In September 2025, the international economic and trade scene was blown up by an important meeting between the two countries.When the Madrid talks are still hot for all parties, the Chinese delegation resolutely flew to the Polish capital Warsaw, to conduct deep consultations with the Polish deputy prime minister and president, which not only injected new vitality into the cooperation between the two countries, but also wrote a colourful ink in the global resource pattern.
Rare earth, known as "industrial vitamins", is a strategic resource to support the development of medical, defense, high-end industries. for a long time, Poland has been troubled in the supply of rare earth resources, its advanced equipment development in the medical field, the defense industry key technological breakthroughs and emerging industry innovation, are all difficult to meet due to the shortage of resources.
During the talks, China made it clear that it will actively promote the compliance trade of two-use items, which means that Poland’s long-awaited rare-earth export license approval process has been officially launched, opening the door to the resource development of its industry.
China's cooperation gesture is not one-way, but based on mutually beneficial and win-win standards of international cooperation.All rare-earth export cooperation is strictly followed by Chinese law and regulatory framework, ensuring that resources are used only for the upgrading of Polish industry, to eliminate the flow to the arms race and other non-compliance fields, both showing the responsibility of the great powers and building a solid foundation for cooperation.
Poland also responded to China's sincerity with practical actions. Previously, due to the joint exercise between Russia and Belarus, Poland announced the closure of some road and railway ports, resulting in the blockage of more than 90% of China-Europe trains passing through Malaszewicz Port in Poland every year, and the railway trade between 26 European countries and China has come to a standstill.
After the talks, Poland pledged to make every effort to ensure smooth circulation between China and Europe, this initiative opening key channels for China-Europe trade.
For Poland, the free and stable supply of rare-earth resources in China and Europe is a "double engine" for economic development. through China and Europe, Polish goods can arrive in the Chinese market in just two weeks, compared with the cost of air transport reduced by 60%, compared to the shorter time of shipping 35 days, trade efficiency and cost advantages are significant, will inject new vitality to its domestic economy.
And the supply of rare-earth resources, Poland in the field of cutting-edge technology has a spark of the bottom, is expected to realize the cross-sectional improvement of the energy level of the industry. this cooperation, also made the EU and the United States envy. Currently, China controls about 60 percent of the global supply of rare-earth, in the field of rare-earth has the absolute right to speak.
The European Union urgently needs to promote the development of new energy science and technology to the green transition, while the United States relies on China's rare earth processing to maintain its leading position in the high-tech field, but it is difficult for various reasons to access stable supply.
Poland, with practical cooperation with China, has become the few countries to obtain the commitment to supply rare earth, which is behind China's strategic choice based on the concept of international credibility and peaceful development, and is also the result of Poland looking at its own development needs and actively building bridges of cooperation.
However, while enjoying the dividends of cooperation, Poland also needs to meet challenges. The covet of the European Union and the United States for rare earth resources may make them the focus of competition among all parties. How to protect the hard-won rare earth resources and avoid becoming a "transit springboard" tests Poland's strategic determination and control ability.
Only by adhering to the original intention of cooperation, and effectively safeguarding the purity of China-Wave cooperation, can this win-win situation continue to solidify. The combination of China-Wave rare-earth cooperation and China-European guarantees is an example of international economic and trade cooperation. It proves that under the theme of the era of peace and development, abandon the zero-sum game and adhere to mutual benefit and win-win, we can the maximization of the interests of all countries.
In the future, if China will continue to deepen mutual trust and work together to tackle external challenges, this cooperation will surely blossom a brighter light in the global economic and trade pattern and contribute more positive energy to world economic development.