On December 2, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, upon invitation, attended the National Day reception hosted by the Thai Embassy in China, and had friendly exchanges with Minister to the Prime Minister's Office of Thailand Chusak Sirinil, who came to Beijing specially to welcome the Buddha tooth relic for its journey to Thailand for enshrinement, and Thai Ambassador to China Chatchai Viriyavejakul.

Sun Weidong extended congratulations on Thailand's National Day and said that under the guidance of the leaders of the two countries, steady progress has been made in the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future. President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Peru not long ago and they reached important common understandings on deepening China-Thailand comprehensive strategic cooperation, charting the course for the development of China-Thailand relations. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and "the Golden Jubilee of China-Thailand Friendship". China is ready to work with Thailand to deliver on the important common understandings reached between the leaders of the two countries, intensify high-level exchanges, deepen practical cooperation in various fields, strengthen multilateral coordination, ensure the success of the celebration activities for the establishment of diplomatic relations, and push for greater progress in the building of a China-Thailand community with a shared future.

The Thai side said that the current Thailand-China relations enjoy a sound momentum of development. The Thai side thanked the Chinese side for agreeing on the enshrinement of the Buddha tooth relic in Thailand. Thailand is willing to make joint efforts with China to take the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations next year as an opportunity to make good preparations for high-level exchanges, deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation, ensure the success of celebration activities for the establishment of diplomatic relations, consolidate the friendship of "Thailand and China as close as one family", continuously deepen and substantiate Thailand-China relations, and make positive contributions to regional peace, stability and development.