Chinese premier meets Ecuadorian president

Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who is in China to attend the 2025 Summer Davos forum, in Beijing on Tuesday.

Li said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations 45 years ago, China-Ecuador relations have maintained a good development momentum, with political mutual trust consolidated, practical cooperation achieving fruitful results, and bilateral friendship deepened.

He said China stands ready to work with Ecuador to carry forward the traditional friendship, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, promote the continuous deepening of the China-Ecuador comprehensive strategic partnership, and add more impetus to the modernization drive of both sides.

China is willing to enhance the docking of development strategies with Ecuador, strengthen cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, expand the scale of bilateral trade, and deepen cooperation on clean energy, infrastructure, and finance, Li said.

Noting that China is glad to see more high-quality products from Ecuador exported to China, he said China welcomes Ecuador to make good use of promotion platforms such as the China International Import Expo (CIIE) and called on both sides to enhance exchanges and cooperation in fields such as education, culture and youth, and facilitate personnel exchanges.

China stands ready to enhance communication and coordination with Ecuador in multilateral mechanisms, such as the United Nations, practice true multilateralism, make positive contributions to maintaining world peace and development, and promote building a community with a shared future for humanity, Li said.

Noting that China is Ecuador's second-largest trading partner, Noboa said the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides has been fruitful and has effectively enhanced the well-being of the Ecuadorian people.

Ecuador is willing to engage in dialogues in various fields with China, deepen the friendship between the two countries, promote cooperation in trade, finance, agriculture, clean energy, infrastructure, and education, enhance people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and jointly address common challenges, Noboa said.