Thai King and Queen grant audience to visiting Chinese premier
Li Qiang’s official visit offers Thailand and China an opportunity to discuss trade, investment, electric vehicles and tourism, building on their longstanding ties.
- Thailand's King and Queen granted an audience to Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall in Dusit Palace.
- The meeting occurred during Premier Li's official visit to Thailand as a guest of the government, the first such visit by a Chinese premier since 2019.
- The visit aims to advance cooperation between the two nations in areas including trade, investment, the electric vehicle (EV) industry, and tourism.
- This follows a previous audience granted to Li by the Thai monarchs during their state visit to China in 2025, which celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations.
Their Majesties the King and Queen granted an audience to Chinese Premier Li Qiang at Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall in Dusit Palace at 5.22pm on Saturday (November 14, 2026), during his official visit to Thailand as a guest of the government.
Also attending were Zeng Yan, a second secretary in the Department of Asian Affairs at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who interpreted from Chinese into Thai, and Patawee Treekarunasawad, a minister-counsellor in the Department of East Asian Affairs at Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who interpreted from Thai into Chinese.
Thailand and the People’s Republic of China have longstanding ties and formally established diplomatic relations on July 1, 1975.
At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Their Majesties made a state visit to China from November 13 to 17, 2025, celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
That visit, together with visits by other members of the Thai royal family and senior leaders of both countries, strengthened bilateral friendship and deepened mutual understanding between their peoples.
Their Majesties also granted an audience to Li during their state visit to China.
Li’s trip is the first official visit to Thailand by a Chinese premier since 2019.
The visit offers an opportunity for the two countries to discuss cooperation, particularly in trade, investment, the electric vehicle (EV) industry and tourism.
The aim is to build confidence and advance efforts to build a community between Thailand and China and develop a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.
