As the Chinese saying goes, strong winds reveal the strength of the grass and fierce fire tests true gold - our relations have displayed vigorous vitality and a flourishing momentum, winning the unanimous support of all sectors of Bangladeshi society and its people.
October 1, 2026 marks the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. On this joyous occasion, on behalf of the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude and high respect to friends from all walks of life who have long cared for and supported China's development and the China-Bangladesh friendship, and to extend festive greetings and best wishes to all Chinese compatriots in Bangladesh!
Seventy-seven years of weathering storms, seventy-seven years of forging ahead. Since the founding of the PRC, the Chinese people, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, have blazed a path of Chinese modernization suited to China’s national conditions. Today, changes unseen in a century are accelerating, the international situation is grave and complex, and destabilizing and uncertain factors are clearly on the rise. China has withstood the pressure and risen to the challenges: its economy has achieved steady progress with upgraded quality, new quality productive forces are developing at a faster pace, high-tech fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, new energy, and aerospace have reported one success after another, and society remains harmonious and stable. In the first half of this year, China’s economy grew by 4.7 percent, maintaining sound development despite multiple shocks from international energy shortages and severe disruptions to industrial and supply chains, thus providing precious certainty to an uncertain world.
As the largest developing country and the Permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, China has always been a responsible major country, firmly safeguarding the UN-centered international system and actively advancing the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, serving as an advocate and builder of world peace and a promoter of and contributor to global development, and contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to building a community with a shared future for mankind. To walk with China is to walk with opportunity; to believe in China is to believe in tomorrow; to invest in China is to invest in the future.
This year also marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The CPC has grown to be the world’s largest governing party with significant global influence. Enjoying the wholehearted support of the people, the CPC is the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Over the past 105 years, remaining true to its founding mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, the CPC has opened up the right path toward the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and created two miracles: rapid economic growth and enduring social stability.
That the CPC remains full of vigor after 105 years is attributable to its unwavering commitment to full and rigorous self-governance and its courage in self-reform, which keep it ever advanced and pure. A governing party with a strong capacity for self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-perfection is now uniting and leading the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in marching with high spirits toward the Second Centenary Goal.
This year also marks the 51st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Bangladesh, as well as the 10th anniversary of China-Bangladesh Belt and Road cooperation. Through half a century of shared weal and woe, China and Bangladesh have always been good neighbors, good friends, and good partners who respect and treat each other with sincerity. China supports the new Bangladeshi government in exercising governance, supports Bangladesh in safeguarding its national independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, opposes external interference, and supports Bangladesh in playing a greater role in regional and international affairs.
This year, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman paid his first visit to China, during which the leaders of the two countries reached a series of important understandings and elevated bilateral relations to a China-Bangladesh community with a shared future in the new era, injecting strong impetus into the long-term development of bilateral ties. Today, with deepening political mutual trust, fruitful economic and trade cooperation, and ever-warmer people-to-people exchanges, China-Bangladesh relations are at their best in history. Facts have proven that the China-Bangladesh friendship serves the fundamental interests of both countries and both peoples and conforms to the trend of the times; no storm can hold back the forward march of our relations.
Looking back fills me with deep emotion. I have served in Bangladesh for three years and nine months, and I will bid farewell to this post in a few days. These more than 1,300 days and nights have been the most fulfilling and unforgettable chapter of my diplomatic career. As I prepare to leave, my heart is filled with profound attachment and reluctance to part.
