Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's official visit to China has produced eight new cooperation agreements across trade, energy, culture, and public security, underscoring both countries' pledge to deepen ties after an eight‑year pause in high‑level exchanges.
On Friday in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Carney, stressing that the healthy and stable development of China-Canada relations serves the common interests of both countries and contributes to global peace, stability, and prosperity.
In a joint statement released after the meeting, China and Canada voiced their commitment to expanding bilateral trade, strengthening two-way investment, and deepening cooperation in diverse sectors of mutual interest.
The two sides reaffirmed the importance of a fair and open business environment for enterprises of both countries, and committed to addressing economic and trade issues of mutual concern through constructive consultation, including through a renewed China-Canada Joint Economic and Trade Commission.
"We learned that eight agreements in total had been signed as part of this road map between Canada and China. And they cover everything from trade and energy and culture and food safety as well. If we start with economic relations, they've agreed to resume the China-Canada economic and financial strategic dialogue. So committing there to expanding trade between both countries and also strengthening two-way investment as well. They also reaffirmed support for a fair and open business environment; agreed to restart agricultural cooperation too, and renewed an existing deal allowing the two central banks to exchange currencies with each other. On energy cooperation, they've agreed to collaborate across both clean and traditional energy oil and gas and continue cooperation on civilian nuclear energy, including the trade of natural uranium," said Ray Addison, CGTN correspondent.
China and Canada also agreed to enhance law enforcement cooperation in areas such as corruption, cyber and telecom fraud, and synthetic drugs as well, and to continue the annual law enforcement cooperation working groups.
At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Carney is paying an official visit to China from Wednesday to Saturday.
This visit marks the first trip to China by a Canadian Prime Minister in eight years.
China, Canada sign multiple cooperation agreements during PM Carney’s China visit
