On May 26 local time, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council met with German President Joachim Gauck in Berlin.

Li Keqiang conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes from President Xi Jinping. Li Keqiang said, the bilateral cooperation between China and Germany get the super opportunity at present since China-Germany relationship has kept going for new progress at an already high level. I held very good talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on deepening China-Germany strategic partnership and strengthening cooperation in all fields. Both sides issued a joint communique, mapping out the direction for bilateral cooperation in key areas. China is willing to boost dialogue and exchanges with Germany by the principles of mutual respect and equality, to enhance mutual understanding and trust, and to cope with challenges together with Germany.

When talking about China’s development and its domestic conditions, Li Keqiang noted that in the past 30 years and more, China has been forging ahead unremittingly in reform and opening-up, with great achievements in economic and social development and constant progress in the construction of democracy and legal system as well as the cause of human rights. As a large developing country with a population of 1.3 billion, China still has a long way to go before realizing modernization. We will stick to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and meanwhile wish to learn from the civilization achievements and development experiences of the whole humankind, so as to pursue comprehensive development in accordance with China's actual conditions.

Gauck welcomed Li Keqiang for his visit and asked Li to convey his cordial greetings to President Xi Jinping. Gauck said that both Germany and China boast a long history and a splendid culture, and that the bilateral relations have enjoyed sound development in recent years. Germany admires China's achievements in social and economic development, and stands ready to step up cooperation and dialogue with China in the political, economic and people-to-people areas to push for new development in the bilateral relations.