On July 4, 2012, Vice President Xi Jinping met with visiting Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul at the Great Hall of the People.

Xi said that China and Thailand are good neighbors, good partners, good friends and good relatives. He hailed the mutual respect, trust, cooperation and common development that have made the two states examples of friendly co-existence between countries with different social systems. "It conforms to the common interests of the two countries and peoples and represents an example for other countries neighboring China," he said.

Xi pointed out that during Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's visit to China in April, the two countries established comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation and Sino-Thai friendly exchanges and cooperation in various fields are facing new opportunities. He called on the two sides to maintain high-level contacts, deepen substantial cooperation, expand humanities exchanges and enhance coordination on international and regional issues. He also urged both sides to constantly enrich their comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation, actively promote the development of relations between China and ASEAN and make greater contributions to regional peace, stability and prosperity.

Surapong said Thailand and China are as close as one family and the establishment of comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation has pointed out the direction for the long-term development of bilateral relations. He said Thailand cherishes the friendship between both peoples as well as its friendly cooperation with China and will work with China to implement the action plan on China-Thailand strategic cooperation in order to boost bilateral ties and cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).