On November 14, 2020, Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory message to Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on his election as the new prime minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Li Keqiang said in the message that in recent years, China-Bahrain relations have continued to develop in a healthy manner and the bilateral cooperation in various fields has advanced steadily. China attaches importance to the development of its relations with Bahrain and is willing to work with Bahrain to continuously enhance the traditional friendship between the two countries, deepen mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation in various fields, and promote the continuous progress in China-Bahrain relations to benefit the two countries and peoples.