On April 25, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li held talks with Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hani Al Shemaitli of Lebanon.

Deng Li said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Lebanon, bilateral relations have maintained sound and stable development. In December 2022, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Najib Mikati reached important common understandings on the future development of China-Lebanon relations during the First China-Arab States Summit. China is willing to work with Lebanon to consolidate political mutual trust, actively implement the important common understandings reached between the leaders of the two countries, continue to firmly support each other in safeguarding their core interests and national security and stability, strengthen friendly cooperation in various fields, and push for greater development of China-Lebanon relations.

Hani Al Shemaitli said Lebanon attaches great importance to developing relations with China, firmly pursues the one-China policy, firmly supports China in safeguarding its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and firmly opposes interference by external forces in China's internal affairs. Lebanon is willing to keep close exchanges with China at all levels, strengthen communication and coordination in international and regional affairs, and take the friendship between Lebanon and China to a new level.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on the conflict in Gaza and other regional and international issues of mutual interest and concern.