On October 18, Chairman ** attended the opening ceremony of the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and delivered a keynote speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yue Yuewei.
On October 17, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, the flagship project of China-Indonesia Belt and Road cooperation, was officially put into operation. The picture shows a high-speed EMU running in Puwakarta, Indonesia. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Qin.
On November 3, the China-Kenya joint archaeological team carried out archaeological work in the town of Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Guansen.
On June 28, people from all walks of life in China and the United States who attended the 2023 "Guling Rim" China-US People-to-People Friendship Forum jointly planted trees in Guling, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wei Peiquan.
On September 28, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) awarded the United Nations Medal of Honor for Peace to all officers and soldiers of the ninth Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion in South Sudan (Juba). The picture shows the scene of the award ceremony. Photo by Zhao Jianyi.
On May 31, the "Yixinou" China-Europe train "CMEC New Energy", which was loaded with materials for the photovoltaic power plant project, set off from Yiwu West Railway Station in Zhejiang Province and sailed to Uzbekistan. Photo by Gong Xianming (Image China).
From August 19 to 23, the BRICS ** Expo was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, attracting exhibitors from BRICS and African countries. The photo shows a visitor (left) asking for information from a staff member. Photo by reporter Yan Yunming.
Customers shop at a supermarket in Amesbury, England, on August 15. Xinhua News Agency.
On December 13, at the closing plenary session of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), COP28 President Sultan Jaber gave a standing ovation after announcing the "UAE Consensus". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen.
On 13 December, Palestinian children warm themselves in a makeshift camp in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Photo by Rizek Abduljawad (Xinhua News Agency).
Editor's note: At present, the world is undergoing great changes, the changes in the world, the times, and history are unfolding in an unprecedented way, and the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, but the general direction of human development and progress will not change, the general logic of the tortuous progress of world history will not change, and the general trend of the international community sharing a common destiny will not change.
In 2023, President ** will personally draw up and lead, and the major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics will be solidly promoted. Under the lofty goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind, major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has created a proactive and favorable external environment for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and made more and greater contributions to the progressive cause of world peace and development.
1 Head-of-state diplomacy is magnificent, and major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics continues to break new ground.
In 2023, the President visited China four times, attended a number of multilateral summits, and received dozens of foreign leaders and important foreign guests in China. From March 20 to 22, the President paid a state visit to Russia. The two heads of state held sincere, friendly, and fruitful talks on Sino-Russian relations and major international and regional issues of common concern, and reached many new and important consensuses. The two sides unanimously agreed to promote exchanges and cooperation in various fields based on the principles of good-neighborliness, friendship and win-win cooperation, and deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era. On July 4, the President attended the 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing and delivered an important speech, building consensus on the unity and development of the SCO and injecting important impetus into the building of a community with a shared future for the SCO. From November 14th to 17th, at the invitation of Biden of the United States, President of the United States went to San Francisco to hold the China-US summit, and at the same time was invited to attend the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Informal Meeting. The visit has added stability to China-US relations, brought new impetus to Asia-Pacific cooperation, and injected positive energy into the international and regional landscape. From December 12th to 13th, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China paid a state visit to Vietnam. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) confirmed the new positioning of the relations between the two parties and two countries, and announced that on the basis of deepening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Vietnam, they will work together to build a community with a shared future of strategic significance ...... China-VietnamUnder the leadership of President Xi Jinping, major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era and new journey has led the way and made great strides forward, writing a new chapter of deep integration and mutual achievement between China and the world, demonstrating the efforts and responsibilities of "China of Certainty" to bring stability and positive energy to the "uncertain world".
2 The 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held, opening up a new vision for jointly realizing the modernization of the world.
From October 17th to 18th, the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing. **The President delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the forum, in which he comprehensively reviewed the fruitful achievements of the Belt and Road Initiative over the past 10 years, profoundly summarized valuable experience, announced that the Belt and Road Initiative has entered a new stage of high-quality development, and systematically elaborated on China's eight actions to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. ** For the first time, the President proposed that all countries should join hands to achieve a world modernization characterized by peaceful development, mutually beneficial cooperation and common prosperity. This grand vision is in line with the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and has clarified the direction of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
Representatives from 151 countries and 41 international organizations attended the summit in China, with a total of more than 10,000 registrations. The forum resulted in 458 outcomes, Chinese financial institutions set up a 780 billion yuan "Belt and Road" project financing window, and Chinese and foreign enterprises reached a business cooperation agreement of 97.2 billion US dollars.
3 The high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties was held, and the Global Civilization Initiative contributed China's wisdom to the progress of human civilization.
On March 15, a high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties was held, attended by leaders of more than 500 political parties and organizations from more than 150 countries. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) attended the high-level dialogue and delivered a keynote speech, answering the question of the modernization of human society based on the exploration and practice of Chinese-style modernization, and putting forward the Global Civilization Initiative for the first time, emphasizing the need to jointly advocate respect for the diversity of world civilizations, jointly advocate the promotion of the common values of all mankind, jointly advocate attaching importance to the inheritance and innovation of civilizations, and jointly advocate the strengthening of international people-to-people exchanges and cooperation. The Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) has profound implications, rich connotations and complete systems, and has contributed China's wisdom to promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and promoting the progress of human civilization.
4 The heads of state of China and the United States held a meeting in San Francisco to guide China-US relations in the new era.
On November 15, President ** held a meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States with Biden in San Francisco, USA. The two heads of state had a frank and in-depth exchange of views on strategic, overall, and directional issues related to Sino-US relations, as well as major issues related to world peace and development. **The President comprehensively expounded China's authoritative position on stabilizing and improving China-US relations, and stated that the two sides should make the right historical choice, find the right way to get along, and open up the "San Francisco Vision".
The meeting achieved more than 20 important outcomes, including responding to the expectations of the international community and establishing a dialogue between AI leadersOn the premise of lifting sanctions on relevant Chinese institutions, a working group on China-US anti-narcotics cooperation will be established to carry out anti-narcotics cooperationResumption of high-level communication and institutional dialogue between the two militaries on the basis of equality and respect;Agreed to significantly increase direct flights earlier next year;Expand exchanges in education, international students, youth, culture, sports and business;We welcome the launch of the China-US Task Force on Enhanced Climate Action in the 20s of the 21st Century to jointly promote the success of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In particular, the two heads of state recognized the efforts made by the two teams since their meeting in Bali to discuss the guiding principles of China-US relations and the consensus reached, and emphasized the need for mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, maintaining communication, preventing conflicts, abiding by the UN Charter, cooperating in areas of common interest, and responsibly managing competitive factors in bilateral relations, which provides a guideline for bringing China-US relations back on track.
On the evening of November 15, in his speech at the joint welcome banquet of the American friendship groups, President ** emphasized that the hope of China-US relations lies in the people, the foundation lies in the people, the future lies in the youth, and the vitality lies in the localities. Since the beginning of this year, President ** has repeatedly replied to friendly people in the United States, sent letters to China-US people-to-people friendship activities, and met with visiting American people-to-people friends, bowed down to cherish the friendship between the people of China and the United States, and made great efforts to promote the development of people-to-people friendly relations between China and the United States, and injected strong impetus into strengthening exchanges, enhancing understanding and expanding cooperation between the Chinese and American peoples.
5 The Saudi-Iranian dialogue in Beijing has achieved important results, and China has made firm and strong strides in implementing the Global Security Initiative.
From March 6 to 10, under the mediation of China, the delegations of Saudi Arabia and Iran held a dialogue in Beijing. China, Saudi Arabia and Iran reached the "Beijing Agreement" and issued a joint statement, in which Saudi Arabia and Iran announced that they agreed to restore diplomatic relations, emphasizing that the three sides will work together to promote international and regional peace and security. A number of international organizations and countries issued statements welcoming Saudi Arabia and Iran's agreement to resume diplomatic relations and spoke highly of the positive role played by China.
The important results of the Saudi-Iranian dialogue in Beijing are a victory for dialogue, a victory for peace, and a successful practice for vigorously implementing the Global Security Initiative. Since the beginning of this year, China has released the GSI Concept Paper, which systematically explains the core concepts and principles of the GSI and clarifies the key directions and platform mechanisms for cooperationChina's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis, China's Position on the Afghanistan Issue, and China's Position Paper on the Settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict have been issued successively, profoundly expounding China's position on the political settlement of regional hotspot issues ......China actively participates in promoting multilateral security cooperation, conducts mediation diplomacy, makes unremitting efforts to promote the political settlement of hotspot issues, and is committed to carrying out cooperation with all parties in non-traditional security fields such as counter-terrorism, biotechnology, cyber, food, and climate change, and promotes the improvement of the platform mechanism for international security dialogue and exchange.
6 The first China-Central Asia Summit was held to promote the building of a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
On May 18-19, the first China-Central Asia Summit was held in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. This is the first time since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries 31 years ago that the heads of state of the six countries have held a summit in a physical form. **The President presided over the summit and delivered a keynote speech, putting forward "four-point proposals" on what kind of Central Asia to build, "four insistences" on how to build a China-Central Asia community with a shared future, and "eight-point proposals" on how to develop cooperation between China and Central Asian countries. This is the first time since the new era that China's top leader has made a complete, centralized and systematic exposition of its foreign policy toward Central Asia to the international community, which has been highly endorsed and warmly responded to by the heads of state of Central Asia, and has also provided a fundamental guide and action guide for building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
During the summit, China and the five Central Asian countries reached seven bilateral and multilateral documents, including the Xi'an Declaration of the China-Central Asia Summit and the List of Outcomes of the China-Central Asia Summit, and signed more than 100 cooperation agreements in various fields. The summit made a comprehensive layout for the China-Central Asia mechanism, and all parties agreed to formally establish the China-Central Asia Heads of State Meeting mechanism.
7 The expansion of the BRICS mechanism has embarked on a new journey, which has strengthened the confidence and confidence of the countries of the Global South to unite and strengthen themselves.
From August 21 to 24, President ** was invited to Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the 15th BRICS Summit and pay a state visit to South Africa. During this visit, President ** attended a series of activities such as the BRICS Summit, and delivered several important speeches, continuing to promote and lead the momentum of BRICS development. At the BRICS summit, it was decided to invite Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Ethiopia and other countries to join the BRICS as full members. The successful convening of the BRICS Johannesburg Summit and the historic step of enlargement have clearly sent out a loud voice of solidarity, cooperation and hand in hand with developing countries, and strengthened the confidence and confidence of the countries of the Global South in uniting and strengthening themselves. The vigorous development of the BRICS mechanism is an expansion of the South-South cooperation platform, an enhancement of the forces for peacekeeping, an expansion of the World Justice Front, and another important milestone in the solidarity and cooperation of developing countries.
8 The world economic recovery is sluggish, and the role of China's economy as a "power source" and "stabilizer" has become more prominent.
The International Monetary Organization released the "World Economic Outlook Report" pointed out that the global economy continued to recover slowly and showed resilience this year, but the growth rate continued to decline, the trend of differentiation among countries intensified, and economic growth still faces multiple risks and challenges. According to the analysis of international organizations and institutions, the euro area and the United Kingdom are facing challenges such as high inflation, the downward pressure on the US economy is increasing, and the growth momentum of the Asia-Pacific region is improving.
Since the beginning of this year, in the face of a complex external environment, China's economy has withstood pressure, stabilized its scale and improved its quality. China's GDP grew by 5% year-on-year in the first three quarters2%, the growth rate remains leading among the world's major economies, and China's contribution to global economic growth is expected to reach 1 3 this year. The World Bank, the International Monetary Organization, and the OECD have all raised their forecasts for China's economic growth this year. China has announced the complete lifting of restrictions on foreign investment access in the manufacturing sector, successfully held international exhibitions such as the CIIE, the Canton Fair, the CIFTIS, the Consumer Expo, and the Chain Expo, implemented the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with high quality, and expanded the ......network of high-standard free zones for the worldThe high-quality development of China's economy has injected strong positive energy into world economic growth and brought more market, growth and cooperation opportunities.
9 Extreme weather and natural disasters occur frequently around the world, and COP28 has completed the first global inventory of the Paris Agreement.
This year, wildfires broke out on Maui Island in Hawaii and other places in the United States, and Hurricane "Daniel" made landfall on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Libya and caused flooding, and the Amazon rainforest suffered a drought ...... rarely seen in a centuryGlobal warming is accelerating, and extreme weather and climate events are frequent, intense, and widespread, which seriously affects the global economy, society, and natural ecological environment, as well as global food security and energy security. There is no time to delay climate action.
From November 30 to December 13, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention") was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Leaders from more than 140 countries attended the World Climate Action Summit and the G77 and China Climate Change Leaders' Summit. The conference reached the "UAE Consensus", adopted dozens of decisions on the implementation and governance of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, formally established loss and damage**, completed the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement, and agreed on a framework of global adaptation goals and a work plan for a just transition pathway. The outcome of the conference is in line with the concept of ecological civilization advocated by China, embodies the theme of COP28 "Solidarity, Action and Implementation", and is an important milestone for the maintenance and implementation of the Paris Agreement.
10 The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis, and China stresses that the implementation of the two-state solution is the fundamental way out.
On 7 October, a new round of conflict erupted between Palestine and Israel. So far, more than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict, and thousands more have died on the Israeli side. More than 2 million people in Gaza have been displaced, infrastructure has been devastated, and the Gaza Strip is in a serious humanitarian crisis.
The spillover effect of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is obvious, and it has a far-reaching impact on regional security and even the world situation. The international community has called for more vigorous action to save lives and restore peace. ** The President has repeatedly stated China's principled position on the current Palestinian-Israeli situation, called for an immediate ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, prevented the expansion of the conflict, and ensured the safe and unimpeded flow of humanitarian assistance, stressing that the fundamental way out is to implement the two-state solution and promote an early, comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Palestinian issue. On November 21, President ** attended the BRICS Leaders' Special Summit on Palestine and Israel and delivered an important speech entitled "Promoting a Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities to Achieve Lasting Peace and Security", focusing on the development of the Palestinian-Israeli situation and prominent issues, and elaborating on China's position and proposition. On November 29, the President sent a congratulatory message to the commemorative meeting of the "International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians", which is the 11th year that the President of the United Nations has sent a congratulatory message to the commemorative meeting of the United Nations "International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians", which fully demonstrates China's firm support for the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights. At the initiative of China's rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in November, the Security Council held a high-level meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, and China submitted China's Position Paper on the Settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. China's long-standing and just position on the question of Palestine has been highly praised by the international community.
Coordinator of this edition: Cao Pengcheng, Wang Fang.
Typography: Cai Huawei.
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