We will stay firmly rooted in Chinese culture. We will collect and refine the defining symbols and best elements of Chinese culture and showcase them to the world. We will accelerate the development of China’s discourse and narrative systems, better tell China’s stories, make China’s voice heard, and present a China that is credible, appealing, and respectable.
习近平会见西班牙首相桑切斯
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4月14日上午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华进行正式访问的西班牙首相桑切斯。新华社记者 李响 摄
新华社北京4月14日电(记者温馨)4月14日上午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华进行正式访问的西班牙首相桑切斯。
习近平指出,尽管国际形势变乱交织,中国和西班牙关系始终稳步发展,打造了具有战略定力的中西关系,一条重要经验就是基于共同利益作出正确决策。事实证明,深化合作符合两国人民利益、顺应时代发展大势,增强了彼此走独立自主道路的实力和底气。双方要始终将发展中西关系置于彼此对外政策重要位置,相互支持对方捍卫国家主权和领土完整。中国把长远战略目标和阶段性目标统一起来,以一茬接着一茬干的历史耐心接续制定和实施五年规划。我们有坚定推进中国式现代化的决心,也有以高水平对外开放同世界共享发展机遇的胸怀,将以自身发展为全球经济增长注入信心和动力。双方要把握机遇,共谋创新发展,加强贸易、新能源、智能经济等领域合作,鼓励文化、教育、科研、体育交流,推动两国全面战略伙伴关系取得更多成果,为两国人民带来更多福祉。
习近平强调,当今世界乱象丛生,面临公理和强权的较量。如何对待国际法和国际秩序,反映的是一国的世界观、秩序观、价值观和责任观。中国和西班牙都是有原则、讲道义的国家,应该加强沟通、巩固互信、紧密合作,反对世界倒退回丛林法则,共同捍卫真正的多边主义,维护以联合国为核心的国际体系和以国际法为基础的国际秩序,推动实现平等有序的世界多极化、普惠包容的经济全球化,推动构建人类命运共同体。
4月14日上午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华进行正式访问的西班牙首相桑切斯。新华社记者 黄敬文 摄
桑切斯表示,我4年来4次访华,表明双方对西中关系的高度重视。中国企业在西投资合作有力促进了西经济发展。西班牙坚定恪守一个中国原则,高度重视中国的大国地位,坚定致力于发展具有战略定力的西中伙伴关系,希望加强贸易、投资、新能源等领域合作,促进人文交流。面对复杂严峻的国际形势和频发多发的冲突争端,只有坚持多边主义、推动构建多极世界才能为人类带来持久和平。西班牙积极支持习近平主席提出的四大全球倡议,愿同中方密切沟通协作,共同应对国际地缘政治、贸易保护主义、气候变化等方面挑战,维护国际法和多边主义。西班牙反对“新冷战”,反对“脱钩断链”,支持欧洲和中国增进沟通理解、加强合作。欧中关系健康发展符合双方共同利益,也有利于世界和平稳定。
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Xi calls for enhancing China-Spain cooperation for more outcomes in meeting with Sanchez
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China and Spain should strengthen cooperation in multiple fields and encourage exchanges in various areas, so as to bring about more outcomes in the comprehensive strategic partnership and deliver greater benefits to the two peoples.
Xi made the remarks when meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China.
HIGH IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO TIES
Xi noted that despite the changing and turbulent international landscape, China-Spain relations have developed steadily, forging a relationship with strategic resolve. An important experience of this lies in the ability to make the right decisions based on common interests.
Speaking of his four visits to China in four years, Sanchez said they demonstrate the high importance both sides attach to Spain-China relations.
"Diplomatic relations between the two countries are not improvised. They are the result of many years of work," said Jordi Bacaria, expert in international relations and professor emeritus at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, in a recent interview with Xinhua, adding that Spain's engagement with China has been built gradually and at the highest institutional level.
In Tuesday's meeting, Xi said China and Spain should always prioritize the development of bilateral relations in their respective foreign policies and support each other in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Spain firmly adheres to the one-China principle, highly values China's status as a major country, and is deeply committed to developing a Spain-China partnership with strategic resolve, Sanchez told Xi.
ENHANCED COOPERATION
China has firm resolve in advancing Chinese modernization and the broad-mindedness to share development opportunities with the world through high-standard opening up, said Xi, adding that China will inject confidence and momentum into global economic growth through its own development.
China and Spain have strong economic and trade complementarity. China is Spain's largest trading partner outside the European Union (EU), and Spain is an important partner for China within the bloc. According to data from China's General Administration of Customs, bilateral goods trade exceeded 55 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, growing 9.8 percent year on year.
Xi said that the two sides should seize opportunities, jointly pursue innovation-driven development, strengthen cooperation in areas such as trade, new energy, and smart economy, and encourage exchanges in culture, education, scientific research, and sports.
For his part, Sanchez said Spain hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in trade, investment, new energy, and other sectors, as well as to enhance people-to-people exchanges.
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
UPHOLDING TRUE MULTILATERALISM
Noting that today's turbulent world faces the struggle between right and might, Xi called on both China and Spain, countries that value principle and justice, to strengthen communication, consolidate mutual trust, and work closely together to reject any backslide into the law of the jungle, and jointly uphold true multilateralism.
He said both countries should safeguard the UN-centered international system and the international order underpinned by international law, promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, and foster the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.
Sanchez said that faced with a complex and challenging international situation and multiple recurring conflicts and disputes, only by adhering to multilateralism and fostering a multipolar world can lasting peace be achieved for humanity.
Spain actively supports the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi and stands ready to maintain close communication and coordination with China to jointly address challenges related to international geopolitics, trade protectionism, and climate change, while upholding international law and multilateralism, Sanchez said.
Spain opposes a new Cold War and the attempt to decouple and sever supply chains, and supports enhanced communication, understanding and cooperation between Europe and China, Sanchez said, adding that the sound development of EU-China relations serves the common interests of both sides and contributes to world peace and stability.