Chinese Communist Party envoy Liu Haixing met Pakistan army chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on 2 November, during a three-day official visit to Pakistan. Liu is minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

During the meeting, both sides discussed matters of mutual interest and evolving regional and international security dynamics, according to reports of the meeting. They expressed a shared resolve to further strengthen the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China.

Visit programme

Liu arrived in Islamabad on 1 November at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, and was received by Senator Anusha Rahman Khan and Additional Secretary for Asia Pacific Dr Mohammad Faisal. He was due to call on Pakistan leadership and to co-chair a high-level event with Dar in Islamabad on 2 November.

The visiting minister appreciated Pakistan contributions to regional peace and stability and expressed confidence in further advancing the longstanding strategic partnership between the two countries, reports said. No agreement, figure or project attached to the visit has been published, which is usual for party-channel diplomacy of this kind.

Research centre inaugurated

A separate event in Islamabad to mark the visit saw the inauguration of the Pakistan-China Research Centre for Party and State Governance, hosted by the Pakistan-China Economic and Cultural Council. Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi and Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong attended.

The gathering highlighted 75 years of diplomatic friendship between Pakistan and China, with relations established on 21 May 1951. Both sides emphasised political trust, economic cooperation and regional stability as central pillars of the partnership.

Sources: Centreline, 2 November 2026; Daily CPEC report on the research centre inauguration, 2 November 2026.