On 11th November 2026, H.E. Ambassador Yao Fei met with the Kiribati Parliamentary Select Committee on the Establishment of the National Marine Institute.

Ambassador Yao noted that over the past seven years since the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Kiribati, the two countries have achieved remarkable results and maintained sound momentum in exchanges and cooperation across various fields. China has regarded Kiribati as a good friend and good partner in Pacific area, and is willing to work with the Kiribati side to strengthen bilateral cooperation in such areas as maritime education and fisheries to benefit more I-Kiribati. Besides, Ambassador Yao introduced the guiding principles from the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and pointed out that China is willing to strengthen exchanges with Kiribati on governance experience and share the development opportunities brought by Chinese modernization.

The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Tinte Itinteang and other members of the committee unanimously express their gratitude to the Chinese side for its selfless assistance to Kiribati’s development, highly commended the achievements of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. They stated their readiness to deepen Kiribati-China maritime economic cooperation and inter-party exchanges on the basis of the one-China principle.