At 10 a.m. on the 7th, the Press Center of the First Session of the 14th National People's Congress held a press conference and invited Foreign Minister Qin Gang to answer questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on issues related to "China's foreign policy and foreign relations."
Reporter from China Central Radio and Television: Now with the adjustment and optimization of the epidemic prevention policy, both at home and abroad are full of expectations for China's diplomacy this year.
We would also like to ask you, can you tell us about China's diplomacy this year, especially the key points and highlights of the diplomacy of the head of state?
In addition, as the new foreign minister, what expectations and prospects do you have for China's diplomacy in the coming period?
Qin Gang: This year is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China formulated a top-level design for China's diplomacy, clarified missions and tasks, and made strategic arrangements.
At present, the domestic situation of the new crown epidemic has improved, and exchanges between China and foreign countries have resumed in an orderly manner. China's diplomacy has pressed the "accelerator button" and sounded the "assembly call".
Qin Gang: We will be guided by the diplomacy of the heads of state, especially the first "China + five Central Asian countries" summit of heads of state and the third "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum. We will continue to demonstrate the unique style of Chinese diplomacy .
We will take safeguarding our core interests as our mission, resolutely oppose all forms of hegemonism and power politics, resolutely oppose the Cold War mentality, camp confrontation, containment and suppression, and resolutely defend national sovereignty, security, and development interests.
We will rely on partnerships to promote coordination and positive interaction among major countries, develop friendly cooperation with other countries, and promote the establishment of a new type of international relations. China's circle of friends is getting wider and wider, new friends are increasing, and old friends are becoming stronger.
Qin Gang: We will aim at open development, serve domestic high-quality development and high-level opening to the outside world, oppose "decoupling and broken chains", oppose unilateral sanctions, maintain an open and inclusive world economy, and provide new opportunities for the world with China's new development.
We will take multilateralism as a path to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, advance the democratization of international relations, promote the development of global governance in a more just and reasonable direction, and contribute more and better Chinese wisdom and Chinese wisdom to solving the common challenges facing mankind. plan.
We will take the concept of diplomacy for the people, always keep the safety and security of overseas Chinese compatriots in mind, shoulder the responsibility of diplomacy for the people, strengthen the service and protection of overseas Chinese citizens and institutions, and make Sino-foreign exchanges safer and more secure. convenient.
Qin Gang: Today's world is not peaceful, turmoil and change are intertwined, unity and division collide, opportunities and challenges coexist.
China's diplomacy on the new journey is an expedition full of glorious dreams and a voyage through turbulent waves.
But its arduousness is even more glorious.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, we will practice Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and always adhere to the foreign policy purpose of maintaining world peace and promoting common development. , to create a favorable external environment for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country, and to write a new chapter in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
(According to the text of the webcast)