China Central Asia economic and trade cooperation moves forward against the trend, confirming the leading and promoting role of the China Central Asia mechanism

Beijing, January 19th (Reporter Han Xiaoming) - Regarding China's trade volume with the five Central Asian countries exceeding 100 billion US dollars for the first time in 2025, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated in a regular press conference on the 19th that against the backdrop of weak global economic growth and serious impact on the international trade system, China Central Asia economic and trade cooperation is moving forward against the trend, which confirms the leading and promoting role of the China Central Asia mechanism.

Guo Jiakun said that according to statistics from the General Administration of Customs of China, the trade volume between China and the five Central Asian countries will exceed 100 billion US dollars in 2025, setting a new historical high. The trade structure between the two sides continues to optimize, and more and more high-quality products from Central Asia are entering the Chinese market.

Against the backdrop of weak global economic growth and severe impacts on the international trade system, China's Central Asia economic and trade cooperation has moved forward against the trend, with trade volume exceeding 100 billion yuan, demonstrating the vigorous development momentum of China Central Asia cooperation, confirming the leading and promoting role of the China Central Asia mechanism, and becoming a new milestone in the history of China Central Asia cooperation, "said Guo Jiakun.

He said that in the past year, China's relations with Central Asian countries have developed rapidly, the construction of China Central Asia mechanism has become increasingly perfect, the co construction of the "the Belt and Road" cooperation has steadily advanced, and people to people friendly exchanges have become increasingly close, especially the successful holding of the second China China Asia Summit, which marks that bilateral cooperation has entered a new stage of high-quality development. Standing at a new historical starting point, China is willing to take advantage of the situation with Central Asian countries, continue to promote the "China Central Asia Spirit", improve and strengthen the China Central Asia mechanism, promote all-round cooperation to continue moving towards new, better and more practical directions, and work together to build a closer China Central Asia community with a shared future.