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on september 3, foreign ministry spokesperson mao ning hosted a regular press conference. cctv reporter asked: the spokesperson just announced that spanish prime minister sanchez will visit china. can you introduce the arrangements for this visit? what are your expectations for this visit? how does china evaluate the current china-spain relations?

mao ning said that during prime minister sanchez's visit to china, president xi jinping will meet with him, and premier li qiang and chairman zhao leji will hold talks and meet with him respectively to exchange views on bilateral relations and issues of common concern. during the visit, the two sides will also jointly hold activities such as the china-spain forum, the two countries' business advisory committee meeting and the business forum.

china and spain are comprehensive strategic partners. over the past half century since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two sides have adhered to continuing traditional friendship and deepening mutually beneficial open cooperation. the relationship between the two countries has been developing healthily and steadily, benefiting both sides. china is willing to take this visit of prime minister sanchez as an opportunity to promote new progress in bilateral relations, deepen mutual trust through high-level exchanges, respond to global challenges through high-quality cooperation, and add new connotations to the china-spain comprehensive strategic partnership.

(cctv reporter zhang xuesong)