Xi Jinping to visit Kyrgyzstan and attend SCO summit in Bishkek
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek. The visit follows the 2025 bilateral trade volume of $27.2 billion, up 20 percent year-on-year. Xi previously visited Kyrgyzstan in 2013 and 2019.
Key Facts
- Xi Jinping will visit Kyrgyzstan and attend the SCO summit in Bishkek, marking his third visit to the country as Chinese president.
- China-Kyrgyzstan trade reached $27.2 billion in 2025, a 20 percent increase from the previous year.
- The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway enables fresh cherries and melons from Kyrgyz villages to reach Kashgar markets by evening.
- Xi Jinping and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed a joint statement last year on deepening comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era.
Upcoming Visit
Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek. This will be his third visit to Kyrgyzstan as Chinese president, following trips in 2013 and 2019. The visit is described as an important step in China's neighborhood diplomacy.
Economic Ties
Bilateral trade between China and Kyrgyzstan reached $27.2 billion in 2025, up 20 percent year-on-year. The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway allows fresh produce from Kyrgyz villages to reach Kashgar markets the same day. A China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is also under construction to further improve connectivity. Last year, Xi Jinping and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed a joint statement on deepening comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era. The two sides committed to deepening infrastructure cooperation in clean energy, green minerals, and artificial intelligence.
Neighborhood Diplomacy
In 2013, Xi Jinping proposed the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in China's relations with neighboring countries. A year later, he formally proposed the concept of building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries at a central conference on foreign policy work in Beijing. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has told Xi Jinping that Kyrgyzstan's most valuable advantage is its neighborly relations with China.
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Xi Jinping to visit Kyrgyzstan and attend SCO summit in Bishkek
