The head of the Chancellery, Wolfgang Schmidt, participated in the so-called Sino-German Security Dialogue in China. This was announced by government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit in Berlin on Tuesday. The talks between German officials and the head of the Central Commission for Politics and Law, Chen Wenqing, as well as Chinese officials took place on Monday in Xi’an. It was the fifth meeting within the framework of this dialog since 2016 and the topics discussed were „bilateral and international security issues.“