspiration in establishing diplomatic relations, consolidate political shared trust, deepen exchanges and cooperation, and open a new chapter in the overall tactical partnership between China and Germany, so regarding guide China-EU cooperation in the ideal instructions, and jointly promote world peace, stability and prosperity.On the very same day, Chinese Premier Li Qiang sent a congratulatory message to Merz on his election as German chancellor.Noting that China and Germany are overall strategic partners, Li stated the useful cooperation in between the 2 sides in different fields has actually yielded amazing results and has broad prospects.Equality, shared advantage, cooperation and win-win outcomes are the historical choices made by both nations and the most distinguishing characteristics of China-Germany relations, which should be carefully nurtured, acquired and promoted by both sides, Li said.The Chinese premier said he looks forward to developing and preserving a sound working relationship with Merz, deepening exchanges and collectively promoting advancement, enhancing understanding and structure consensus, constantly enhancing the undertone of the China-Germany all-round tactical partnership, and directing China-Germany and China-EU cooperation in the ideal direction.(Cover: The recently elected Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz smiles throughout the handover of workplace in the Federal Chancellery, Berlin, Germany, May 6, 2025./ VCG)