In the afternoon of March 25, 2026, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council had a telephone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Rutte. Li Qiang said that over the past more than 10 years since China and the Netherlands established a comprehensive strategic partnership of openness and pragmatism, the two countries have continued to deepen their relations and cooperation. "Openness and pragmatism" has always been a distinct feature and has benefited the people of the two countries. The current international situation is becoming increasingly turbulent, and unilateralism and protectionism are causing a huge impact on the global economy. The more such cases occur, the more we need to adhere to openness to promote cooperation and pragmatism to promote win-win cooperation. China is willing to work with the Netherlands to consolidate political mutual trust, adhere to mutual respect and equal dialogue, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and continue to add new impetus to the common development of the two countries and inject positive energy into promoting world peace and prosperity. Li Qiang pointed out that China and the Netherlands are important economic and trade partners to each other, and strengthening cooperation is in the common interest of both sides. With the implementation of China's "15th Five-Year Plan", China's economic aggregate will reach a new level in the next five years, which will bring greater space for China and the Netherlands to deepen economic and trade cooperation. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination at all levels with the Netherlands, better play the role of economic and trade, science and technology and other dialogue mechanisms, further tap the potential of cooperation in green, innovative and other fields, and achieve a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. The Netherlands has long been an important gateway for China-EU cooperation and a core member of the EU. China hopes that the Dutch side will play a positive role, promote the EU institutions to objectively and rationally view China-EU relations and cooperation, and properly resolve differences and issues with China through dialogue and consultation, so as to promote the sound and stable development of China-EU relations. Ytegen said that China is an important trade partner of the Netherlands and the bilateral relations between the two countries are one of the most important bilateral relations of the Netherlands. The relations between the two countries have been very strong in recent years. The new Dutch government attaches great importance to the relations with China and is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China to promote mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, innovation, and addressing climate change, and to jointly address global challenges and safeguard common interests. Next year marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level between the two countries. The Dutch side is willing to work with the Chinese side to push the open and pragmatic comprehensive partnership between the two countries to make new progress. The relations between Europe and China are of great importance, and the Dutch side is willing to play an active role in promoting dialogue and cooperation between Europe and China.
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