From March 17 to 19, 2025, Special Envoy for Pacific Island Countries Affairs of the Chinese Government Qian Bo visited Vanuatu. During the visit, he met respectively with Prime Minister Jotham Napat of the new Vanuatu government, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Management Johnny Koanapo Rasou, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade Marc Ati, the Parliament's Government Affairs Coordinator Charlot Salwai, and other political leaders. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on China-Vanuatu relations, practical cooperation in key areas and other issues of common interest and concern.