Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul to pay official visit to China, attend 2026 World AI Conference

At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will pay an official visit to China from July 16 to 20, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.

Spokesperson Lin Jian said Anutin will attend the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai. President Xi Jinping will meet with him. 

This will be Anutin's first official visit to China since taking office, showing that both sides attach high importance to the development of China-Thailand relations, Lin said.

He said China and Thailand are good neighbors, good friends, good relatives and good partners, citing King Maha Vajiralongkorn's state visit to China last year when the two countries marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

Lin further noted that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the two sides have deepened political mutual trust and engaged in fruitful cooperation in trade and investment, the digital economy, aerospace, science, education, culture, and health.

Amid the changing and volatile international situation, China hopes the Thai PM's visit will help redouble efforts to carry forward the traditional friendship and family-like relationship between China and Thailand, deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation, achieve new outcomes in building the China-Thailand community with a shared future, boost the two countries' respective modernization, and contribute to regional peace, stability, development and prosperity, Lin added.