On the afternoon of November 6, 2023, National President Xi Jinping met with South African Vice President Masatile at the Great Hall of the People.

Xi Jinping pointed out that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Africa, and the relationship between the two countries has entered a "golden age". In August of this year, I conducted my fourth state visit to South Africa and unanimously decided with President Ramaphosa that China and South Africa should become strategic partners with high mutual trust, development partners for common progress, friendly partners for mutual understanding and closeness, and global partners for upholding justice. China is willing to work with South Africa to continuously enrich the connotation of China South Africa's comprehensive strategic partnership and push the bilateral relationship to a new level.

Xi Jinping emphasized that China supports South Africa in exploring a modernization path that is in line with its national conditions, and is willing to further consolidate the foundation of political mutual trust and enhance the level of mutually beneficial cooperation with South Africa. China is willing to work with South Africa and other African countries to implement China's three initiatives to support Africa's industrialization, agricultural modernization and talent training, as well as eight actions to jointly build the "the Belt and Road" with high quality, create a number of high standard, people friendly and sustainable cooperation projects, improve the strategic and sustainability of China Africa cooperation, and promote the construction of a high-level China Africa community of shared future. Both sides should continue to cooperate closely within the BRICS mechanism, strengthen solidarity and cooperation among developing countries, and promote the development of the global governance system in a direction that benefits developing countries.

Mashatil é stated that President Xi Jinping 's successful state visit to South Africa in August this year further consolidated the traditional friendship between South and China and injected strong momentum into the future development of relations. President Ramafosa awarded the Xi Jinping President the highest medal of honor, demonstrating the high recognition and gratitude of the South African people for the significant contributions made by Xi Jinping President to promoting South China friendship. The South hopes to strengthen the docking of its own development strategy with China's "the Belt and Road" initiative and continue to deepen practical cooperation in various fields. The South highly appreciates China's contributions to safeguarding the interests of developing countries and promoting world peace, and hopes to continue to strengthen cooperation with China within multilateral mechanisms such as the BRICS countries.

Wang Yi attended the meeting.