On May 12, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Peruvian Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer Salcedo in Beijing.

Wang Yi said that Peru is among the first in Latin America to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, and the first Latin American country to sign a package of free trade agreements with China. China has been Peru's largest trading partner and export market for 11 consecutive years. Last year, President Xi Jinping and President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra paid a visit to each other's country, opening a new chapter in the history of China-Peru friendship. China appreciates Peru's long-standing commitment to the one-China principle and is fully confident in the development prospects of China-Peru relations. China is ready to work with Peru to continue  supporting each other on issues of respective core interests, deliver on the important common understandings reached between the two heads of state, take the China-Peru comprehensive strategic partnership to new heights, and bring more benefits to the people of both countries.

Wang Yi said that during President Xi Jinping's visit to Peru last November, the two heads of state jointly announced the opening of Chancay Port, which has become a landmark event for promoting unity and cooperation among developing countries as well as accelerating their development and revitalization. This carries important significance that goes beyond the bilateral scope. Today, the direct shipping route "From Chancay to Shanghai" has been fully opened in both directions, forming a growing container shipping network that covers multiple countries in Asia and Latin America. This will help Peru strengthen its capacity for independent development and play a more important role in the overall development of Latin America. It fully proves that deepening practical cooperation between China and Peru serves the fundamental and long-term interests of Peru and its people. President Xi Jinping has proposed a new direction for China-Peru cooperation with trade and investment as two driving forces, traditional and emerging industries developing in parallel, and industrial and supply chains fully integrated. China is ready to work with Peru to follow this direction, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation across all sectors, ensure the sound development and operation of Chancay Port, accelerate the approval of the protocol to upgrade the free trade agreement, and expedite negotiations on signing an agreement to avoid double taxation.

Elmer Schialer Salcedo said that mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit, and converged interests have become the prominent features and solid foundation of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Peru and China. Last year, the two heads of state successfully visited each other's country and achieved fruitful results, fully demonstrating the friendship between Peru and China. Peru firmly abides by the one-China principle and has always regarded Taiwan as China's territory. As one of the first Latin American countries to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, Peru looks forward to deepening all-round cooperation with China in such fields as politics, economy and trade, science and technology, and culture, and is willing to work together to ensure the success of the construction of Chancay Port Industrial Park, further promote free trade cooperation between the two countries, and accelerate the negotiations on signing an agreement to avoid double taxation.

The two sides had an exchange of views on China-LAC (Latin America and the Caribbean) cooperation and will jointly promote the complete success of this Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum.