China Envoy Proposes Three Steps to Deepen Thailand-China Ties

Ambassador Zhang Jianwei presented three key expectations for advancing economic and trade cooperation between Thailand and China. First, both nations should share new opportunities emerging from China's high-quality development, leveraging China's large market, complete industrial chain, and ongoing advances in green economy, digital economy, and smart technology to benefit Thai entrepreneurs globally. Second, the ambassador highlighted the recent official visit by Prime Minister Anutin Chaivirakul to China, where both leaders reached important consensus on strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation across all dimensions. President Xi Jinping emphasized China's long-standing commitment to developing ties with Thailand and positioned China as a trustworthy strategic partner, urging acceleration of the Thailand-China railway project, integration with the China-Laos-Thailand rail network, and expansion into new sectors including artificial intelligence, aviation and aerospace, and clean energy. Thai PM Anutin affirmed Thailand's sustained commitment to deepening relations with China, promoting high-level exchanges, and broadening practical cooperation in trade, investment, advanced technology, and infrastructure connectivity to advance their strategic partnership comprehensively. Third, Ambassador Zhang stressed that the consensus reached by both leaders represents a crucial direction for building a Thailand-China community with a shared future in a new era, and serves as a strategic framework for expanding bilateral trade and investment cooperation. The Thailand-China Cooperation Expo 2026 thus occurs at an opportune moment as a concrete action to translate this consensus into tangible results.