(Two Sessions Express) Wang Yi: 2023 is a year of pioneering development for China’s diplomacy, and it is also a year of harvest.

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 7 (Reporter Zhang Suma Shuaisha) Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, pointed out in Beijing on the 7th that 2023 is a pioneering year for China's diplomacy, and it is also a year of harvest.

　　On the same day, the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress invited Wang Yi to answer questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on issues related to "China's foreign policy and external relations."

On March 7, the second session of the 14th National People's Congress held a press conference in Beijing. Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on issues related to "China's foreign policy and external relations."

Photo by China News Service reporter Cui Nan

　　Talking about China's diplomatic work in the past year, Wang Yi said that in the past year, President Xi Jinping presided over two major home diplomacy, attended three multilateral summits, carried out four important visits, and held more than 100 meetings and phone calls. Heads of State diplomacy has increasingly played an irreplaceable role. strategic leadership role.

The construction of a community with a shared future for mankind has achieved full coverage in Central Asia and the Indochina Peninsula, and new results have been achieved in the construction of a community with a shared future for China-Africa, China-ASEAN, China-Arabia, and China-Latin America.

We successfully held the third "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum, pushing the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" into a new stage of high-quality development.

Achieve the historic expansion of the BRICS membership and open a new chapter for the "Global South" to unite and strengthen itself.

We facilitated the historic reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, brokered a ceasefire agreement in northern Myanmar, and insisted on political settlement of all hot-spot issues.

We resolutely oppose all acts of power bullying and vigorously safeguard national sovereignty, security, development interests and the common interests of developing countries.

We will never stop adhering to diplomacy for the people and vigorously serve the overall development and stability of the country.

　　Wang Yi pointed out that at the Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference held at the end of last year, President Xi Jinping made a comprehensive deployment of foreign work for the current and future periods, forming the top-level design of China's diplomatic strategy on the new journey.

We will thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the conference, take Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy as the guide, promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind as the main line, and create a new situation in which major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics will be more promising with a more proactive historical responsibility and a more dynamic creative spirit. .

　　——We will become more confident and self-reliant and forge the character of China’s diplomacy.

We should always put the development and revitalization of the country on the basis of our own strength, and hold the future and destiny of the Chinese people in our own hands.

We must firmly pursue an independent foreign policy of peace and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and national dignity.

　　——We will be more open and inclusive and show China’s diplomatic broadmindedness.

Consolidate and expand the global partnership network, promote the construction of new international relations, and promote mutual respect and mutual learning among different civilizations.

We should maintain stable relations between major countries, work hand in hand with neighboring countries, and seek revitalization with countries in the Global South.

　　——We will uphold justice and demonstrate the character of China’s diplomacy.

Practice true multilateralism and promote democratization of international relations.

On issues of principle that concern the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries and the future and destiny of mankind, we have a clearer stand, shouldering the moral responsibility and anchoring the correct direction of history.

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