#Guangzhou# | 🇸🇬🤝🇨🇳 #Singapore#'s 61st National Day celebrated in Guangzhou! On Aug 13, the Consulate General hosted a reception with Guangdong officials, marking 36 years of diplomatic ties. 🎉 Key highlights: 📈 Bilateral #trade# hit 86.5B yuan (Jan–May 2026), up 32.3%! 🏫 2026 = "Guangdong-Singapore Student Exchange Year" – 16 sister-school pairs formed. 🎨 Cultural exchanges including art exhibitions & Hakka music performances. Ambassador Peter Tan sang "Tomorrow Will Be Better" in #Cantonese# – a warm wish for enduring friendship! 🎶💖 #Guangdong# #NationalDay# #Diplomacy# #BilateralRelations# #StudentExchange# #Culture# #APEC2026# #Guangzhou# #SGinGZ#

Warm congratulations to Mindaugas Sinkevičius on being elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania. Sweden and Lithuania enjoy excellent and long-standing bilateral relations. Today, our close cooperation on regional security and our steadfast support for Ukraine further strengthen these ties. I look forward to continuing our partnership – bilaterally, as NATO Allies, within the NB8 framework and through our cooperation in the European Union.

Chinese FM Wang Yi met with British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in Manila. Wang said that #China# takes note of the new #UK# government’s stated commitment to maintaining continuity and stability in its policy toward China, and hopes that Britain will adhere to the one-China principle and uphold the political foundation of bilateral relations. He called on Britain to provide Chinese companies operating in the country with a fair, equitable and non-discriminatory business environment, and avoid overstretching the concept of security to economic and trade issues. China is ready to work closely with the new UK government through high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation, and advance the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. 🔗

President Xi Jinping held talks with Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. The two presidents jointly announced the elevation of bilateral relations to a China-Namibia community with a shared future for the new era. President Xi noted that China and Namibia enjoy profound traditional friendship and share common aspirations for development. China stands ready to work with Namibia to enhance exchanges of development philosophies and synergize development strategies, and partner with each other on their paths to modernization.

Chinese FM Wang Yi held talks with Finnish FM Elina Valtonen in Helsinki. Over the past 76 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Finland ties have remained at the forefront of China’s bilateral relations with Nordic countries. No matter how the international landscape evolves, #China# stands ready to work with #Finland# in the spirit of mutual respect and equality, and remain partners of mutual trust. 🔗

Chinese FM Wang Yi met with Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm. #China# is willing to strengthen exchanges at all levels with #Sweden#, leverage complementary strengths, promote mutually beneficial cooperation and drive bilateral relations onto a sound, stable and sustainable track. 🔗

A group of US students from Beijing-based universities visited a special exhibition at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing on Tuesday, where they called for enhanced people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States as a vital foundation for bilateral relations.

President Xi Jinping met with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, who is on an official visit to China. The two leaders jointly announced the decision to build a China-Bangladesh community with a shared future in the new era, elevating bilateral relations to a higher level.