On September 3, President Xi Jinping was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Sixth Eastern Economic Forum Plenary Session by video and delivered a speech.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen

  On September 3rd, President Xi Jinping was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Sixth Eastern Economic Forum Plenary Session by video and delivered a speech entitled "Overcoming difficulties together, seeking development and writing a new chapter in Far East cooperation".

This is the first time that Xi Jinping has attended the Eastern Economic Forum after a lapse of three years.

On September 2, 2018, Xi Jinping delivered a speech entitled "Sharing New Opportunities for the Development of the Far East and Creating a New Bright Future in Northeast Asia" at the Plenary Session of the Fourth Eastern Economic Forum.

In these two speeches, cooperation, peace, and development were the constant themes.