German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet President Xi Jinping throughout an official go to to China from February 25 to 26, following the invitation of Premier of the State Council Li Qiang.

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The German chief will maintain talks with Xi Jinping and Li Qiang on bilateral relations and problems with mutual curiosity, the Chinese language Overseas Ministry stated at a briefing on Tuesday.

A spokesperson, Mao Ning, described China and Germany as “all-round strategic companions” whose mutually helpful relationship has “delivered tangibly for the 2 peoples.”

Beijing famous that China and Germany, being the second and third largest economies in the world, have shut high-level exchanges and proceed to deepen sensible cooperation.

Ning stated the “sound improvement” of relations was in the curiosity of the 2 nations and “is what the world expects to see.” Merz’s go to to China is the primary since he assumed workplace in Might 2025.

His assembly with Xi would be the third by a European chief in barely six weeks. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney were in Beijing in January at separate instances.

Germany and China established diplomatic relations in 1972, and though the ties have been multifarious and intense, China views Germany as a key companion in Europe, each economically and politically.

Germany’s coverage on China is predicated on the Federal Authorities Technique on China, adopted in 2023. It lays out the standing of and the prospects for relations with China, thought to be a companion and competitor.

China was Germany’s largest buying and selling companion for items between 2016 and 2023, and second-largest buying and selling companion for items in 2024, with a commerce quantity of round €245 billion.