On October 1, 2023, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and German Finance Minister Lindner co-chaired the third China-Germany High-level Financial Dialogue in Frankfurt, Germany. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in the financial field and expand two-way market opening on the basis of fair competition. The two sides are committed to working together to improve international economic governance, oppose trade protectionism, and support a WTO-centered, rules-based, non-discriminatory, fair, open, inclusive, just, sustainable and transparent multilateral trading system.