China.org.cn:Foreign Ambassadors' Views on China's Economy in 2025

BEIJING, March 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's world, with the sluggish global economic recovery and the rising trend of trade protectionism,we are faced with many challenges. As the top contributor of global economic growth, China's economy has always been the focus of the world's attention. During this year's two sessions, China Talk of China.org.cn has interviewed ambassadors and counselors from various countries to share their views on China's economy in 2025 and the cooperation between China and their countries.

Peter Lizak, Ambassador of Slovakia to China: China has been developing in tremendous ways over the last 40 years, and let me congratulate to the results you have achieved. Over the years, Chinese people have achieved good results and that is really the situation. You are now turning from the extensive development to intensive development, from quantity to quality. As Chinese President formulated, rejuvenation of the country. So you are focusing on the most prominent, more modern part of the economy. And I think these will be discussed during these days.

China is one of the most important players in the world, and global partners expect from China a stable and reliable approach for solutions to world questions and challenges.  

John Busuttil, Ambassador of Malta to China: The global economy is in a very difficult situation right now. Europe is also faced with challenges. But China's economy, we hope that the situation improves and that the plans made during two sessions will help. Because if China's economy improves, the global economy will also improve. And also we hope that relations and trade between the European Union and China will continue to grow, because more trade we have, more prosperity there will be for the people. Malta, as a member of the European Union, as I mentioned, we hope that trade relations will be increased and the relationship between both global players (China and EU) will get better and better. We have our foreign Minister coming in July to China, and we hope that the discussions between China and Malta will continue. We have very long diplomatic relations with China since 1972, and the relations are very strong. Malta is a neutral country. We hope that peace and prosperity of the the two nations will continue to improve for the best benefit of the whole global economy and the global situation.

Fernando Lugris, Ambassador of Uruguay to China：I think it's very important for the international community, and especially for countries like Uruguay, that have such a close trade and economic relationship with China, to hear the indications that the government is going to provide to the public during the two sessions.

We hope to hear good news. We hope to hear that China will continue to be the engine of the world economy as it has been in the last decades. We have a new government in Uruguay, and the new authorities are hoping to be able to elevate our comprehensive strategic partnership (with China) to a new level. We have a very close relation with China, and especially China is our number one trading partner. So we are hoping to be able to increase and diversify the goods that we export to China, to be also able to export more services and to negotiate new frameworks for more investments to come.

So we are having a lot of conversations and hoping to have a lot of high-level meetings and visits from both sides in order to make this comprehensive strategic partnership into a new beginning with this new Uruguayan administration.

Alfredo Ortuno Victory, Ambassador of Costa Rica to China: We are very happy to be here to hear the perspective of China for 2025. I hope everything is good for the Chinese people and for the people of my country. I expect China's economy to be more or less the same as 2024, around 5% of GDP increase. My country Costa Rica is looking forward very pleasantly to major cooperation with China in terms of trade and in terms of more profound cooperation. We have a very interesting matrix of products. We send to China more than 800 different products. And we import a lot from China as well.

Miguel Humberto Lecaro Barcenas, Ambassador of Panama to China: If you were in China many years ago, you can see the difference. You can be a witness of the big development of the economy of China. We have a good relationship in this moment between Panama and China and to develop the commerce and trade with all the world. The main importance of Panama is the geographical position. It's in the middle of the Americas. And then we play an important role in the trade and commerce of China in the American continent.

Allan Joseph Chintedza, Ambassador of Malawi to China：We always expect the Chinese economy to be stronger because the stronger economy (of China) serves us well because of the Belt and Road Initiative and the relationship that we have under the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. You may remember last year in September, we had heads of states from the African continent. And what we have said is that the relationship between China and Africa is quite crucial. Because when you combine the two populations, we can create a huge market, which is win-win for both China and Africa.

Now, specifically for Malawi, Malawi is an agricultural country and having a close relationship with China in terms of the modernization of agricultural sector, which is again a win-win (cooperation). Because we expect exporting raw materials, products like soybeans, chilies, groundnuts and macadamia. So all these China will be able to use. And for us in return, we hope we can be able to import mechanization, tractors, drones, which indeed does bring in mechanization and modernization to our agricultural sector.

Kenneth Rabale, Ambassador of Lesotho to China: The economy of China seems to be kind of balancing. And the cooperation between Lesotho and China seems to be very good for a long time. More than 40 years ago, we have started the relationship with China and everything seems to be smooth, especially with regard to the partnership that exists between the two countries in terms of trade, bilateral relations, etc. I think China seems to be kind of improving technologically. China is the best country in terms of technological development. So we are learning from it. We are actually cooperating closely with China in many aspects.

Arlindo do Rosário, Ambassador of Cape Verde to China：China makes the same target as 2024, 5%, which is a challenge because the global situation is not good, but I think it's possible. China is a great country, great economy, with very good qualification. So I think if the government sets its target as 5%, I think it will be possible. I think the economy will grow. Maybe with more difficulty, but I think it is possible (for China) to do it. I hope that the cooperation between China and Cape Verde will continue to grow. Next year is the 50th anniversary of the relationship between Cape Verde and China. And so I have a great hope that this cooperation can go to a higher level.

Antonio Monsuy Esono, Counselor of the Equatorial Guinean Embassy in China: China's economy is developing very fast and China offers a great help to Africa. The relationship between Equatorial Guinea and China goes well in all aspects, I am very happy to work in China to do something for the relationship between the two countries. Equatorial Guinea and China have established diplomatic relations for 55 years, and the cooperation between the two countries in all aspects is very good. I feel that China's political system is very good. Chinese government works for their people.

Abdullah Almantheri, Counselor of the Embassy of Oman in China: I think the Chinese economy is heading upwards, it might face some challenges, global challenges, and that's very natural. And the Chinese economy is progressing very confidently. It's moving on. It's focusing on high-tech, artificial intelligence, etc. I think it will just keep going on and keep improving. And this is my wish as well, because I'm in love with this country. Most of the things I use are China-made.

Thanks to the long history of cooperation between the two countries, not only commercially, but also politically, the level of cooperation and the economy between China and Oman is improving. It's going to be even better in the coming days because Oman is now focusing a lot on opening up with the Chinese economy. I think in 2025, we're going to see a leap in the economic cooperation between the two countries.

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