“China has successfully emerged from the pandemic stage and is ready to fully resume contacts with Europe and the world,” Wang Yi said in a statement.
He stressed that China looks forward to further contacts with EU leaders and is ready to engage in high-level dialogue to restore cooperation to pre-pandemic levels as soon as possible.
Earlier, the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Central Committee announced the achievement of a “decisive victory” on containing the COVID-19 epidemic.
The Chinese authorities at the end of 2022 began a gradual relaxation of anti-COVID measures, abandoning the “zero tolerance policy” amid mass protests in the country’s main cities. For several years, China’s anti-epidemic measures have remained the most stringent in the world, which has had a significant impact on industry, tourism and international trade.
