Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning hosted a regular press conference on November 18.
A reporter asked: Recently, some international voices believe that China has changed and is more assertive than before, posing a challenge or even a threat to other countries.
How does China respond to this?
Mao Ning: China's policies maintain a high degree of continuity and stability. China has always been a builder of world peace, a defender of international order, and a contributor to global development.
President Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech yesterday at the APEC Business Leaders Summit that we must follow the path of peaceful development, openness and inclusiveness, and solidarity.
This is the precious experience of the development of the Asia-Pacific region in the past few decades, and it is also the original aspiration that China and countries in the region should stick to together.
At present, the world has entered a new period of turmoil and change, and peace and development are facing severe challenges. The international community needs to jointly respond to changes in the world, times and history.
China has always adhered to the foreign policy purpose of maintaining world peace and promoting common development, and is committed to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
What the Chinese people want most is peace and stability.
Taking the path of peaceful development is a strategic choice based on the fundamental interests of the Chinese people.
No matter how the international situation changes, we will hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, seek our own development while resolutely maintaining world peace and development, and better maintain world peace and development through our own development.
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]