On May 10, 2022, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Katalin Novák on her inauguration as Hungarian President.

Xi Jinping pointed out that in recent years, China and Hungary have maintained high-level development. The two countries enjoy frequent high-level exchanges, fruitful cooperation in various fields, and sound cooperation in international and regional affairs. I attach great importance to the development of China-Hungary relations and stand ready to work with you to deepen political mutual trust and traditional friendship between the two countries, strengthen cooperation at the bilateral level and within Belt and Road cooperation, the China-Central and Eastern European countries cooperation and other frameworks, and take China-Hungary comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level, to the benefit of the two countries and peoples.