On January 10, 2022, Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory message to Mark Rutte on his re-election as Dutch Prime Minister.

Li Keqiang said in his congratulatory message, China and the Netherlands are important cooperation partners to each other. In recent years, China-Netherlands relations have maintained a sound momentum of development and pragmatic cooperation in various fields has been deepened. I look forward to working with Prime Minister Rutte to push for more results in the open and pragmatic China-Netherlands partnership for comprehensive cooperation to the benefit of our two countries and two peoples.