BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- 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. ■
