Beijing, December 8th—Liu Haixing, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met here today with Johann Wadephul, German Foreign Minister. 

Liu said, in May this year, President Xi Jinping held a phone call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, charting the course for further deepening bilateral relations. Inter-party exchanges are an important channel for China and Germany to enhance mutual trust. The CPC maintains institutional dialogues with major German political parties such as the CDU/CSU and the SPD, and is willing to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, consolidate political mutual trust through inter-party channels, promote mutually beneficial cooperation, and enhance exchanges among youth and localities, so as to promote the healthy and stable development of China-Germany and China-European Union (EU) relations. Liu also briefed on the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. He said, the Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development have provided the world with a "list of opportunities" and also opened up broader space for practical cooperation between China and Germany. 

Wadephul said, the cooperation between Germany and China in various fields has been fruitful, and both sides have benefited from it. The German government's position of adhering to the one-China policy remains unchanged, and it understands that the Taiwan question concerns the core interest of China. Germany attaches importance to China's significant role in international affairs and is willing to enhance communication and coordination with China on issues such as UN reform. The major political parties in Germany value their relations with the CPC and are willing to continue to deepen inter-party exchanges and cooperation to enhance mutual understanding and trust. 

Ma Hui, Vice-minister of the IDCPC, Omid Nouripour, Vice President of the German Bundestag and the German Green Party parliamentarian, Ralf Stegner, SPD parliamentarian, and Nicolas Zippelius, Union parliamentarian, as well as Patricia Flor, German Ambassador to China, attended the meeting. 

The two sides also exchanged views on international and regional issues of common interest.