Top Chinese legislator, Zhao Leji, on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, met with Liberian Senate President Pro Tempore, Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, who is in Beijing for the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women. Zhao, Chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said China-Liberia relations have been elevated to a strategic partnership under the strategic guidance of the two presidents.
According to China News Agency (Xinhua), Zhao said China is willing to work together with Liberia to implement the important consensus of the two heads of state and the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, continue mutual support on each other’s core interests and major concerns, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen multilateral unity and cooperation, and make contributions to building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era. He said the NPC of China is ready to deepen exchanges of legislative and supervisory experience with the Liberian parliament, strengthen exchanges on protecting women’s rights and interests through legal means, and create a sound legal environment for practical cooperation.
Karnga-Lawrence said that Liberia firmly adheres to the one-China policy and supports the concept of building a community with a shared future for humanity, adding that Liberia is willing to strengthen exchanges between the two legislative bodies to promote the development of bilateral relations.
