On March 28, 2018, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to U Win Myint on his election as President of Myanmar.
Xi Jinping pointed out in the congratulatory message that China and Myanmar are traditional friendly neighboring countries, and the two peoples enjoy profound Paukphaw friendship. In recent years, the two countries have conducted frequent high-level contacts, expanded practical cooperation, witnessed vigorous people-to-people and cultural exchanges and intensified multilateral coordination, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples and also making positive contributions to regional peace and prosperity. Highly valuing the development of China-Myanmar relations, I stand ready to make joint efforts with you to consolidate traditional friendship and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, so as to promote China-Myanmar comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to higher levels and bring more well-beings to the two countries and their peoples.