Relations upgrade a sign of solid progress

China and Poland are set to upgrade their strategic partnership to a comprehensive level on Monday during President Xi Jinping's visit to this fast-developing country, a senior Chinese diplomat said.

The scaling-up of relations, five years after the Sino-Polish strategic partnership was established, comes after Poland has adjusted its foreign policy to engage with all global players, instead of mainly just the West.

"Our bilateral relations have made tremendous, solid progress on all fronts, and we will recognize such harvests during Xi's visit," Xu Jian, the Chinese ambassador to Poland, said in an exclusive interview on Friday.