Xi hopes new foreign ambassadors gain comprehensive understanding of real China

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged a group of new foreign ambassadors to gain a comprehensive understanding of the real China as he formally welcomed them to their posts at a ceremony in Beijing on Friday.

Xi received the credentials of 18 new ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday.

In a speech following the credentials presentation ceremony, Xi warmly welcomed the ambassadors to their positions and asked them to convey his best wishes to the leaders and people of their respective countries.

He also expressed the hope that the diplomatic envoys will travel widely in China to gain a true, multi-dimensional understanding of the country, and make positive contributions to deepening friendship and cooperation between China and their own countries.

"Some of you have been here for a few months and are getting to know what today's China is really like. China is vast. Some leaders from developed countries who visited Shanghai in the past exclaimed, 'You're so amazing.' I told them a story we have in China about 'blind men touching an elephant.' The elephant is very large. If a blind man touches one of its legs, he will say the elephant is like a pillar; if he touches its belly, he will say the elephant is like a wall. But that is not the complete picture. In a place like China, development is uneven, and its culture is diverse. To truly understand it, you need to form a comprehensive impression and gain a comprehensive understanding of the real China. This is very beneficial for us to establish strong bilateral and multilateral relationships. I hope you will travel more frequently and explore more," Xi told the ambassadors.

In his address, Xi also noted that the world today is undergoing accelerating changes on a scale rarely seen in a century, with the international landscape beset by transformation and turbulence, and global challenges becoming more prominent.

Division, confrontation and zero-sum games have no future, and returning the world to the law of the jungle is not what people want to see, Xi said, adding that global solidarity and cooperation are the only right choices.

Xi hopes new foreign ambassadors gain comprehensive understanding of real China

Xi hopes new foreign ambassadors gain comprehensive understanding of real China

Xi hopes new foreign ambassadors gain comprehensive understanding of real China

Xi hopes new foreign ambassadors gain comprehensive understanding of real China

China and Canada should work together to promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Friday.

He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while attending the Canada-China Trade and Investment Banquet together with the visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Speaking at the event, He said that under the strategic guidance of the important consensus reached by their leaders, China and Canada should adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, win-win cooperation, and mutual success, and jointly promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.

China is steadfastly expanding high-standard opening up, continuously developing new quality productive forces, and is willing to work with countries around the world, including Canada, to create new prospects for cooperation, said He.

Carney noted at the banquet that China is Canada's second-largest trading partner and said Canada looks forward to strengthening high-level exchanges with China, making full use of dialogue mechanisms in areas such as the economy and trade, and deepening cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy and other fields.

Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin a four-day official visit to China, marking the first trip to the country by a Canadian prime minister in eight years.

China, Canada should work together for stable, healthy, sustainable economic ties: Vice Premier