On September 29, Chinese Ambassador to Maldives H.E. Kong Xianhua attended the opening ceremony of Safety and Security Conference Maldives 2026. Minister of Homeland Security, Labour and Technology of the Maldives, H.E. Ali Ihusaan, representatives from Maldives Association of Fire, Safety and Security Industry, Maldivian ministries, the tourism industry, and the security sector attended the event. Ambassador Kong delivered a keynote address entitled Security, Cooperation and the Resilience of a Destination.

Ambassador Kong noted that security is the foundation for tourism development, cooperation provides essential support for enhancing security, and resilience is an important capacity for tourism destinations to address risks and challenges. China attaches great importance to the safety of Chinese tourists in the Maldives. In 2025, the Chinese Embassy in the Maldives, together with the Maldivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Tourism and Environment, co-hosted the Seventh Joint Meeting to Deal with the Issue of Safety of Chinese Tourists in the Maldives.

As the largest source country of tourists to the Maldives, China stands ready to work with the Maldives to promote tourism development through security, cooperation and technological innovation, making China-Maldives tourism cooperation a bridge that brings the peoples of the two countries closer together, and continuously contributing practical outcomes to the building of a China-Maldives community with a shared future.