On August 26, 2025, Vice President Han Zheng met with Special Envoy of the Republic of Korea (ROK) President Park Byeong-seug in Beijing.

Han Zheng said that after the inauguration of the new ROK government, President Xi Jinping had a phone call with President Lee Jae-myung, during which they reached important common understandings on advancing the China-ROK strategic cooperative partnership to a new level, charting the course for the development of China-ROK relations. China is ready to work with the ROK to implement the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state, consolidate strategic mutual trust, expand common interests, enhance multilateral coordination, and promote the sustained, sound and stable development of bilateral relations. Noting that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula, Han Zheng said that China is ready to work with the international community, including the ROK, to jointly safeguard the outcomes of the victory of World War II and uphold true multilateralism.

Park Byeong-seug said that the new ROK government attaches great importance to its relations with China and respects the one-China principle. The ROK is willing to bring the strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries back on track for the benefit of the people of both countries under the guidance of the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state.