Chinese VP stresses importance of people-to-people diplomacy in int'l relations

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Chinese VP stresses importance of people-to-people diplomacy in int'l relations

2024-10-11 20:56 Last Updated At：21:37

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Friday underscored the importance of people-to-people diplomacy in enhancing relations between different countries, while attending the China International Friendship Conference and conference marking the 70th founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) in Beijing.

In his speech, Han noted President Xi Jinping had a group meeting with foreign guests attending the conference earlier this day.

President Xi elaborated on the unique role of people-to-people diplomacy under the new circumstances, and expounded China's position on deepening people-to-people friendship with other countries to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, according to Han.

The vice president praised CPAFFC's fruitful work over the past seven decades, saying people-to-people diplomacy becomes even more important with a more prominent position and broader stage under the new circumstances.

He pledged consistent support from the Chinese government for the CPAFFC in promoting exchanges, practical cooperation and youth friendship among countries.

Han also put forward a four-point proposal: first, strengthen solidarity and friendship and actively implement the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind; second, pursue mutual benefit and win-win results to promote common development and prosperity; third, deepen cultural and people-to-people exchanges to enhance mutual learning among civilizations and people-to-people ties; and fourth, take a long-term perspective to boost the friendship of people from different countries.

China is ready to work with other countries to foster deeper people-to-people friendship, make unremitting efforts toward the lofty goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and create a better future for mankind, said Han.

Other figures who attended the conference and made speeches include former Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, former Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, former speaker of the New Zealand Parliament David Carter, former Thai Deputy Prime Minister Korn Dabbaransi, Bruneian Princess Hajah Masna, and Ali Yousuf Al-Shareef, chairman of the Association of Arab-Chinese Friendship Societies.

Themed "Enhancing people-to-people friendship and building a community with a shared future for mankind", the conference was attended by about 500 people, including the heads of friendship organizations and international friends of China as well as Chinese representatives.

China's nuclear energy development makes great strides with three-step strategy: CPPCC member

Highlighting the "Future Energy" as a key direction for China's strategic emerging industries, the country's nuclear energy development, guided by its three-step strategy, has seen major strides in the past year, said a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

In a recent press briefing, Xin Feng, also deputy general manager of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), updated the media on the progresses China has achieved under the strategy.

"China's three-step strategy for nuclear energy development -- from the thermal reactor to the fast reactor and the fusion reactor -- was formulated in 1983 as a medium- and long-term plan. For the thermal reactor, over the past year, our 2.0 version of the Hualong One technology has been approved. This is a unified and fully self-owned intellectual property based third-generation nuclear power technology solution. And the Linglong One small modular reactor also successfully completed its cold-state functional test last year and is expected to be put into commercial operation this year," he said.

For the second and third steps, Chinese researchers and engineers have achieved milestones in the past year with the government support, Xin noted.

"Then for the fast reactor, last year, a closed-cycle system for an integral fast reactor successfully achieved preliminary standard design. We will continue to solve its engineering technology challenges. As for the fusion reactor, in 2025, with national support, we established the China Fusion Energy Company in Shanghai. And our Huanliu-3, a platform for conducting research and development of fusion technology, made a big stride, with an iron temperature in it achieving 117 million Celsius and an electron temperature reaching 160 million Celsius. We will continue to adhere to the development strategy and focus on technological research and engineering technology development," Xin said.

The fourth session of the 14th NPC and the fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC kicked off in Beijing on March 5 and March 4, respectively.

The "two sessions" -- which refer to the annual meetings of China's supreme organ of state power, the National People's Congress (NPC), and its top political advisory body, the National Committee of the CPPCC -- are a key event on the country's political calendar and offer a window into the country's development direction.