On October 8, the Chinese Embassy in Canada hosted the Symposium of China-Canada Relations in the New Era. Over 100 representatives attended the event, including the Honourable Kody Blois, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Honourable Clément Gignac, Co-Chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association and other Senators, Members of Parliament, government officials of Canada, as well as representatives from think tanks of both countries, the business community, universities, and media outlets.

In his remarks, Chinese Ambassador Wang Di shared the progress made by both China and Canada in implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of two countries. He stated that both sides should continue to move toward each other, guided by the principles of mutual respect, seeking common ground while reserving differences, strategic independence, and mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, and advance the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of the China-Canada new Strategic Partnership.

The Honourable Kody Blois and other keynote speakers spoke highly of Canada-China relations, expressing Canada’s willingness to strengthen dialogue and communication with China, deepen practical cooperation, promote people-to-people exchanges, and cooperate on global governance.

Scholars and others from both countries engaged in in-depth discussions on topics such as China-Canada relations, practical cooperation, global governance and people-to-people exchanges. They reached consensuses on strengthening exchanges and cooperation between the two countries for the benefit of both nations and the world.