Carney meets with high-level Chinese officials in ongoing push to ‘engage pragmatically’ – iPolitics
January 15th, 2026
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After touching down in Beijing on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Mark Carney kicked off the first full day of his three-day visit to China with an afternoon meeting with Zhao Leji, the current chair of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
According to the readout distributed by Carney’s office, “both sides emphasized the importance of ongoing parliamentary exchanges and opportunities for enhanced understanding and communication between the two countries” during what the advisory notes was the first between the two leaders, and “underscored their ongoing support for robust people-to-people relations and cultural exchanges, and welcomed engagement to deepen cooperation, expand trade, and engage pragmatically.”
