CGTN: How China, Canada promote steady, solid and sound development of bilateral ties under new circumstances

Article content

CGTN published an article on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Centered on the development of bilateral relations, the article highlighted that the two countries share broad prospects for cooperation, and explored how China and Canada are committed to promoting the steady, solid and sound development of bilateral ties under the new circumstances.

Article content

BEIJING, Jan. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Last year, a total of 125 Canadian companies participated at the 8th China International Import Expo, the world’s first national-level exposition dedicated to imports, in east China’s Shanghai, marking a record-high Canadian presence.

Article content

Article content

Article content

Based on mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, China and Canada share broad prospects for cooperation in fields such as trade, energy, agriculture and forestry, green technology and tourism.

Article content

Article content

During Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China, which he started on Wednesday, the two countries signed multiple cooperation documents covering trade, customs, energy, construction, culture and public security, pledging to deepen cooperation in diverse sectors of mutual interest.

Article content

On Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Carney in Beijing, emphasizing that the healthy and stable development of China-Canada relations is in the common interests of the two countries and also conducive to world peace, stability, development and prosperity.

Article content

Promoting healthy, stable, sustainable China-Canada ties

Article content

During the meeting, Xi called on China and Canada to advance the building of a new strategic partnership with a sense of responsibility toward history, the people and the world.

Article content

Through the joint efforts of both sides, China-Canada relations have shown positive momentum toward recovery and improvement since last year.

Article content

Article content

In October 2025, the leaders of the two countries met on the sidelines of the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in South Korea, with both sides agreeing to resume exchanges and cooperation in various fields, promote the resolution of specific economic and trade issues of mutual concern, and jointly advance the development of the China-Canada strategic partnership.

Article content

The engagement was preceded by a meeting between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Carney on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly a month earlier, followed by visits to China by senior Canadian officials, including the foreign minister.

Article content

As a gesture of goodwill, China resumed group tour services for Chinese citizens traveling to Canada through travel agencies in November, aiming to further enhance people-to-people exchanges between the two countries and foster mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples.

Article content

Noting that China and Canada enjoy extensive common interests and opportunities, Carney said Canada is willing to work with China to build a new strategic partnership that is strong and enduring so as to deliver greater benefits to the two peoples.