On April 13, 2025, President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Indonesia.

Xi Jinping noted that China and Indonesia are good neighbors across the sea and good partners with a shared future. Over the past 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have stood together through thick and thin and engaged in sincere cooperation, achieving remarkable progress in bilateral relations and fostering deep-rooted friendship between the two peoples. Xi Jinping recalled his two meetings with President Prabowo Subianto last year, during which the two sides agreed to firmly support each other's national development visions, work hand in hand on their respective paths to modernization, build a China-Indonesia community with a shared future with regional and global impact, and lead bilateral relations to new heights.

Xi Jinping emphasized that both China and Indonesia are major developing countries and important forces in the Global South, and bilateral cooperation carries strategic significance and global influence. Xi Jinping said he attaches great importance to the development of China-Indonesia relations, voicing readiness to work together with President Prabowo Subianto to take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as an opportunity to further deepen bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperation, strengthen multilateral strategic coordination, keep enriching the dimensions of the China-Indonesia community with a shared future with the features of the new era, and set an example of solidarity between major developing countries, a model of common development and a vanguard of South-South cooperation, so as to jointly advance the cause of human progress.

In his congratulatory message, Prabowo Subianto said that on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Indonesia, he would like to extend sincere congratulations on behalf of the Indonesian government and people to President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people. Indonesia and China enjoy a time-honored friendship and a strong and dynamic partnership. The two sides have made sustained and rapid progress in bilateral cooperation in the "five pillars" of politics, economy, people-to-people and cultural exchange, maritime affairs and security. Prabowo Subianto expressed his sincere hope that the two countries will continue to deepen cooperation, tighten the bond of friendship between the two peoples and make positive contributions to world peace and stability.