Beijing, May 25th—Ma Hui, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with Paula Estévez, Vice Minister of International Economic Relations of Chile. 

Ma spoke positively of China-Chile relations and the fruits of bilateral cooperation in economy, trade and other fields. He noted that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), China will continue to advance high-quality economic development and high-level opening-up, injecting stability and certainty into a volatile world and creating new opportunities for China-Chile cooperation in energy and mining, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, digital economy and green transition. He expressed the hope that Chile’s new government will continue developing friendly relations with China, work with the Chinese side to achieve more and greater outcomes in bilateral relations, and enhance the well-being of both peoples. Ma also briefed Estévez on General Secretary Xi Jinping’s vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity and the four major global initiatives, and expressed the readiness to work with Chile to firmly safeguard the international system with the UN at its core and the international order based on international law, and advocate an equitable and orderly multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization. The CPC stands ready to strengthen political dialogue with all Chilean political parties, enhance mutual understanding, engage in exchanges of experience in state governance and administration, and help elevate the China-Chile comprehensive strategic partnership to new heights. 

Estévez stated that developing relations with China is a national policy of Chile. Chile has set many “firsts” in developing its relations with China. Chile’s new government attaches importance to deepening cooperation with China across all sectors and expects and believes that China’s 15th Five-Year Plan will bring more opportunities for bilateral cooperation. Chile appreciates China’s important leading role in international affairs and expressed its readiness to work with China to firmly safeguard international fairness, justice and multilateralism, and continue to build a free and open multilateral trading system. Chile supports China's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA).