BEIJING: Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday pledged to position China as a force for peace, unity, openness, justice and inclusion in a speech delivered at a foreign policy symposium in Beijing.
Building a community with a shared future for mankind has been established as the noble goal of China’s major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said at the Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations in 2024.
China actively strives for the restoration of world peace and works to save human lives, Wang said.
Regarding the Ukraine crisis, he emphasized that China has consistently upheld an objective and impartial stance, actively advocating for peace and negotiations.
Noting that the Gaza conflict has claimed too many civilian lives, Wang stated that the urgent priority is a comprehensive ceasefire and cessation of hostilities. The key focus, he added, is to ensure humanitarian aid, and the fundamental solution lies in the realization of the two-state solution.
China will firmly remain a force for peace, the foreign minister said. He called on the incoming U.S. administration to make the right decisions, work with China in the same direction, eliminate interference, overcome obstacles, and strive for stable, healthy and sustainable development in China-U.S. relations.
China will deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation and all-around practical collaboration with Russia and promote China-EU relations to steadily move forward along a path of independence, mutual achievement and global benefit, he added.
Five highlights of China’s diplomacy in 2024
Wang shared five highlights of China’s diplomacy over the past year when addressing the symposium, emphasizing that China’s diplomacy in 2024 had created a favorable external environment for China’s high-quality development and injected valuable stability into a volatile world.
First, he noted, China’s head-of-state diplomacy had written a magnificent new chapter and led the trend of peace, development and win-win cooperation.
Second, new breakthroughs have been made in building a community with a shared future for humanity and promoting global solidarity.
Third, Chinese modernization has provided new opportunities for the world and promoted the development of modernization in other countries.
Fourth, China has set a new example in cooperation with other developing countries and built on the trend of unity in the Global South.
Fifth, new progress has been made in deepening the comprehensive diplomatic agenda and strengthening the trend of building a new type of international relations.
