China-Uruguay Joint Statement - CPC-KMT Think Tank Forum - Wang Yi Meets Vietnam's Le Hoai Trung
Here are the key reports and articles from the People’s Daily’s edition on Wednesday, February 04, 2026.
Page 1: Let’s begin with the report on Xi Jinping’s meeting with Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi. The Chinese readout says:
“President Xi Jinping stressed that China and Uruguay should continue to firmly support each other’s core interests and major concerns, foster closer friendly interactions at all levels and in all areas, strengthen exchanges on governance experience, and continuously deepen strategic mutual trust. The fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted the recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan, drawing up a blueprint for China’s economic and social development in the coming five years and opening up more opportunities for Uruguay and countries around the world. The two sides should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, deepen cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, infrastructure construction, and information and communications technology, tap into the cooperation potential in emerging sectors such as green development, digital economy, artificial intelligence, and clean energy, and promote the transformation and upgrading of economic growth. The Chinese and Uruguayan people share a natural bond of affinity. The two sides should continue to deepen exchanges in areas such as culture, education, sports, and media and at the sub-national level, facilitate cross-border travel, and strengthen people-to-people connectivity.
President Xi Jinping noted that the world is undergoing changes unseen in a century, the international situation is volatile and turbulent, and unilateral bullying practices are growing more rampant. China supports Uruguay in assuming the rotating chair of the Group of 77 and China, and stands ready to work with Uruguay to strengthen solidarity and cooperation across the Global South, jointly promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, move forward together in pursuit of common development, and make greater contributions to the building of a community with a shared future for humanity. China attaches high importance to its relations with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), supports LAC countries in safeguarding their sovereignty, security and development interests, and supports Uruguay in assuming the rotating chair of both the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR). China stands ready to work with Uruguay and other regional countries to further deepen and substantiate the joint initiative of building a China-LAC community with a shared future.
As per the readout, Yamandú Orsi praised China’s “great and admirable achievements under the leadership of President Xi Jinping” and its “selfless assistance for Uruguay’s economic and social development”. He added that “Uruguay firmly supports the one-China principle and supports the policy of One Country, Two Systems”. “The two sides should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, deepen cooperation in areas such as trade, investment, science and technology, poverty alleviation, green economy, and digital economy, and promote people-to-people exchanges in education, sports, tourism, and other fields…Uruguay commends the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity proposed by President Xi Jinping.”
The two sides inked over 10 cooperation documents on investment promotion, trade, among others.
Another report on the page covers Yamandú Orsi’s meeting with Li Qiang and Zhao Leji. Xinhua reports:
Li “urged both sides to utilize existing mechanisms, including the economic and trade mixed committee, to expand the scale and optimize the structure of bilateral trade, promote sci-tech and industrial innovation, cultivate new development drivers, and expand cooperation in artificial intelligence, the green economy, digital technology and biomedicine. China is ready to import more high-quality Uruguayan products and encourage competitive Chinese enterprises to invest in Uruguay, and hopes that Uruguay will continue providing a favorable business environment for enterprises, Li said. He added that both sides should also enhance cooperation in areas such as culture, sports, youth and tourism, and continuously deepen their mutual understanding and friendship. He noted that China fully supports Uruguay in its rotating presidencies of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), and in chairing the Group of 77 and China for 2026. China will maintain close multilateral communication and coordination with Uruguay to safeguard multilateralism and free trade, defend the common interests of the Global South, and uphold international order, fairness and justice, Li said.”
The Xinhua report on the meeting with Zhao Leji has Zhao saying that the “NPC is willing to enhance exchanges and mutual learning with the Uruguayan General Assembly on legislation, supervision and governance experience, and provide a favorable legal environment for deepening practical cooperation.”
The two sides also issued a joint statement, which is published on Page 2. The big point is that the two sides’ 2023 joint statement had “established a roadmap for the two countries’ implementation of the comprehensive strategic partnership over the past more than two years. The present statement will update and consolidate that roadmap.”
China and Uruguay share a tradition of friendship, mutually respect each other’s state sovereignty and territorial integrity, and mutually understand and support each other’s core interests and major concerns. The Uruguayan side reaffirmed its adherence to the one-China principle, recognized that the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing the whole of China, and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. The Uruguayan side opposes ‘Taiwan independence’ in any form, which runs counter to the one-China principle, and supports the efforts made by the Chinese government to realize national reunification. The Uruguayan side reaffirmed its support for the Chinese side’s legitimate positions on core-interest issues such as those involving Hong Kong, and supports the Chinese side’s efforts to safeguard national sovereignty and security. 中乌传统友好，相互尊重国家主权和领土完整，相互理解和支持彼此核心利益和重大关切。乌方重申坚持一个中国原则，承认中华人民共和国政府是代表全中国的唯一合法政府，台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分。乌方反对任何形式的“台湾独立”，这违背一个中国原则，乌方支持中国政府为实现国家统一所作努力。乌方重申支持中方在涉港等核心利益问题上的正当立场，支持中方维护国家主权安全的努力.
Both sides expressed their willingness to advance cooperation projects in areas such as industry and investment, energy and energy transition, agricultural processing and food security, manufacturing, water infrastructure, sustainable mining, emergency management, taxation, customs, logistics, maritime transport and ports, information and communication technology, artificial intelligence, digital economy, railway infrastructure, and joint research laboratories. At the same time, both sides agreed that Uruguay’s geographical advantage as a logistics hub in the South Atlantic should be leveraged to promote production linkages, technological innovation, and improved service provision. Uruguay reiterated its principle of technological neutrality, acknowledging the participation of Chinese companies in the construction of Uruguay’s 5G network, and expressed its willingness to continue evaluating various technological solutions based on open international standards and criteria of efficiency, security, and competitiveness. 双方表示愿在产业与投资、能源与能源转型、农产品加工业与粮食安全、制造业、水利基础设施、可持续矿业、应急管理、税务、海关、物流、海运及港口、信息通信技术、人工智能、数字经济、铁路基础设施及联合研究实验室等领域推进合作项目。同时，双方一致认为，应利用乌拉圭作为南大西洋物流枢纽的区位优势，着力促进生产联动、技术创新，提升服务供给。乌方重申其技术中立原则，认可中国企业参与乌拉圭5G网络建设，并愿继续基于开放的国际标准及效率、安全与竞争力准则，对各类技术解决方案进行评估.
Both sides recognised the high complementarity of their economies and the importance of China as a major trading partner of Uruguay, and congratulated each other on the continued growth of bilateral trade in goods and services, expressing their hope to further expand trade volume. Both sides agreed to promote trade diversification, including processed agricultural products and manufactured goods, and to promote the growth of trade in services. The two sides positively evaluated the role of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee as a core mechanism for promoting trade and investment, and held its 22nd meeting in 2026. Both sides emphasized the progress made on trade facilitation issues during this visit and agreed to continue strengthening the exchange of information on bilateral investment policies and projects within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, and to widely publicize opportunities in areas such as infrastructure, logistics, clean energy, the digital economy, agricultural processing, and global services. Both sides appreciated the signing of the MoU on Promoting Industrial Investment and Cooperation between China and Uruguay, and committed to continuously improving the level of industrial investment and cooperation. To improve the legal framework for bilateral investment, the two sides welcomed the ongoing negotiations to update and improve the Agreement on the Mutual Promotion and Protection of Investments signed in 1993, in order to accelerate the modernization of the legal framework for bilateral investment and provide predictability and legal certainty for economic entities. 十一、双方认识到两国经济高度互补性及中国是乌拉圭主要贸易伙伴的重要性，对双边货物与服务贸易持续增长表示祝贺，均希望进一步扩大贸易规模。双方一致认为应促进包括加工农产品和制造业产品在内的贸易多元化，并促进服务贸易增长。双方积极评价经贸混委会作为推动贸易与投资的核心机制作用，并于2026年举办了该委员会第二十二次会议。双方强调此访期间就贸易便利化议题取得进展，同意在共建“一带一路”框架内继续加强双向投资政策和项目信息交流，并广泛宣传基础设施、物流、清洁能源、数字经济、农产品加工业及全球服务业等领域的机遇。双方赞赏中乌签署《关于促进产业投资与合作的谅解备忘录》，不断提升产业投资与合作水平。为完善双向投资的法律框架，双方欢迎当前正就更新和完善1993年签署的《关于相互促进和保护投资协定》进行的谈判，以加快推进双向投资法律框架现代化，为经济主体提供可预见性和法律确定性.
Both sides reaffirmed their support for a rules-based multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core, and their commitment to advancing reform in order to strengthen the role of the WTO. Both sides emphasised the importance of achieving more substantive and practical outcomes at the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held in Cameroon in March 2026. Both sides reaffirmed their willingness to continue promoting multi-dimensional trade cooperation. Accordingly, both sides emphasised their hope that negotiations on a free trade agreement between China and MERCOSUR will be launched at an early date. 十二、双方重申支持以世界贸易组织为核心、以规则为基础的多边贸易体制，致力于推动改革，以加强世界贸易组织的作用。双方强调2026年3月将在喀麦隆举行的世界贸易组织第14届部长级会议达成更加实质、务实成果的重要性。双方重申愿继续推动多维度贸易合作。因此，双方强调希早日开启中国同南方共同市场自贸协定谈判.
Both sides emphasised the importance of financial cooperation. The Chinese side reiterated its support for Uruguay’’s cooperation with the AIIB as a non-regional member. Both sides expressed their willingness to continue strengthening dialogue on financing in areas such as sustainable infrastructure, clean energy, connectivity, and production development, exploring new projects of common interest, and consolidating long-term economic cooperation. 十三、双方强调金融合作的重要性。中方重申支持乌拉圭作为域外成员与亚洲基础设施投资银行开展合作。双方表示愿继续加强在可持续基础设施、清洁能源、互联互通和生产发展等领域融资方面对话，探索共同感兴趣的新项目，巩固长期经济合作.
The statement mentions cooperation in food security and the sustainable use of food resources. It talks about cooperation in science and technology through jointly building joint laboratories, conducting joint research, exchanging scientific and technological personnel, and transferring technology. The priority areas in this regard are joint laboratories in areas such as soybeans and bio-nanopharmaceuticals, and establishing a China-Uruguay young scientists exchange program.
The two sides welcomed the signing of the MoU on Promoting the Implementation of the Global Development Initiative. There’s also mention of agricultural cooperation, educational cooperation, and cultural cooperation.
Both sides reaffirmed their decision to convene a new meeting of the China-Uruguay Antarctic Cooperation Committee to promote Antarctic cooperation.
Both sides agreed to continue advancing cooperation in the fields of geology and mining, and welcomed the holding of investment seminars by the China Mining Association and Uruguay’s National Directorate of Mining and Geology. Both sides are committed to building and maintaining mutually beneficial, win–win, safe, and stable industrial and supply chains, so as to better benefit the peoples of the two countries and contribute to the global energy transition. 双方同意继续推动地质和矿业领域合作，欢迎中国矿业联合会与乌拉圭国家矿业地质局举办投资研讨会。双方致力于打造和维护互利共赢、安全稳定的产业链供应链，以更好造福两国人民，助力全球能源转型.
Both sides welcomed the entry into force of the Treaty between the People’s Republic of China and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters on November 13, 2025, and expressed their willingness to further strengthen bilateral police and judicial cooperation. 双方欢迎《中华人民共和国和乌拉圭东岸共和国关于刑事司法协助的条约》于2025年11月13日生效，愿进一步加强两国警务司法合作.
Based on the fundamental principles of profound friendship and political mutual trust established between the two sides, both sides reaffirmed that it is crucial to jointly safeguard the common values of humanity: peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom. 根据双方建立深厚友谊与政治互信秉持的基本原则，双方重申，共同维护和平、发展、公平、正义、民主、自由的全人类共同价值至关重要.
Apart from GDI, “the Uruguayan side reiterated its appreciation for the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilisation Initiative. Both sides expressed willingness to work together to implement the spirit of the Global Security Initiative and strengthen cooperation in promoting regional and global peace and stability. The Uruguayan side appreciates China’s Global Governance Initiative and agrees with the principles of sovereign equality, adherence to international rule of law, upholding multilateralism, advocating a people-centered approach, and focusing on action-oriented solutions.” 乌方高度评价习近平主席提出的全球发展倡议。双方将在全球发展倡议框架下加强务实合作，通过积极参与“全球发展倡议之友小组”各项活动，助力落实联合国2030年可持续发展议程。乌方重申赞赏全球安全倡议、全球文明倡议。双方愿携手践行全球安全倡议精神，围绕促进地区和全球和平稳定加强合作。乌方赞赏中方提出的全球治理倡议，认同倡议阐明的奉行主权平等、遵守国际法治、维护多边主义、倡导以人为本、注重行动导向.
Uruguay appreciates China’s Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative and is willing to work with China to implement the UN General Assembly resolution on ‘Strengthening International Cooperation on AI Capacity Building’ and the ‘AI Capacity-Building Action Plan for Good and for All.’ Both sides reaffirm their willingness to strengthen dialogue and cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence. 乌方赞赏中方提出的《全球人工智能治理倡议》，愿同中方共同落实“加强人工智能能力建设国际合作”联大决议和《人工智能能力建设普惠计划》。双方重申愿在人工智能领域加强对话合作.
Moving on, the other big report published in the paper is the entire Document No. 1. This deals with rural development. I am not doing a deep breakdown of it. In a nutshell:
The document comprises six parts covering six key areas:
the enhancement of the overall production capacity, quality and performance of agriculture
the implementation of regular and targeted assistance measures;
the promotion of stable income growth for farmers;
the building of a beautiful and harmonious countryside that is desirable to live and work in based on local conditions;
the strengthening of institutional innovation; and
the reinforcement of the Party’s overall leadership over work related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers.
Page 2: There’s a report on Wang Yi meeting with Le Hoai Trung, special envoy of General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee To Lam. Xinhua says:
Wang said that “General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary To Lam had recently held phone talks, during which they agreed that both countries should unite and cooperate to promote development, and draw a grand blueprint to deepen the development of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance. Wang said that China is willing to work with Vietnam to follow the important consensus reached between the top leaders of the two parties and countries, grasp the strategic nature of bilateral relations, enhance the mutual benefits of bilateral cooperation, and highlight the particularity of the China-Vietnam friendship. China is also ready to work with Vietnam to strengthen high-level exchange, enhance strategic mutual trust, deepen connectivity, expand practical cooperation in such areas as sci-tech innovation, digital transformation and artificial intelligence, run successful activities such as ‘Red Study Tours’, strengthen cultural and people-to-people exchange, and continuously promote the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, he said. Wang called on China and Vietnam to unite and cooperate closely, coordinate development and security, and resolutely safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, as well as the international order based on international law. He said both countries should protect their own legitimate rights and interests, as well as the common interests of the Global South, and work together to become forces for peace, stability and development in the face of rapid changes unseen in a century.”
As per Xinhua, Le Hoai Trung said that:
“Vietnam has always regarded its relations with China as its top priority and strategic choice, adhered firmly to the one-China policy, and opposed any form of ‘Taiwan independence’ separatism. Vietnam is ready to work with China to plan the next stage of high-level exchange and promote cooperation in areas including economy, trade, investment and emerging fields. It also anticipates close multilateral coordination and cooperation, and the joint elevation of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China.”
If you are interested, here’s a Voice of Vietnam report on the meeting.
Another report on the page informs that ILD chief Liu Haixing met with Leonid Slutsky from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, who is leading a delegation to Beijing.
Page 6: There’s a report informing that the 2026 Academic Annual Conference of the Xi Jinping Thought on Culture Research Center was held in Beijing. The report says:
Experts attending the conference said that Xi Jinping Thought on Culture represents a rich development of Marxist cultural theory and a theoretical summation of contemporary Chinese cultural practice, providing powerful ideological weapons and a scientific guide to action for doing a good job in propaganda, ideological, and cultural work in the new era and on the new journey, for promoting cultural prosperity, and for building a strong cultural country. The Fourth Plenary Session put forward the strategic task of ‘stimulating the innovative and creative vitality of the entire nation’s culture and prospering and developing socialist culture.’ This must be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, adhere to the ‘two integrations, especially the ‘second integration’, drawing on innovative elements from the profound Chinese civilization, basing itself on the vibrant practice of cultural construction in the new era, adapting to the trend of information technology development, learning from and drawing on all the achievements of human civilisation, and gathering powerful momentum for cultural development to promote cultural prosperity and flourishing. 与会专家表示，习近平文化思想是马克思主义文化理论的丰富发展，是当代中国文化实践的理论总结，为做好新时代新征程宣传思想文化工作、推动文化繁荣、建设文化强国提供了强大思想武器和科学行动指南。党的二十届四中全会提出“激发全民族文化创新创造活力，繁荣发展社会主义文化”的战略任务，必须以习近平文化思想为指引，坚持“两个结合”特别是“第二个结合”，从博大精深的中华文明中发掘创新元素，立足新时代文化建设生动实践，顺应信息技术发展潮流，学习借鉴人类创造的一切文明成果，汇聚文化发展的强大动能，推动文化繁荣兴盛.
Experts attending the conference held that, in further deepening research and exposition of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, it is necessary to focus on its signature concepts, follow the laws of academic research, make use of multidisciplinary academic resources, foster a positive and healthy academic atmosphere, strengthen international academic exchange and cooperation, promote the transformation of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture into core academic elements of relevant disciplines, and guide the construction of an independent Chinese philosophy and social sciences knowledge system. 与会专家认为，进一步深化习近平文化思想研究阐释，要聚焦其标识性概念，遵循学术研究规律，运用多学科的学术资源，营造积极健康的学术氛围，加强国际学术交流合作，推动习近平文化思想转化为相关学科的核心学术元素，引领构建中国哲学社会科学自主知识体系.
Also on the page is a report on a think tank forum that was held in Beijing, co-hosted by research institutes affiliated with the CPC and the KMT. The report says that there were over 100 participants. In his remarks, Song Tao, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee, said that:
“General Secretary Xi Jinping’s congratulatory message to Cheng Li-wun on her election as Chairperson of the KMT pointed the way for the development of relations between the two parties and across the Taiwan Strait. Holding the forum between the think tanks of the two parties is a concrete measure to implement the spirit of the congratulatory messages exchanged between the leaders of the two parties. He emphasised that the two parties must unswervingly uphold the ‘1992 Consensus’ and oppose ‘Taiwan independence’ as their common political foundation, and guide the development of cross-Strait relations in the correct direction; deepen integrated development and promote cross-strait exchanges and cooperation; adhere to a people-centered approach, enhance the well-being of compatriots, and allow all Chinese people, including those in Taiwan, to live better lives; and resolutely oppose ‘Taiwan independence’ and maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Song Tao stressed that we will show no leniency whatsoever in striking at die-hard ‘Taiwan independence’ elements and their hired thugs and accomplices, and that we will tolerate absolutely no external forces that attempt to ‘use Taiwan to contain China. Compatriots on both sides of the Strait should bravely shoulder the great national responsibility, act as participants, contributors, and beneficiaries of national reunification and national rejuvenation, share in the fruits of development, and jointly create the splendor of a prosperous era.” 中共中央台办主任宋涛在开幕式致辞表示，习近平总书记电贺郑丽文当选中国国民党主席，为两党关系和两岸关系发展指明了方向。举办国共两党智库论坛是落实两党领导人贺复电精神的具体举措。两党要毫不动摇坚持“九二共识”、反对“台独”共同政治基础，引领两岸关系发展正确方向；要深化融合发展，促进两岸交流合作；要坚持以人为本，增进同胞亲情福祉，让包括台湾同胞在内的全体中国人过上更好的日子；要坚决反对“台独”，维护台海和平稳定。宋涛强调，我们打击“台独”顽固分子及其打手帮凶决不手软，对妄图“以台遏华”的外部势力决不容忍。两岸同胞要勇担民族大义，做国家统一、民族复兴的参与者、贡献者和受益者，共享发展成果，共创盛世荣光.
Hsiao Hsu-tsen, KMT Vice Chairman, said that “both sides of the Strait belong to the Chinese nation and are all descendants of Yan and Huang (都是炎黄子孙), and therefore should help each other and cooperate, and commit themselves to the rejuvenation of China. The true will of the Taiwan people is reflected not only in the longing to better know the mainland and have more practical contact with the mainland, but also in the expectation that channels of communication can be maintained between the two sides. This forum serves as a platform for cross-strait communication, giving voice to the people and promoting their interests. He expressed the hope that, on the common political foundation of upholding the ‘1992 Consensus’ and opposing ‘Taiwan independence’, the two sides of the Strait will achieve harmonious integration, mutual benefit and shared prosperity, and peaceful development, enabling the Chinese nation to stand tall in the world.” 中国国民党副主席萧旭岑致辞表示，两岸同属中华民族、都是炎黄子孙，应该互助合作，致力振兴中华。真实的台湾民心，不只反映在渴望更认识大陆、更实际接触大陆，还包括期望两岸之间能维持沟通管道，此次论坛就是为民发声、为民兴利的两岸沟通平台。期许两岸在坚持“九二共识”、反对“台独”的共同政治基础上，和谐交融，互利共荣，和平发展，让中华民族在全世界面前抬头挺胸.