Chinese Consul General in Calgary Zhao Liying Publishes a Byline Article Titled “China and Canada: Building a Shared Future Through Stable and Win-Win Cooperation”

On April 22, 2026, Consul General Mme. Zhao Liying published a byline article titled China and Canada: Building a Shared Future Through Stable and Win-Win Cooperation on the Yellowknifer. The full text is as follows:

The world is undergoing profound change. The drivers of global economic growth are diverging, while geopolitical tensions continue to intensify. In an increasingly uncertain international environment, stability and cooperation have become shared priorities for nations worldwide. China remains committed to a path of peaceful development and strives to advance the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind, providing valuable stability to the world. The successful conclusion of China's National "Two Sessions," together with the forward-looking blueprint for the 15th Five-Year Plan, has sent a clear message to global partners, including Canada: deepening cooperation with China not only means embracing broad market opportunities, but also choosing a reliable source of long-term certainty and working together toward a more predictable and mutually beneficial future.

1. Policy Stability: Building Investor Confidence

China has long maintained a consistent development approach, carrying forward a unified policy blueprint from one administration to the next. This continuity has fostered a stable, transparent, and predictable macroeconomic environment, significantly strengthening long-term investment confidence among all market participants, including international businesses. From the 14th Five-Year Plan through the 15th Five-Year Plan, China has upheld the guiding principle of pursuing progress while maintaining stability. By continuously improving the business environment, further reducing the negative list for foreign investment, and fully implementing the Foreign Investment Law, China has steadily expanded opening up in key sectors. This institutional stability provides overseas investors with greater certainty, enabling them to better manage policy risks and plan with confidence for the long term.

The experience of Canadian companies offers compelling evidence. Firms such as Bombardier and Manulife have been deeply rooted in the Chinese market for decades and continue to expand their investments. Their long-standing presence reflects strong confidence in China's policy environment and underscores the widespread recognition within the global business community of China's long-term investment value.

2. Market Resilience: Sharing the Gains of Growth

China's economic stability is grounded in the strength of its vast domestic market and its robust internal resilience. In 2025, China's GDP exceeded RMB 140 trillion, continuing to contribute around 30% of global economic growth. Behind this performance is a massive consumer market of over 1.4 billion people, including more than 400 million middle-income consumers. As China advances high-quality development, the potential for consumption upgrading continues to be unlocked, creating broad opportunities for global goods and services.

China and Canada's highly complementary economic structures provide a strong foundation for cooperation. China is a key trading partner for Canada, with sustained and stable demand for high-quality agricultural products, seafood, energy, and minerals. At the same time, Canada holds competitive advantages in areas such as clean technology, modern agriculture, and financial services, while China offers a comprehensive industrial system, strong manufacturing capabilities, and diverse application scenarios. This alignment of complementary strengths and deeply interconnected supply and demand have made economic and trade ties the most stable anchor of bilateral relations.

3. Innovation Momentum: Expanding Opportunities for Cooperation

China's stability is also reflected in its clear and well-defined roadmap for high-quality development. The 2026 growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent is both prudent and realistic, aligned with current conditions while leaving room for further structural reform. New drivers of growth, powered by technological innovation, are rapidly taking shape. Innovation is accelerating across frontier sectors such as artificial intelligence, biopharmaceuticals, green energy, and quantum technology, with rapid advances and faster cycles of technological iteration.

This opens up broader opportunities for China-Canada cooperation. There is strong potential for collaboration in areas such as energy development and utilization, clean technology, and agricultural innovation, while also creating more high-value, forward-looking opportunities for Canadian universities, research institutions, and innovative enterprises.

At a time when the global economy is seeking greater certainty, the strategic importance of China-Canada cooperation, grounded in strong complementarity, is becoming increasingly clear. For Canada, deepening economic and trade ties with China is a pragmatic choice that supports long-term growth, strategic stability, and mutual benefit. China's policy continuity, market scale, and innovation capacity together provide a reliable foundation for future development. By working together, both sides can better navigate external risks and translate mutual benefit into tangible gains for businesses and people's livelihoods.