Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun fondly recalled the achievements in bilateral relations by 2025. “Let us embrace the opportunities of the next 75 years and beyond with confidence, optimism and shared purpose. Together, we can go even further.”
BEIJING/JAKARTA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — At daybreak, the primary rays of daylight bathed Halim Station in Jakarta. A red-and-white high-speed practice slowly pulled out of the platform, its wheels gliding by way of the lingering mist over Java Island. It quickly gained pace, accelerating steadily towards Bandung, 142 km away. The dashing practice mirrors the momentum of China-Indonesia relations, advancing steadily towards a broader future.
The 12 months 2025 marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between China and Indonesia. Over the previous 12 months, bilateral cooperation throughout numerous sectors has yielded substantial outcomes.
HEAD-OF-STATE DIPLOMACY SETS CLEAR DIRECTION
On Sept. 3, Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who was attending the eightieth anniversary of the victory within the Chinese People’s War of Resistance in opposition to Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
In April this 12 months, Xi and Prabowo exchanged congratulatory messages on the seventy fifth anniversary of diplomatic ties between the 2 nations. On Aug. 17, Xi prolonged congratulations to Indonesia on the eightieth anniversary of its founding.
According to Xue Song, an affiliate professor at China’s Fudan University, the frequent interactions between the 2 heads of state carry important political weight and have laid a stable basis for advancing substantive cooperation throughout numerous sectors.
PRACTICAL COOPERATION YIELDS MULTIPLE BENEFITS
On Oct. 17, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, a landmark China-Indonesia joint challenge, marked its second anniversary of operation. According to information launched by China State Railway Group, the railway has transported over 12 million passengers thus far, with an on-time efficiency fee of over 95 %, making it considered one of Indonesia’s busiest rail transit strains.
In 2025, coaching applications for Indonesian technical personnel progressed easily, supporting services had been repeatedly improved, and the great socio-economic advantages of the challenge grew to become more and more evident.
The China-Indonesia “Two Countries, Twin Parks” challenge is one other spotlight of bilateral cooperation beneath the Belt and Road Initiative. Data from related departments in Fuqing City, China’s Fujian Province, confirmed that by November, the Fuzhou Yuanhong Investment Zone had 194 industrial enterprises in operation. Cooperation was carried out throughout 5 main cross-border industrial chains, together with marine fisheries, tropical agriculture, mild trade and textiles, mechanical electronics and inexperienced mining.
In November, Indonesia’s first cargo of frozen durian arrived on the Fuzhou Yuanhong Investment Zone, marking a brand new breakthrough in bilateral commerce of tropical agricultural merchandise.
Meanwhile, on the Batang Industrial Park beneath the “Two Countries, Twin Parks” initiative in Indonesia, initiatives in inexperienced power and the digital financial system superior steadily. In March, President Prabowo introduced the elevation of the park to a national-level financial zone — Batang Industrial Special Economic Zone — aiming to develop it into an “Indonesian Shenzhen.”
Economic and commerce cooperation additionally made notable progress in 2025, significantly within the new power car (NEV) sector. Latest information from the Association of Indonesian Automotive Industries present that just about 83,000 Chinese-brand NEVs had been offered within the Indonesian market through the first 11 months of the 12 months, marking a year-on-year enhance of 130 %.
In September, the People’s Bank of China and Bank Indonesia formally launched a bilateral native foreign money settlement framework, masking all objects within the worldwide stability of funds. Besides, the 2 central banks initiated a cooperation challenge to interconnect their QR code cost programs, a transfer anticipated to additional facilitate bilateral financial and commerce exchanges.
PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONNECTIVITY
A volleyball match in Purwosono, a village in Indonesia’s East Java Province, is among the many hottest native occasions within the area.
Recently, the village chief, Hendrik Dwi Martono, visited China by way of a village chief program, the place he noticed how village-level soccer leagues assist drive financial improvement. Inspired by this, Hendrik returned to his village and promoted the institution of a volleyball league tailor-made to native situations.
In 2025, a number of new direct air routes connecting cities in China and Indonesia had been launched, additional facilitating personnel exchanges between the 2 nations.
Data launched by Statistics Indonesia present that from January to October 2025, the variety of Chinese vacationers visiting Indonesia exceeded 1.135 million, a year-on-year enhance of roughly 10.1 %.
China has additionally turn out to be an more and more widespread vacation spot for Indonesian vacationers. For instance, Shanghai, a contemporary metropolis, obtained over 163,000 Indonesian guests within the first three quarters of 2025, a considerable year-on-year enhance of 61.4 %.
Recently, large pandas Hu Chun and Cai Tao, residing in Indonesia, efficiently gave start. Indonesian netizens expressed their eagerness to see the panda cubs and hope that, just like the repeatedly creating China-Indonesia relationship, the panda infants would develop robust and wholesome.
Standing at a brand new historic juncture, China and Indonesia will uphold their authentic aspiration of building diplomatic ties, advance the high-level China-Indonesia group with a shared future, and make due contributions to the progress of humanity.
At a current suppose tank occasion, Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun fondly recalled the achievements in bilateral relations by 2025. “Let us embrace the opportunities of the next 75 years and beyond with confidence, optimism and shared purpose. Together, we can go even further.”