Wang Yi Meets with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane

On November 3, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi met in Beijing with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, who is in China to attend the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

Wang Yi stated that China and Laos are friendly socialist neighbors sharing a common future, with shared ideals and convictions, the same social systems and similar development paths. This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos and the “Year of China-Laos Friendship”. In June, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping and visiting General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith jointly announced the decision to build an all-weather China-Laos community with a shared future in the new era. Standing at a new historical starting point, China stands ready to work with Laos to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and countries, advance the building of a China-Laos community with a shared future in a solid and steady manner, and work together to safeguard regional peace and tranquility.

Wang Yi briefed the Lao side on the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC last week. He said that, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, the plenary session deliberated and adopted the Resolution on Certain Major Issues concerning Persevering with Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance and made a series of strategic plans in this regard. This will not only provide a strong political guarantee for implementing China’s 15th Five-Year Plan and advancing Chinese modernization, but also create new opportunities for China’s cooperation with other countries, including Laos. China and Laos are socialist comrades and brothers. The two sides should maintain strategic resolve and focus on managing their own affairs well. In the next stage, the two sides should make joint preparations for high-level exchanges, make good use of the Joint Committee for China-Laos Economic Corridor Cooperation, and accelerate the development of the China-Laos Railway and cooperation in trade, minerals and other fields. They should jointly organize activities for the “Year of China-Laos Friendship”, vigorously promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges, strengthen solidarity and coordination in multilateral and regional affairs, and deliver more tangible results in building a China-Laos community with a shared future.

Thongsavanh Phomvihane stated that the Lao side warmly congratulated the CPC on the important outcomes of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC. Laos stands ready to strengthen exchanges with the CPC on its experience in Party and state governance, learn from the CPC’s valuable experience, and advance the development of the LPRP and state. Taking the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Laos and China as an opportunity, Laos is ready to unswervingly advance the building of a Laos-China community with a shared future in accordance with the consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and countries. Laos looks forward to making good use of the strategic dialogue mechanism between the two countries, advancing the implementation of the framework for Laos-China Economic Corridor cooperation, facilitating trade, developing the Laos-China Railway into a model project, and strengthening cooperation in connectivity, energy, minerals, artificial intelligence and other fields, as well as jointly combating and preventing transnational crime. Laos stands ready to strengthen coordination with China in international and regional affairs and work together to safeguard ASEAN unity and autonomy, as well as regional peace and stability.

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