Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Common Press Convention on October 14, 2025_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

Diplomatic Adviser to the French President Emmanuel Bonne shall be in China from October 15 to 16. He and Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will maintain a brand new spherical of China-France Strategic Dialogue. 

At the invitation of Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard pays an official go to to China from October 16 to 17. 

At the invitation of Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand will go to China from October 16 to 17. 

CCTV: You introduced that Diplomatic Adviser to the French President Emmanuel Bonne will come to China for the China-France Strategic Dialogue. How does China view its present relations with France? What does China count on to attain by way of the dialogue?

Lin Jian: Both China and France are everlasting members of the UN Security Council and impartial main nations. In latest years, below the strategic steerage of the 2 heads of state, bilateral relations have maintained sound momentum of growth. In May this yr, President Xi Jinping had a telephone name with President Emmanuel Macron. They reached vital frequent understandings on the 2 nations strengthening strategic communication, collectively upholding multilateralism, and selling world peace and stability, which charted the course ahead for bilateral relations below the brand new circumstances.

Through the dialogue, China seems to be ahead to having an in-depth trade of views with France on bilateral relations and worldwide and regional problems with mutual curiosity, implementing the frequent understandings reached between the 2 heads of state, consolidating mutual belief and increasing cooperation, and advancing the China-France complete strategic partnership in order to make new contributions to a peaceable, steady and affluent world. 

China News Service: To observe up in your announcement of Swedish Foreign Minister Stenergard’s upcoming go to to China, how does China view its present relations with Sweden and what does China hope to attain by way of the go to?

Lin Jian: Sweden is the primary Western nation to ascertain diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. In May this yr, President Xi Jinping and King Carl XVI Gustaf exchanged congratulatory messages to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of China-Sweden diplomatic ties. They agreed to maintain deepening sensible cooperation and advancing the pleasant ties between our two nations. Through the upcoming go to, China stands able to work with Sweden to behave on the vital frequent understandings reached between the 2 heads of state, attempt to step up communication, improve mutual belief and deepen cooperation on the premise of mutual respect, equality and mutual profit, and make sure the regular and long-term growth of bilateral relations.

China Daily: To observe up on Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s go to to China, might you share with us the backdrop of the go to and China’s expectation?

Lin Jian: This is Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s first go to to China since she took workplace in May this yr. This can also be one other vital high-level interplay between China and Canada after the assembly between the 2 prime ministers on the sidelines of UNGA final month and the assembly between the 2 overseas ministers in Malaysia in July this yr. Foreign Minister Wang Yi may have an in-depth trade of views with Foreign Minister Anita Anand on bilateral relations and worldwide and regional problems with mutual curiosity.

This yr marks the fifty fifth anniversary of China-Canada diplomatic ties and the twentieth anniversary of the strategic partnership between the 2 nations. China all the time stands for rising its relations with Canada on the premise of mutual respect, equality, and mutual profit. Through the go to, we hope to work with Canada to step up strategic communication, implement the frequent understandings between the leaders of the 2 nations, enhance bilateral relations and ship extra tangibly for the 2 peoples.

Shenzhen TV: The President of the International Federation of Robotics Takayuki Ito mentioned in a latest interview that China’s robotics trade is growing at an unprecedented tempo, driving the automation of the manufacturing sector globally. Do you could have any touch upon that?

Lin Jian: According to the World Robotics Report 2025 launched by the International Federation of Robotics, the operational inventory of business robots in China exceeded two million models in 2024, topping the world. In the in the meantime, now we have seen Chinese robots having fun with promising prospects of utility, from automotive, electronics, steel and equipment to home companies, healthcare, and training. They are transferring from laboratories to manufacturing facility manufacturing traces and households around the globe.

The mass manufacturing of Chinese robots and numerous utility eventualities are powered by vibrant innovation and a repeatedly bettering surroundings for industrial growth. Such progress has not solely accelerated the expansion of home enterprises but in addition spurred coordinated growth throughout worldwide provide chains and associated industries. To date, China is residence to greater than 500,000 high-tech enterprises and leads the world with over 40 % of the worldwide “Lighthouse Factories,” which signify the vanguard of sensible manufacturing and digitalization. These developments are injecting sustained momentum into the Chinese financial system whereas contributing knowledge and power to international technological development.

Innovation is the first driver of growth. China will proceed to totally implement the innovation-driven growth technique, embrace the worldwide market with larger openness and share the fruits of its sci-tech progress with the world.