Inside Sanchez's China visit: What's the signal?

桑切斯中国之行:释放了什么信号?

The Point with Liu Xin

2026-04-15

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During his latest 5-day official visit, Pedro Sanchez returned to China for the fourth time in just four years, signaling deepening ties between Spain and China. Invited by Chinese Premier Li Qiang, the Spanish prime minister held high-level talks with President Xi Jinping and visited key institutions, including tech giant Xiaomi. Following previous high-profile exchanges, including visits by King Felipe VI of Spain, what's driving this growing momentum between Madrid and Beijing? In a world facing rising uncertainty and shifting geopolitics, what message is Spain sending, especially with its stance on the Iran conflict?
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  • Through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story, this is The Point.

  • Welcome to this edition of The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.

  • How does it feel to test drive China, literally?

  • This is what Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez experienced during his five-day visit to China.

  • And that is his fourth trip.

  • In four years, and it signals intensifying ties between Madrid and Beijing.

  • Invited by Chinese Premier Li Chiang, Sanchez had a packed agenda,

  • including talks with President Xi Jinping and visits to leading Chinese institutions such as the Chinese Academy

  • of Sciences, Tsinghua University and tech giant Xiaomi.

  • What's driving the steady stream of high-level exchanges, fifth and Sanchez himself.

  • What are the takeaways from this trip?

  • And in a moment of global uncertainty, what signal is Spain sending to the world,

  • especially given its clear position regarding the war in Iran?

  • I'm pleased to be joined from southwest China's Sichuan province by Rong Ying,

  • Senior Research Fellow at the China Institute of International Studies.

  • The warmest welcome to you, Mr. Rong.

  • So let's start with what I mentioned.

  • The test drive of an ev by xiaomi muy bien That was the comment Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez made

  • while he sat in a new EV model during his visit to Xiaomi headquarters in Beijing on Monday.

  • He also experienced other innovative products such as smartphones and smart home devices.