On the afternoon of April 23, 2025, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met with Kenyan President William Ruto, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Li Qiang said that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Kenya relations have continued to improve, with fruitful cooperation outcomes across various fields significantly enhancing the well-being of the two peoples. President Xi Jinping will hold talks with Mr. President William Ruto to further plan the deepening of China-Kenya relations and cooperation. China is ready to work with Kenya to continuously enrich the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, expand all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, and strive for respective modernization together.

Noting that China and Kenya have strong economic complementarity and broad cooperation prospects, Li Qiang said China is ready to work with Kenya to continue progressing the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, steadily advance major projects such as infrastructure, deepen cooperation in areas such as finance, digital economy, green energy, agricultural science and technology, and blue economy, jointly cultivate and expand new drivers of development, and promote more practical achievements. China is willing to import more high-quality products from Kenya, and promote the optimized and balanced development of trade between the two countries. The two sides should further facilitate personnel exchanges, strengthen cooperation in cultural, tourism, and media sectors, promote mutual learning among world civilizations, and enhance understanding, friendship and trust. In the current world fraught with changes and instabilities, China and Africa, as significant forces in the Global South, should unite and cooperate more closely to confront difficulties and challenges and promote development and prosperity together. China is ready to work with Kenya and other African countries to fully accelerate the implementation of the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, especially the ten partnership actions for modernization, practice true multilateralism, and drive deeper development of the Global South cooperation through building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era, so as to lead and advance the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

William Ruto said that at present, Kenya-China relations show a close and strong momentum of development, with important opportunities to further deepen mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation. Kenya firmly abides by the one-China principle, recognizes Taiwan as an inalienable part of China's territory, and acknowledges that the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. The Kenyan side appreciates China's selfless assistance in Kenya's economic and social development and looks forward to synergizing development strategies with China guided by the Belt and Road Initiative, tapping into cooperation potential, and promoting practical cooperation in trade, investment, transportation infrastructure, social welfare and other fields, and strengthening people-to-people and cultural exchanges in tourism, media and other aspects. Kenya highly appreciates China's important role in international affairs and is willing to enhance communication and coordination with China on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, and better promote unity and cooperation among the Global South, so as to open up a bright future for China-Africa cooperation.

Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.