On the morning of October 14, 2025, President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with Icelandic President Halla Tómasdóttir, who is in China for the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women.

President Xi noted that, over the past 54 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, China and Iceland have respected each other and pursued win-win cooperation. The fruitful outcomes achieved in bilateral relations have fully shown that countries with different national conditions are fully capable of transcending differences in social system and other areas to achieve mutual benefit. China attaches importance to developing its relations with Iceland and is ready to strengthen exchanges and deepen cooperation with Iceland to deliver more benefits to the two peoples.

President Xi emphasized that the two sides should continue to respect and support each other’s development path chosen by themselves and firmly support each other on issues involving their respective core interests and major concerns. The two sides should deepen practical cooperation in such areas as economy and trade, geothermal energy and healthcare, and jointly promote green transition and address climate change. The two sides should also step up people-to-people exchanges in tourism, education and other fields to enhance friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples. Both China and Iceland support multilateralism, the international system with the U.N. at its core and the international order underpinned by international law. The two sides should strengthen communication and coordination, commit to addressing international disputes through dialogue and consultation, and strive for a more just and equitable global governance system. It is important to build on the successful convening of the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women to promote continued progress in the global cause of women.

President Tómasdóttir congratulated China on the successful hosting of the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women, and appreciated China for the warm reception and full respect shown to a small country like Iceland. Iceland highly appreciates China’s significant contributions to promoting the global women’s cause and will strengthen communication and cooperation with China to advance the all-round development of women worldwide. Iceland and China have enjoyed friendship over decades. The strong and robust bilateral relationship has yielded fruitful results in such areas as trade, geothermal energy and tourism. Iceland highly values its relations with China, and looks forward to further expanding cooperation and enhancing people-to-people exchanges with China for greater development of bilateral ties. In the face of a turbulent and uncertain world, China has demonstrated leadership in addressing global challenges. Iceland will strengthen communication with China to jointly tackle global challenges.

The two sides released the Joint Statement Between the People’s Republic of China and Iceland on Further Strengthening Cooperation on Geothermal Energy and Green Transition.

Wang Yi was present at the meeting.