Mr Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the People’s Republic of China, sent a congratulatory message to the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi for her recent success in the general election according to the statement released by the Chinese embassy in Myanmar on November 17.

In the statement, it said, Myanmar has recently held the general election successfully and in that election, National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi swept victory. I would like to congratulate the State Counselor and Myanmar people for the success of NLD in the election. He hoped that under the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi, NLD would continue to achieve greater success for the noble task of achieving success and prosperity.

In the statement, it said that China and Myanmar share mountains and rivers and have deep relationships like brokers and stands as good neighbors. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China-Myanmar diplomatic relationship. I visited Myanmar in the early months of this year and opened a new era of China-Myanmar relations based on the agreement reached on building a shared community. After COVID-19 pandemic, two countries and two parties supported each other and showed that there is a community of shared futures. 

Moreover, Chinese Communist Party and NLD maintain friendly relations and relations between the two countries play a vital role in the development of the two countries. China cherishes development of relationships between two parties and two countries. He hopes to work with State Counselor  to reinforce the political guidance in strengthening relations between the two countries and two parties, to deepen the mutual exchanges between the two ruling parties, to accelerate the cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiatives and the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, to effectively safeguard the peace and stability along the common border, to bear productive results from the established China-Myanmar Community of Shared Future, and to serve the interest of the two countries and two people.