Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Zhang Maoming, has pledged to implement the important consensus reached between the two countries during Xi Jinping’s 2019 visit to Nepal.

In remarks made upon his arrival to assume office, Ambassador Zhang said, “I look forward to working with friends from all sectors of Nepal to carry forward our traditional friendship and advance all-round exchanges and cooperation across all fields.”

He added that the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Nepal will continue to practice people-centered diplomacy, serve as a trusted partner to Chinese nationals in Nepal, and act as a steadfast guardian of their legitimate rights and interests overseas.

“Let us work hand in hand to advance the Strategic Partnership of Cooperation Featuring Everlasting Friendship for Development and Prosperity between China and Nepal, and jointly build a China-Nepal community with a shared future,” he further said.

Ambassador Zhang noted that 2026 marks the opening year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan period. China will accelerate the advancement of Chinese modernization and proactively expand high-standard opening-up, creating new development opportunities for countries around the world, including Nepal.

“Nepal is also at a critical stage of transformation and transition,” he said. “At a time when changes unseen in a century are accelerating and turbulence and transformation are interwoven in the international landscape, China stands ready to work with Nepal to implement the four Global Initiatives, strengthen solidarity and cooperation among the Global South, and jointly promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, so as to contribute to building a community with a shared future for mankind.”

In 2019, President Xi Jinping paid a historic and successful state visit to Nepal, elevating bilateral relations to a Strategic Partnership of Cooperation Featuring Everlasting Friendship for Development and Prosperity, he said.  Under the strategic guidance of our two countries’ leaders, political mutual trust has continued to deepen, high-quality Belt and Road cooperation has delivered fruitful results, and people-to-people exchanges have grown ever closer, bringing tangible benefits to our two peoples, he added.