Opening a new chapter in China-Pacific relations

Joint Statement of the Third China-Pacific Island Countries

From May 28 to 29, 2025, the People’s Republic of China and Pacific Island Countries having diplomatic relations with China (hereinafter referred to as “All parties”) held the third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The meeting was chaired by Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi. President and Foreign Minister Taneti Maamau of Kiribati, Prime Minister and For…

Opening a new chapter in China-Pacific relations

As the third China–Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting unfolds this week in Xiamen, Fujian Province in China, top foreign affairs officials have an ideal opportunity to recalibrate a relationship that is rapidly evolving to one of strategic development cooperation.

Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Xiamen ahead of China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ meeting

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Solomon Islands, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka, met with the Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Wang Yi in Xiamen City, Fujian Province.  The meeting took place on Wednesday ahead of the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. During the bilateral me…

The aim is to establish and ensure an environment for Taiwanese to study, work, invest and live in Fujian, operating in an integration framework “through logistics, trade, education, employment, popular customs, justice, technology, culture or leisure”, according to the plan adopted by the Chinese Communist Party.The proposal, aimed primarily at the three outer island counties of Taiwan – Penghu, Lienchiang (Matsu) and Kinmen – is inspired by th…