On September 9, the Ninth meeting of China-Spain Forum was held in Beijing. Eight international students at BFSU, coming from countries including Spain, Panama, Russia, Thailand, and Mongolia, attended the event.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez jointly attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations more than half a century ago, China-Spain relations have been developing continuously.

Especially in the new era, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the political mutual trust between China and Spain has been increasingly consolidated, pragmatic cooperation has yielded fruitful results, while cultural and people-to-people exchanges have been rich and colorful, he added.

Sanchez said that Spain is willing to strengthen dialogue and exchanges in various fields with China through the China-Spain Forum and other platforms, deepen local cooperation, green development cooperation and cultural and people-to-people exchanges, and promote the further development of bilateral relations

The forum is co-sponsored by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Spain-China Council Foundation. About 300 representatives from the governments of the two countries, relevant provinces, cities, universities, enterprises and other sectors attended the forum.