Vientiane, January 15 (AseanAll)  — Liu Haixing, Special Envoy of General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping and Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), held talks in Vientiane on January 13,2026 with Bounleua Phandanouvong, Head of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee's Commission for External Relations.  

Liu warmly congratulated the successful convening of the 12th National Congress of the LPRP and spoke highly of the important achievements made at the congress. He said, this year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos. China is willing to work with Laos to take the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two Parties and countries as a guide, and take the implementation of the new five-year action plan on building a China-Laos community with a shared future as a handle, to continuously advance the building of a high-standard, high-quality, and high-level China-Laos community with a shared future, inject new impetus into the socialist modernization of the two countries, and contribute positive energy to regional peace, stability, development and prosperity. 

Bounleua thanked General Secretary Xi Jinping's Special Envoy Liu Haixing for coming to Laos to offer his congratulations. He said, under the strategic guidance of the top leaders of the two Parties and countries, the building of the Laos-China community with a shared future has achieved new results and the relations between Laos and China are at their best in history. In the new situation, Laos is firmly committed to its friendly policy towards China and is willing to work with China to implement the new five-year action plan on building a Laos-China community with a shared future and deepen exchanges and cooperation in all fields between the two Parties. 

After the talks, Liu and Bounleua signed the cooperation plan between the two Parties from 2026 to 2030.