On December 5, 2020, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng delivered a keynote speech at the 3rd China Think Tank International Impact Forum, saying that the world’s major changes are accelerating and profound evolution, my country’s external environment is complex and severe, and various sources of turbulence and risks continue increase.
We will encounter more and greater risks in the future.
In this regard, we must strengthen risk awareness and bottom-line thinking, and strive to prevent and resolve various crisis challenges.
At the same time, we must see that crises coexist, crises are organic, and crises can turn for the better.
Once the difficulties and challenges are dealt with, new opportunities will also appear.
This year we have experienced a typical "story reversal", turning crises into opportunities.
With the sudden emergence of the new crown epidemic, China was the first to bear the brunt, and the dark cloud overwhelmed the city.
At that time, many countries withdrew their overseas Chinese, withdrew their businesses, suspended flights to my country, and even "isolated" China.
In the face of this unprecedented catastrophe, under the personal command of General Secretary Xi Jinping, we have been united and worked hard, and achieved major strategic results in a short period of time.
The epidemic has not become China's "Chernobyl moment", but has become the "highlight moment" of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.