On October 1, 2024, at the invitation of the Mexican government, President Xi Jinping's special envoy and Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Tie Ning attended Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony in Mexico City. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met with Tie Ning after the inauguration ceremony.

Tie Ning conveyed President Xi Jinping's warm congratulations and best wishes to Claudia Sheinbaum, and expressed her condolences over the recent hurricane disaster in Mexico. She said that in recent years, the China-Mexico comprehensive strategic partnership has maintained a high level of development, with strategic, complementary, and mutually beneficial nature becoming increasingly prominent. China is ready to strengthen the synergy of development strategies with Mexico and be good friends based on mutual trust and good partners for common development on the path to modernization.

Claudia Sheinbaum asked Tie Ning to convey her great respect and sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping, and thanked President Xi Jinping for sending a special envoy to attend Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony. She said Mexico and China are good partners helping each other through difficulties, and that the new Mexican government attaches great importance to its relations with the Chinese side and is willing to further enhance friendly exchanges between the two countries in various fields to achieve greater development in Mexico-China relations.