{"id":43542,"date":"2026-02-28T00:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4898392_CN98392_0"},"modified":"2026-02-28T00:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:42:00","slug":"global-times-china-germany-open-cooperation-promotes-mutual-and-global-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=43542","title":{"rendered":"Global Times: China-Germany open cooperation promotes mutual and global development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span>, Feb. 28, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Chinese President&nbsp;Xi Jinping met in <span class=\"xn-location\">Beijing<\/span> on Wednesday with German Chancellor <span class=\"xn-person\">Friedrich Merz<\/span>, the first foreign leader to pay an official visit to <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> in the Year of the Horse. President Xi made three propositions on further developing <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> relations, providing strategic guidance for deepening bilateral ties. The international community believes that at a time of profound turbulence and transformation in the global landscape, <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> have jointly sent a positive signal of upholding openness and cooperation and addressing challenges together, bringing greater stability to a turbulent world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> are the world&#8217;s second- and third-largest economies, respectively. Their relationship concerns not only the interests of the two countries but also has significant spillover effects for <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> and the wider world. To ensure that this relationship continues to move in the right direction, strategic guidance from leaders is crucial. In May last year, shortly after Chancellor Merz took office, President Xi had a phone call with him at the latter&#8217;s request. At the beginning of the Year of the Horse, Chancellor Merz embarked on his first visit to <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> during his tenure, accompanied by a high-level delegation that included 30 representatives from the German business community. German media described the visit as having been prepared with unprecedented care.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, President Xi proposed that <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> should be reliable partners that support each other, innovative partners that champion openness and win-win results, and partners that understand each other and share close bonds through cultural and people-to-people exchanges. He also called on both sides to take the lead in safeguarding multilateralism, practicing international rule of law, defending free trade, and advocating for solidarity and coordination. This sets the direction for unlocking the potential of <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> relations, ensuring their steady development, and benefiting both countries and the wider world. The two sides issued a joint press statement, agreeing that mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win results, continued open dialogue, and cooperation in addressing common challenges are the fundamental principles for developing <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> relations. Chancellor Merz said that the German side values its relations with <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and stands ready to continue to deepen the all-around strategic partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> have pursued development based on their respective national conditions, while adhering to the principles of mutual respect, mutual trust and open cooperation, building a strong record of mutually beneficial cooperation. From the early days of <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> reform and opening-up, when German companies helped develop <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> automobile industry, to today, when <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> green and digital technological innovations are promoting the upgrading of the global automotive industry, the integrated development of the <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> automobile sector is a microcosm of mutually beneficial cooperation. In recent years, annual trade between <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> has consistently exceeded <span class=\"xn-money\">$200 billion<\/span>, and two-way investment stock has surpassed <span class=\"xn-money\">$65 billion<\/span>. Cooperation has entered a new stage of deeper integration and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Chancellor Merz attended a symposium of the <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> economic advisory committee, visited companies and localities, and experienced firsthand <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> new quality productive forces and the achievements of Chinese modernization. The arrangements were described by German participants as &quot;joining the club of friends of open dialogue.&quot; <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany&#8217;s<\/span> new development strategies in technology, innovation and digitalization highly resonate with <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> objective of intelligent, green and integrated development during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) period. There are broad prospects for upgrading cooperation in traditional sectors and enormous potential in emerging sectors. As long as both sides properly handle the relationship between competition and cooperation, they can find pathways to mutually beneficial collaboration and better promote development in both countries and globally.<\/p>\n<p>The current international landscape is undergoing its most profound changes since the end of World War II. The existing international order is under severe strain, and multilateralism faces serious challenges. Against this backdrop, European leaders have visited <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> in quick succession, forming what some describe as a trend of &quot;looking east.&quot; European observers have interpreted this as showing that, in an increasingly turbulent world, many recognize <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> as a stable anchor. The international community has widely noted that <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> have jointly voiced firm support for the status of the United Nations and for multilateralism and free trade, demonstrating the responsibility of major powers to safeguard global stability and prosperity. <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> has consistently held that <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> is an important pole in a multipolar world and supports <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe&#8217;s<\/span> strategic autonomy. The stormier the times, the more <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> should uphold the banner of multilateralism, maintain their strategic partnership, adhere to openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, advance China-EU relations to greater heights, and make greater contributions to world peace and development.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> remains committed to the path of peaceful development and has the capacity and confidence to achieve Chinese modernization. It will continue to share development opportunities with <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> and other countries around the world. Looking ahead, as long as <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> remain reliable partners that support each other, innovative partners that champion openness and win-win results, and partners that understand each other and share close bonds through cultural and people-to-people exchanges, they will inject fresh momentum into China-EU relations through the stability of <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span> ties, and add stability, development and cooperation to a turbulent world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202602\/1355859.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"color: #0000FF\">https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202602\/1355859.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Feb. 28, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Chinese President&nbsp;Xi Jinping met in Beijing on Wednesday with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the first foreign leader to pay an official visit to China in the Year of the Horse. 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