On October 14, 2026, Consul General Zhao Liying met with Ms. Shawn McCann, Deputy Secretary of Indigenous & Intergovernmental Affairs of the Northwest Territories, in Yellowknife. Deputy Consul General Liang Lin and Marie Larsson, Chief of Protocol of the Northwest Territories, also attended the meeting.

The two sides held friendly and productive discussions on advancing the new strategic partnership between China and Canada, strengthening ties at the local level, and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in tourism, culture, and people-to-people exchanges.