On the afternoon of October 19, 2026, local time, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang met with Belarusian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin on the sidelines of the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Dushanbe.
Li Qiang said that China and Belarus are true friends who trust and support each other. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Aleksandr Lukashenko, the China-Belarus all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership has continued to develop steadily, yielding fruitful results in cooperation. Next year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Belarus. China is ready to work with Belarus to carry forward their traditional friendship, consolidate strategic mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, jointly promote development and prosperity, and continuously enhance the well-being of the two peoples.
Li Qiang noted that China is ready to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Belarus, further leverage the role of the intergovernmental cooperation mechanism, fully unleash the positive effects of the China-Belarus Agreement on Trade in Services and Investment, jointly make a success of the Years of China-Belarus Industrial Cooperation, and deepen cooperation in such fields as the automotive industry, the digital economy, artificial intelligence and the green economy. China is ready to import more quality products from Belarus and support Chinese enterprises in investing and doing business in Belarus. China hopes that Belarus will provide an open, transparent and predictable business environment for enterprises. The two sides should expand exchanges and cooperation in culture, tourism, youth, media and at the sub-national level, so that China-Belarus friendship will take deeper root in the hearts of the people. In recent years, acts of hegemonism and power politics have become increasingly rampant. China is ready to strengthen communication and coordination with Belarus on regional and international affairs, enhance coordination within mechanisms such as the SCO and BRICS, promote multilateralism and free trade, safeguard the common interests of the two countries, and uphold international fairness and justice.
Alexander Turchin said that China is a true friend and partner of Belarus and an example of a responsible major country. The two heads of state have charted the course for the development of bilateral relations. Belarus is ready to take the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries next year as an opportunity to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with China in economic and trade affairs, industry, the automotive sector and other fields, explore new areas of growth in cooperation such as artificial intelligence and the digital economy, sustain people-to-people and local exchanges, and advance the all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.