On November 1, 2025, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Xi Jinping?extended his sincere congratulations to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi?and the Egyptian people on the occasion of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum.?Xi Jinping expressed his belief that the Grand Egyptian Museum will mark a highlight on Egypt's cultural history and play an important role in preserving and passing on the ancient Egyptian civilization.
Xi Jinping?stressed that China and Egypt share a time-honored friendship. In recent years, the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Egypt has flourished, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries have been vibrant and diverse. A grand exhibition themed "The Civilization of Ancient Egypt" was successfully held at the Shanghai Museum, and a joint China-Egypt archaeological team is now working together beneath the pyramids at Saqqara to explore the mysteries of ancient Egyptian civilization. Xi Jinping said it is encouraging to see the two ancient civilizations reaching out to each other and the two peoples growing ever closer through mutual understanding and affinity. As the world today is confronted with accelerated changes unseen in a century, China and Egypt, both ancient civilizations, should continue to deepen exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, continuously inject fresh impetus into the development of the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership, and contribute the strength of civilizations to the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.
