As the major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics is advancing on all fronts, China enjoys enhanced international influence, stronger capacity to lead new endeavors, and greater moral appeal, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mao Ning said on Friday in Beijing.
Mao made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response to a media query about the "Study Outline on Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy (2025 Edition)" which was published Friday.
"As approved by the CPC Central Committee, the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs updated the Study Outline on Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, which was first published in 2021, and released its 2025 Edition. The new edition gives an overview of the pioneering contributions and latest development of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the field of diplomacy. It also systemically elaborates on the epochal backdrop, profound dimensions, theoretical quintessence and rich practice of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy. The book serves as an authoritative guide for members of the CPC, officials and the public to understand and apply Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy," she said.
"Since the dawn of this new era, with a keen understanding of the general trends in China and the world, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, developed a series of major innovations in theory and practice for China’s external work, led the country in making historical achievements on that front and transforming it, and formed and enriched Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy. The Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs held in 2023 established the pillars of building a community with a shared future for humanity as a scientific system and put into shape the top-level design of China’s diplomatic strategy on the new journey. The Central Conference on Work Relating to Neighboring Countries held earlier this year gave a systematic review of the achievements and experience of the work on this front in the new era, and defined the goals and missions as well as the method and steps in this regard in the years ahead," Mao said.
"Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, we in the diplomatic service hold high the banner of building a community with a shared future for humanity, advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative, work to build a more just and equitable global governance system through reform, expand the global network of partnerships and advance the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. We on the diplomatic front firmly uphold national sovereignty, security and development interests, and actively act on the abiding commitment of serving the people through diplomacy. As the major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics is advancing on all fronts, China enjoys enhanced international influence, stronger capacity to lead new endeavors, and greater moral appeal," Mao said.
"Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, China's diplomacy will follow the principles of self-confidence and self-reliance, openness and inclusiveness, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation, create a more favorable external environment for the endeavor of building China into a great modern socialist country and advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through a Chinese path to modernization, and make greater contribution to peace and human progress," Mao said.
China advances major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in all aspects: spokeswoman
