[Global Times Reporter Bai Yunyi] Paraguay media "5 Days" recently quoted a recent poll from the country as saying that 58.3% of Paraguay respondents believe that establishing diplomatic relations with China is "very important", and 29.8% believe it is "relatively important," accounting for nearly 90% of the total. According to the report, the poll aims to understand the views of Paraguay people on China and the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations with China. It covers all parts of Pakistan and involves 1200 face-to-face and telephone interviews.

"Nearly 90% of respondents believe that establishing diplomatic relations (with China) is of great significance." According to the report, polls show that in terms of their perception of China's global role, 28.1% of Paraguay respondents describe China as a "cooperative power," 25.9% believe China is a "world economic power," 21.6% believe it is a "neutral power," while the proportion of respondents who believe that China is "aggressive" is only 5.6%. When talking about their first impression of China, 62.5% of respondents associated it with "advanced technology."

In response to this poll, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Guo Jianquan, responded at a routine press conference on October 30, saying that in recent years, we have heard many friends from all walks of life in Paraguay say strongly about the development of relations with China, and that the poll again shows the Paraguayan people's ardent expectations for the establishment of relations with China and Pakistan.

Guo Jiangkun stressed that China's reunification is an unstoppable historical trend, and thatining so-called "diplomatic relations" with the Taiwan authorities is not only not in line with the fundamental and long-term interests of the Paraguayan nation and people, but is also contrary to the international community's general consensus on adhering to the one-China principle.

It is worth noting that several Paraguayan lawmakers have also recently publicly called on the Pakistani government to establish relations with China and the Taiwan authorities to ¡°break relations¡±. The Latin media Political Online that a recent Paraguayan parliamentary delegation visiting Beijing said it supports the one-China principle. Members of the delegation, Paraguayan lawmakers Perrera said in an interview with the media that recognizing the one-China principle is the consensus of the vast majority of UN members, ¡°denial of this fact is the denial of history. I think Paraguay is in a process of reconstruction of consciousness.¡±

According to Paraguay's ABC, Liberal Senator Veralba reiterated that Paraguay should consider establishing diplomatic relations with China. he said Paraguay should put national interests first and study whether it is necessary to establish relations with China, the economic power.We have always stressed that Paraguay should carefully analyze the possibility of establishing relations with China, put people's interests first, and not get involved in geopolitical disputes between the United States and China.

Mesa, the first deputy speaker of Paraguay's House of Representatives, also said recently that Paraguay should have a "serious discussion" on the advantages and disadvantages of establishing commercial and diplomatic relations with China. He said that Paraguay needs to give priority to its own strategic interests and positioning in the global market, and cannot continue to ignore the importance of the Chinese market. "I believe that no matter what our country's position in history is, sooner or later we must open to this market with a population of more than 1.4 billion".

In addition, ABC quoted a report released by the Paraguay Center for Economic Analysis and Communication as saying that although Paraguay and the Taiwan authorities have established so-called "diplomatic relations" for nearly 70 years, Paraguay has not gained much actual economic benefits from it. On the contrary, although China has not established formal diplomatic relations with Paraguay, it has become Paraguay's main trade supplier and plays an important role in indirect investment in the latter.