At a symposium organized in Beijing, experts reviewed the 70-year journey of Nepal-China diplomatic relations from the perspective of high-level visits, cooperation, and mutual respect.
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Experts related to Nepal and China have concluded that mutual relations have been problem-free and respectful for the past 70 years.
This year, in the context of the 70th anniversary of Nepal-China diplomatic relations in 2025, experts in Beijing in the last month of December reviewed the relationship between the two countries from ancient times to formal diplomatic relations from the perspectives of mutual respect, non-interference in internal affairs, equality, people-to-people relations, practical cooperation, investment and trade, high-level visits, regional affairs, etc.
Liu Qing, Vice President of the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), said that recent high-level political visits have added a new height to Nepal-China relations and that China is committed to implementing the agreements reached during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Nepal in 2019.
He said that he is willing to work with Nepal for the quality construction of the BRI, and discussed that there are still new opportunities for growth. He said that as Nepal's second largest trading partner, China has put forward the concept of mutual benefits through cross-border connectivity with Nepal.
Nepali Embassy Acting Ambassador Roshan Khanal said that Nepal has been adhering to the One China principle and that the recent high-level political visits from both countries have taken the relationship to a new height.
She was of the opinion that a new phase of mutual relations had begun after the visit of then Prime Minister KP Oli to China last September and the signing of the BRI framework. Khanal said that China, as a major trading partner, has provided free customs facilities for Nepali goods and that China is celebrating the Visit Nepal Year 2025. She said that the scope of mutual cultural understanding has broadened due to sister city relations and the operation of Confucius classes, and pointed out the possibilities of cooperation in the field of environment.
Chang Supin, Director of the Nepal Studies Center under the Hebei University of Economics and Business, summed up the bilateral relations and noted that China-Nepal relations are balanced due to respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, bilateral relations guided by high-level political visits, practical cooperation that has brought benefits to the people of both countries, mutual understanding enhanced by people-to-people exchanges, cooperation for regional peace and stability, treating each other on the basis of equality, and non-interference in internal affairs.
Prime Minister Sushila Karki also made it clear in her meeting with Chinese Ambassador Chen Song that Nepal has always been equal in treating China based on the one-China principle. She also expressed confidence that the new government that will be elected in Nepal after a general election will soon accelerate stability and development.
On Tuesday, Nepal-based foreign affairs experts shared their views through virtual medium at a symposium on '70th Anniversary of Nepal-China Diplomatic Relations: Perspectives and Reflections' jointly organized by the Nepali Embassy and CIIS.
Acting Chairman of the China Studies Center Sundarnath Bhattarai, former Nepali Ambassador to Thailand and Senior Research Fellow at the Policy Research Institute Khag Adhikari, Rector of Tribhuvan University Khag KC, and others reviewed the past and present of Nepal-China relations and pointed out many possibilities for mutual cooperation in the future.
Saroj Gautam, a researcher at the Nepal Studies Center of East China University of Technology, gave a presentation on 'Nepal-China Practical Cooperation: Economy, Trade, Investment and People-to-People Exchanges'. In a similar seminar, Yang Zhaoyu, Assistant Research Fellow for International Strategy Studies under CIIS, and Tang Zhifang, Senior Research Fellow, and Yang Xiaofing, Associate Researcher at the Institute for International Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, discussed various dimensions of the future of Nepal and China.
