Wang Yi meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Anand.

On January 15, 2026, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Canadian Foreign Minister Annan in Beijing. Wang Yi stated that Prime Minister Carney initiated a visit to China, marking the first visit by a Canadian Prime Minister in 8 years, which holds significant and symbolic meaning for the bilateral relationship. The leaders of both countries will hold meetings and discussions, believing that this will open up new prospects for bilateral relations. The world is currently experiencing unprecedented profound and complex changes, and the impact of China-Canada relations goes beyond bilateral scope. China is willing to enhance communication, trust, and cooperation with Canada, overcome disturbances, and push forward bilateral relations in the new situation. Wang Yi mentioned that the social systems of China and Canada are different, based on their own historical and cultural backgrounds and the choices of their people. Both sides should view each other with rationality, friendliness, and inclusiveness, handle issues in a way that respects each other, focus on cooperation, release positive messages, provide positive expectations for the development of the bilateral relationship, inject more confidence, and jointly build a new type of strategic partnership between China and Canada. Annan expressed that the new Canadian government highly values its relationship with China. Since last year, Canada-China relations have reached a turning point towards improvement and development, maintaining a positive and strong momentum. Prime Minister Carney looks forward to deepening communication and exchanges with Chinese leaders during this visit, defining the direction of bilateral relationship development, restarting dialogues in various fields, advancing more mutually beneficial outcomes, enhancing coordination and cooperation on multilateral affairs, and further developing the strategic partnership between the two countries.