Wang Xiaohui and Shi Xiaolin meet with King Felipe VI of Spain.

On November 11th, Wang Xiaohui, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, and Shi Xiaolin, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, met with King Felipe VI of Spain in Chengdu. Wang Xiaohui and Shi Xiaolin welcomed King Felipe VI's visit to Sichuan on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, and briefly introduced the economic and social development of Sichuan. Wang Xiaohui said that China and Spain are both ancient civilizations, and since the establishment of diplomatic relations, bilateral relations have developed healthily and steadily, with fruitful results in exchanges and cooperation, writing a new chapter of mutual respect, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation between the two countries. At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, your visit to China this time is the first state visit to China since your accession to the throne, and also the first visit to China by the King of Spain in 18 years, which is of great significance. Your choice of Sichuan as the first stop of your visit to China has inspired us greatly and will surely push Sichuan's exchanges and cooperation with Spain in various fields to a new level. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Spain. As one of the provinces with close exchanges between China and Spain, Sichuan will earnestly implement the important consensus reached by you and President Xi Jinping, further consolidate traditional friendship, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, enhance people-to-people exchanges, and promote more pragmatic results in cooperation between Sichuan and Spain in areas such as sister city exchanges, economic and trade exchanges, industrial investment, cultural tourism, etc., making efforts to contribute to the development of a more strategically resilient and vibrant comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Spain. King Felipe VI appreciated the achievements in economic and social development in Sichuan. He said that in recent years, Spain and China have always respected and cooperated with each other, and their relations have shown a positive and good development momentum. Sichuan is an important province in western China with close exchanges and interactions with Spain, and the two sides have strong complementarity and broad prospects for cooperation in various fields such as economy, industry, and culture. He expressed his willingness to promote closer cooperation between Spain and Sichuan, achieve mutually beneficial development, and better benefit the people of both regions.