President Xi Jinping's recent trip to Southeast Asia, his first overseas visit this year, underscored China's commitment to bolstering good-neighborly relations and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation, analysts said. Xi visited Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia last week, demonstrating China's dedication to supporting multilateralism and international trade rules.
Chinese President Xi Jinping greets the welcoming crowd during a grand welcome ceremony held by Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni at the airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao) * Throughout his tour, Xi reaffirmed China's commitment to fostering friendship and partnership with neighboring nations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with representatives of the Chinese and Vietnamese People's Friendship Meeting, alongside Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi on April 15 during his state visit. The event, held at the Hanoi International Convention Center, drew about 350 people from both countries, including students, teachers, scholars and entrepreneurs.
PHNOM PENH, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The friendly and close cooperation between China and Cambodia has become a model for building a community with a shared future for mankind and a new type of international relations as well, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wenbin has said. Under the strategic guidance of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Cambodian leaders, the building of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future has entered a new era of high quality, high level and high standard, Wang said in a written interview with Xinhua.
Photo shows an automated container terminal of the Beibu Gulf Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. (Photo by Li Hanchi/People's Daily Online) In the China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, trucks loaded with construction materials shuttle back and forth, while cranes and bulldozers operate on both sides of the roads.
Workers process palm oil imported from Malaysia on a production line at the factory owned by COFCO Corp at the China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on June 13, 2024. (Zhang Ailin/Xinhua) Mazlim Husin, chief commercial officer of Kuantan Port, has personally seen how Chinese investments have transformed Kuantan — the capital city of the state of Pahang, which is located on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
China and Malaysia — two strong supporters of economic globalization — will boost bilateral trade, broaden investment flows and create more jobs, as their enhanced partnership benefits from strengthened mutual trust and steady advances under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, said government officials and exporters. As the world grapples with rising unilateralism and protectionism, they said the degree of interdependence between China and Malaysia remains stable in bilateral cross-industry trade, trade in services and supply chain development, especially in areas such as electronics, palm oil, renewable energy, the digital economy and logistics.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The building of a China-Malaysia community with a shared future is progressing steadily, Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing said in a recent written interview with Xinhua. Under the guidance of their leaders, China and Malaysia will continue to be close neighbors bound by enduring friendship, sincere partners in shared development, brotherly friends and an important force for peace, ushering in an even brighter future for bilateral relations, Ouyang said.
