President hails relationship between CPC and SPD

Martin Schulz

President Xi Jinping has hailed the successes of his state visit to Germany and the many new consensuses and practical outcomes reached between the countries.

He spoke on Thursday in Berlin while meeting with Martin Schulz, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Xi spoke highly of the contribution of the party, which is known by its German acronym SPD, to the development of Chinese-German relations. Exchanges between political parties have played a special and important role in bilateral ties, he said.

Schulz said Germany values China's global role, noted the SPD firmly adheres to the one-China policy, and said his party would like more exchanges with the CPC.

In a separate meeting with Olaf Scholz, mayor of Hamburg, Xi said China welcomes Hamburg’s participation in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Noting Hamburg has one of Europe's largest concentrations of Chinese companies, Xi said it is not only a key seaport, but also an important terminal of the China-EU rail link.

Scholz said Hamburg will continue to back the Belt and Road Initiative.

Olaf Scholz