Internal working platform of Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

On the morning of October 11, 2024, President Xi Jinping met collectively with foreign guests attending the China International Friendship Conference and the 70th anniversary commemoration of the founding of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi Jinping first took a group photo with some foreign guests who came to China to attend the China International Friendship Conference and the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. He expressed his high appreciation for the international friends' long-term commitment to the cause of friendship with China.

Xi Jinping pointed out that people-to-people friendship is the foundation for the stability and long-term development of international relations and an inexhaustible driving force for promoting world peace and development. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China 75 years ago, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people to embark on a modernization path that not only develops itself but also benefits the world. Looking back, China's achievements in all aspects are inseparable from the support of people from all over the world. A large number of international friends have shared weal and woe with the Chinese people, and many foreign enterprises, institutions, and individuals have actively participated in China's socialist modernization drive. This has not only achieved mutual benefit and win-win results for all parties, but also made important contributions to promoting friendly exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries. We will always remember your important contributions to China and our sincere friendship with the Chinese people.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the world today once again stands at the crossroads of history. Under a century of changes, the world is closely related and mankind has a shared future. Building a community with a shared future for mankind is the future of people all over the world. China is willing to strengthen friendly exchanges with friends from all over the world, give full play to the unique role of people-to-people diplomacy, and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind.

First, in the spirit of "working together for the world", we must build a broad consensus to build a community with a shared future for mankind. Promote the common values ​​of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, advocate an equal and orderly world, multipolarity, and inclusive economic globalization, and build the earth we live together into a peaceful, harmonious, and harmonious world 's extended family.

The second is to use the concept of win-win cooperation to gather strong synergy to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. China does not pursue modernization in isolation, and welcomes more foreign friends to actively participate in the process of Chinese-style modernization. China is willing to continue to provide new opportunities for world development with new achievements in Chinese-style modernization, and promote the realization of world modernization of peaceful development, mutually beneficial cooperation, and common prosperity, and better Benefit people of all countries.

The third is to draw a civilization picture that promotes the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind with an open and inclusive mind. The Chinese nation is an open and inclusive nation, and the Chinese people are kind and friendly people. China is willing to work with all parties to implement the global civilization initiative, enhance understanding and deepen friendship through sincere communication, and transcend civilizational barriers through civilizational exchanges and transcend civilizational conflicts through mutual learning.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the Communist Party of China is a party that serves the people, the Chinese government is the people's government, and China's diplomacy is the people's diplomacy. The Chinese government will, as always, support the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in playing a unique role in developing friendship between Chinese and foreign peoples and promoting international pragmatic cooperation. We will use friendship as a bridge and heart-to-heart communication to continuously deepen Sino-foreign people-to-people friendship, unite friends from all countries, and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind. practitioners, participants in Chinese-style modernization, promoters of mutual learning among civilizations and people-to-people bonds, and inheritors of the cause of people-to-people friendship.

Former Nigerian President Obasanjo, former Thai Congress Chairman Pochin, and American "Friends of Kuling" convener Mu Yanling spoke on behalf of foreign parties respectively. They warmly congratulated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and spoke highly of the unique role played by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in promoting people-to-people diplomacy and enhancing understanding and friendship among people of various countries. They said that under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, China has successfully got rid of poverty and achieved rapid development. It has become a beacon of hope for developing countries. President Xi Jinping has proposed the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and other initiatives, demonstrating his foresight and responsibility for global governance and pointing the way for close cooperation and mutual benefit among countries around the world. China's development and prosperity will surely continue Bless the world. We look forward to continuing to strengthen friendly exchanges and cooperation with China in various fields, passing on the friendship between people from generation to generation, working together to build a community with a shared future for mankind, and making greater contributions to world peace, development, and prosperity.

About 200 people including former foreign dignitaries, members of the royal family, heads of international friendship organizations, and friendly people attended the event.

Cai Qi, Han Zheng, Wang Yi and others attended the meeting.