On May 5, 2015, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks in Beijing with Foreign Minister Murray McCully of New Zealand, who was on an official visit in China.

Wang Yi said that having created multiple “firsts” in China’s relations with western developed countries, China-New Zealand relations are keeping a sound development momentum. President Xi Jinping’s state visit to New Zealand last year achieved a complete success, drawing a new blueprint for the development of bilateral relations. China is willing to work with New Zealand to continue enhancing political mutual trust and deepening exchanges and cooperation in economy, trade, law enforcement, people-to-people and cultural engagement and other fields, properly handle divergences and sensitive issues, and promote bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level. Wang Yi also expressed serious concern over a recent media report that New Zealand planned cyber attack on China’s diplomatic institutions in New Zealand, and expounded on China’s stance.

Murray McCully expressed that New Zealand is proud of the fruitful results scored by bilateral relations in recent years, and will continue working with China to strengthen high-level exchanges, deepen practical cooperation and friendly communication in economy, trade and other sectors, and constantly push bilateral relations for new achievements. He also said that the media report about New Zealand planning cyber attack on China’s diplomatic institutions is groundless, and New Zealand sincerely devotes itself to developing cooperation with China and is fully confident in the prospect of bilateral relations.

Both sides also exchanged views on international and regional topics of common interest.