Wang Yi, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and head of the Communist Party of China, delivered a keynote speech at the "China Session" of the Mu'an Conference on the evening of the 17th, expounding China's demands and introducing China's position on major international issues. The international community has paid great attention to Wang Yi's speech, believing that Wang Yi's speech at the Mu'an meeting once again conveyed the certainty and stability of the Chinese path to modernization, and China's voice should be listened to by more countries. Light Knowledge
Wang Yi's speech at the meeting emphasized that China is determined to be a stabilizing force in a turbulent world.
The "China Session" of the Mu'an Club will kick off at 19:10 pm Beijing time on the 17th. According to the previous official schedule, the original speech and Q&A session were planned for half an hour, but the actual time was 5 minutes longer than expected.
Wang Yi said that looking back on the past, the world in 2023 will not be calm, and mankind will also face many challenges, but Wang Yi stressed that no matter how the international situation changes, China is a responsible major country, and will always maintain the stability of major policies and policies, and unswervingly become a stable force in a turbulent world.
When the chairman of the Mu'an Association invited Wang Yi, he laughed happily.
After his speech, Wang Yi answered the organizer's question on the regional situation. According to news reports, near the end of the event, Christoph Hoisgen, the chairman of the MU'an, specially extended an invitation to Wang Yi for the 2025 MU'an meeting. Wang Yi first smiled heartily, and then said that China will definitely send a delegation next year, and hopes that the theme of next year's Mu'an meeting will no longer be "lose-lose", but "win-win".
Wang Yi: China has never started a war, it is a great country with a history of history.
What is the message of the high-level courtesy of the Chinese delegation?
Straight News pointed out that the Muan will arrange four country-specific sessions during the three-day conference, namely in the United States, Ukraine and Germany, as well as in China. Among them, with the China special session as the finale, Wang Yi's speech was arranged at this event, which was very popular. Zhou Ying, a special observer of Straight News, observed at the event that Wang Yi's speech attracted more audiences than several other events, and the organizers also attached great importance to the event, which was presided over by Christoph Hoysgen, the chairman of the MU'an Association. In the view of Guan Yao, a special commentator of Straight News, the message behind this courtesy is very clear, that is, the "order of multilateral conferences" that is being formed.
It is worth noting that this is the second consecutive year that Wang Yi has participated in the MU'an Conference in person, and last year, Wang Yi's speech was themed "Building a Safer World". At that time, he explained China's position on promoting world peace and security and introduced China's attitude towards major international events. Zhang Yifei, an associate researcher at the Institute of American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out in an interview with Direct News that Wang Yi's speech at this year's meeting explained in depth the scientific links between the three concepts of security, development and community compared to previous years. If we take these three concepts as a whole, we can see that their logical starting point lies in the community. Standing on such a solid logical foundation, I believe that in the journey of pursuing security and stability, the pursuit of common development goals is an unwavering fact that China has shown to the global community, and more countries should be able to hear China's voice. ”
As a matter of fact, as a platform for the "Western camp" to coordinate policies, it was not until the 90s of the last century that non-US and Western European countries were invited to participate, and the United States and the West took the lead in a strong sense. Since 1999, when it was first invited to attend the meeting, the Chinese side has attached great importance to expressing China's voice and expounding China's views on this platform, and China's proposal has increasingly attracted the attention of the Chinese delegation, the mainstream of Europe and the organizer of the MUAN.
At the meeting, Wang Yi held a number of bilateral meetings.
At the same time, Wang Yi also conducts intensive bilateral diplomacy during the Mu'an meeting every year, and this year is no exception. In addition to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Wang Yi also met with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, French Foreign Minister Céjourne, and Mongolian Foreign Minister Bartzeg.
During his meeting with Cameron, Wang Yi stressed that China and the United Kingdom are both permanent members of the UN Security Council. The two sides should strengthen strategic communication. It has a role to play in promoting security and maintaining peace. The two sides should work together to expand the convergence of interests, enhance exchanges and cooperation, properly resolve differences and contradictions, and bring China-UK relations back to a healthy and stable track. It is in line with the fundamental and long-term interests between the two countries and the common aspirations of the international community.
Cameron said that the British side is willing to examine the UK-China relationship from a strategic perspective and establish a more constructive bilateral relationship with the Chinese side. The two sides will manage differences and resolve issues through mutual respect. The UK will continue to promote cooperation with China in areas of common interest and look forward to strengthening dialogue with China on renewable energy, economy, trade and education.
According to the British "Guardian", after Cameron became British foreign minister, he had a face-to-face conversation with Wang Yi for the first time. During Cameron's tenure, he promoted the "first decade" between China and the United Kingdom, and the relationship between the two sides has made great progress, but in recent years, the negative impact of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" cooperation between the United Kingdom and the United States has increasingly poisoned the relationship between China and the United Kingdom. On December 5 last year, Wang Yi communicated with Cameron. During the phone call, Wang Yi specifically mentioned grasping the overall direction of China-UK relations, expressed the UK's desire to establish a correct understanding of China, and also mentioned that China and the UK should maintain exchanges and dialogue, enhance coordination and deepen cooperation.
Zhang Yifei, an associate researcher at the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has been saying in news interviews that China and Britain are geographically far apart, so the two countries have not been particularly close in terms of security ties over the past few decades, and in fact, there is no fundamental conflict of strategic interest between China and the UK. Over the past two years, the UK** has also undermined bilateral relations. In Zhang Yifei's view, Cameron is the British prime minister and is well versed in the UK's international interests, so this meeting with Wang Yi is an important opportunity for the strategic leaders of the two sides to review the bilateral relationship again.
According to the information, Wang Yi also met with the European Union in Munich as usual. In October last year, Wang Yi held a high-level strategic dialogue between China and the EU with Borrell, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and High Power Policy, in Beijing, and this time they met again in Munich.
Wang Yi met with Borrell and looked forward to the leap of China-EU relations.
Wang Yi will visit Spain and France to promote high-level institutional visits between China and the EU.
According to the information released earlier, Wang Yi will visit Spain and France after the meeting, and conduct a Sino-French strategic dialogue with France. The information pointed out that it is also China's diplomatic tradition to visit European countries before and after attending the meeting. Last year, Wang Yi visited four countries, including France, Italy, Hungary and Russia.
Zhang Yifei, an associate researcher at the Institute of American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that in recent years, Europe's tendency for strategic autonomy has risen, especially since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the European side has realized that diplomacy should distance itself from the United States, and China's continuous policy of European strategic autonomy is resolutely supported, which is also what the majority of European countries want. Moreover, this year's U.S. election campaign has made it imperative for European countries to prepare for the possibility of Trump's return to the White House, so it is all the more necessary to adopt a balanced diplomacy strategy.
Zhang Yifei said that the high-level interaction between China and the EU has played a role in stabilizing confidence and consolidating consensus to a large extent, "Therefore, after a long period of exchanges in the future, the high-level visits between China and the EU will have a mechanism and regularity, and it is likely to become a reality."