On December 2, 2025, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Xi Jinping noted that the LPRP has united and led the Lao people in persevering through hardships and forging ahead, and achieved gratifying results in the cause of reform and opening-up. The people's livelihoods have continuously improved, and the country's international and regional influence has significantly enhanced. As a comrade and brother, China is deeply pleased with this. The Chinese side is firmly convinced that Laos will continue to follow a socialist path suited to its national conditions, successfully convene the 12th National Congress of the LPRP, and continuously open up new prospects for the development of the Party and the country.
Xi Jinping emphasized that during General Secretary Thongloun Sisoulith's successful visit to China in September this year, he and General Secretary Thongloun Sisoulith reached new strategic common understandings on deepening the building of the China-Laos community with a shared future. China has always prioritized Laos in its neighborhood diplomacy and stands ready to work with Laos to take the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos next year as an opportunity to carry forward the traditional friendship, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, continuously deepen and substantiate the China-Laos comprehensive strategic cooperation in the new era, bring more benefits to the two peoples, and make greater contributions to peace and development in the region and the world.
