On the morning of September 4, 2025, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council Ding Xuexiang met in Beijing with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, who is in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025 and the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and for a working visit.

Ding Xuexiang said that General Secretary and President Xi Jinping held an important meeting with General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith, which is of great significance for guiding the future development of China-Laos relations. China is ready to work with Laos to follow the guidance of the important common understandings reached between the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries, to enhance political mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation, strengthen multilateral coordination, and advance the building of a high-standard, high-quality, and high-level China-Laos community with a shared future.

Thongloun Sisoulith said that Laos is sincerely pleased with the great achievements made by the Chinese comrades and is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China to continuously deliver new outcomes in building a Laos-China community with a shared future.

On the same day, Ding Xuexiang met in Beijing with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Woo Won-shik, who is in China for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Ding Xuexiang said that in June this year, President Xi Jinping had a phone call with President Lee Jae-myung and reached important common understandings on advancing the China-ROK strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level. Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China is ready to work with the ROK to accommodate each other's core interests and major concerns, enhance friendship and mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and push forward the sound and steady development of China-ROK relations for the greater benefit of the people of both countries.

Woo Won-shik extended congratulations on the complete success of the commemoration and expressed willingness to work with China to implement the common understandings reached by the two heads of state, expand mutually beneficial cooperation between the ROK and China in such fields as economy, trade, and science and technology, and promote the continuous development of bilateral relations.