From December 14th to 16th, Jin Xin, Assistant-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), led an IDCPC delegation to visit Iraq. He met respectively with Fouad Hussein, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Moha Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Bahr AlUloom, Deputy Foreign Minister of Iraq, Masoud Barzani, President of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and Abu Karwan, Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Communist Party of Iraq and others. He held a symposium with over 70 representatives from Iraqi political parties, the government, think tanks, and the media on the topic of China's new development plan and new opportunities for China-Iraq cooperation. Jin also attended the unveiling ceremony of the Global Civilization Initiative Research Center, which was attended by over 300 representatives from political parties and think tanks of Iraq, Türkiye, Syria, Jordan, and other Middle Eastern countries. Cui Wei, Chinese Ambassador to Iraq, participated in all the above-mentioned activities, and Liu Jun, Consul General of China in Erbil attended relevant activities. 

Jin said, Iraq was one of the first Arab countries to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and is an old and good friend of China. China is willing to take the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the strategic partnership between the two countries as a new starting point, work with Iraq to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, and promote the continuous development of China-Iraq relations. The CPC has established friendly relations with all major political parties in Iraq and is willing to further enhance exchanges of ideas, practical cooperation, mutual learning of civilizations, and people-to-people bonds between China and Iraq through inter-party exchanges. Jin introduced the spirit of the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in response to the concerns of the Iraqi side and expressed that China is willing to share development opportunities, strengthen planning alignment, and achieve win-win cooperation with Iraq. Jin congratulated the establishment of the first Global Civilization Initiative Research Center in the Middle East in Iraq and elaborated on the four major global initiatives and the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by President Xi Jinping. 

The Iraqi side highly appreciated the important initiative concepts proposed by President Xi Jinping and the tremendous achievements made by China in the new era under the leadership of the CPC. They positively evaluated the significance of the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and expressed their willingness to further align the Iraq Development Road with China's Belt and Road Initiative and Iraq's 2024–2028 five-year development plan with China's 15th Five-Year Plan. Hussein said, Iraq firmly supports China in safeguarding its national sovereignty and territorial integrity and is willing to work with China to continuously deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries. Masoud said, developing friendly relations with China is a high consensus among all Iraqi political parties, and the KDP is willing to further strengthen exchanges of delegations, exchanges of ideas, and practical cooperation with the CPC and promote the development of bilateral relations through inter-party exchanges. Karwan said, the Kurdistan Communist Party of Iraq is willing to take the establishment of the first Global Civilization Initiative Research Center in the Middle East as an opportunity to work with political parties and think tanks of regional countries to better study and promote the major initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping and the latest concepts of the CPC, and promote exchanges and mutual learning between the civilizations of the Middle East and Chinese civilization.