China-Top Legislator/Sri Lanka
China-Top Legislator/Sri Lanka
Dateline : March 26, 2026
Location : China
Duration : 0'52
Boao Town, Qionghai City, Hainan Province, south China - March 26, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Zhao Leji (R), chairman of National People's Congress Standing Committee, shaking hands with Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne (L)
2. Various of meeting between Zhao, Wickramaratne in progress; flags of China, Sri Lanka; officials in attendance
China's top legislator Zhao Leji on Thursday met with Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne, who was in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, to attend the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026.
Zhao, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said that in January last year, President Xi Jinping and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was on a state visit to China, agreed to deepen China-Sri Lanka strategic cooperative partnership and build a China-Sri Lanka community with a shared future.
He said China is willing to deliver on the important common understandings between the two presidents, align its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) with Sri Lanka's development strategies, deepen Belt and Road cooperation and cement public support for friendship between the two countries.
The NPC is willing to strengthen exchanges of experience with the Sri Lankan parliament on legislation and supervision, and provide legal guarantees for pragmatic cooperation between the two countries, Zhao said.
For his part, Wickramaratne stressed Sri Lanka's firm adherence to the one-China principle and expressed gratitude for China's long-term support.
Sri Lanka's parliament looks forward to enhancing exchanges with the NPC to advance bilateral friendship and cooperation, he said.
ID : 8472217
Published : 2026-03-27 19:58
Last Modified : 2026-03-27 21:50:22
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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