China will promote all-round, high-quality cooperation with Kyrgyzstan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday.
From August 30 to September 3, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2026 in Bishkek, and pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt upon the invitation of President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt.
"China and Kyrgyzstan are good neighbors connected by mountains and rivers, good friends who trust one another, and like-minded partners. Over the 34 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have consistently maintained relations based on trust and treated each other with sincerity, setting an example of mutual support and shared success among neighboring nations. In recent years, China-Kyrgyzstan relations have achieved leapfrog development. Political mutual trust between the two countries has been continuously consolidated, high-quality Belt and Road cooperation has yielded fruitful results, people-to-people exchanges have been full of highlights, and international collaboration has been close and robust," said Lin.
"Last year, President Xi Jinping and President Japarov met three times, ushering China-Kyrgyzstan cooperation into a 'golden period' of rapid development. During the visit, President Xi Jinping will hold talks with President Japarov to exchange in-depth views on bilateral relations, cooperation in key areas, and international and regional situation, and will attend various state events. China looks forward to working with Kyrgyzstan to seize this visit as an opportunity to promote all-round, mutually beneficial and high-quality cooperation between the two countries, further enrich the substance of a China-Kyrgyzstan community with a shared future, and bring benefits to the two peoples," he said.
China to promote all-round, high-quality cooperation with Kyrgyzstan: spokesman
China faced twin storms Wednesday, with Typhoon Saudel threatening the east and Narra dissipating after days of heavy rain in the south.
Typhoon Narra, this year's 19th named storm, made landfall as a tropical storm in Changjiang County on the southern island province of Hainan Tuesday evening. The system then crossed the Leizhou Peninsula and made a second landfall in Xuwen County, south China's Guangdong Province, at approximately 03:25 on Wednesday.
By 05:00, it had weakened into a tropical depression before moving into the northwestern South China Sea.
In a rare trajectory, the lingering system turned northward and made a third landfall around 11:00 Wednesday along the coast of Wuchuan, Guangdong Province, packing maximum sustained winds near the center of force 6 on the Beaufort scale. It continued moving northward while weakening rapidly.
Meteorologists described Narra as a "lingering type" typhoon with an unusual path.
Although its wind intensity remained relatively modest, the storm demonstrated exceptional rainfall-producing capacity, having stalled over the Beibu Gulf for several days and delivering persistent torrential rain to Guangxi and surrounding regions.
By this afternoon, the remnants of Narra had further weakened across Guangdong, making it difficult for forecasters to identify its circulation center. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) ceased issuing advisories and removed the storm's designation at 14:00 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Typhoon Saudel, the 18th storm of the season, poses a growing threat to China's eastern coast. The system entered the East China Sea early Wednesday morning. As of 13:00 Wednesday, Saudel's center was located approximately 640 kilometers east of the Zhejiang-Fujian border over the northwestern Pacific, with maximum sustained winds of 14 on the Beaufort scale, classifying it as a strong typhoon.
The NMC forecasts that Saudel will continue moving west-northwest at 10 to 15 kilometers per hour with little change in intensity.
Beginning Wednesday morning, the storm is expected to turn west-southwest, slow its forward speed, and gradually approach the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.
Landfall is predicted between Wednesday night and Thursday morning somewhere along the coast between Xiangshan, Zhejiang, and Fuqing, Fujian.
Authorities have maintained an orange typhoon warning - the second-highest alert level in China's four-tier system - as preparations continue along the threatened coastline.
China braces for dual typhoon threat as Saudel approaches coast
