BEIJING: President Xi Jinping on Wednesday received the credentials of new ambassadors to China from 29 countries at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Siddharth Chatterjee, the new United Nations resident coordinator in China, submitted a letter of appointment.
Xi took a group photo with the envoys and delivered a speech. He asked them to convey his good wishes to the leaders of their countries.
He said that over the past year, the Chinese people and the people of other countries have worked together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, writing a new chapter in the history of global friendly cooperation.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and it is also the first year for China to implement its 14th Five-Year Plan and embark on a new journey to fully building a modern socialist country, Xi said. He said China will firmly implement its new development philosophy and actively forge a new development paradigm so that its development will better benefit the peoples of all countries. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the lawful seat of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations, and the 20th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization.
Xi said China stands ready to work with other countries to firmly support multilateralism, safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international laws, staunchly safeguard the multilateral trade system, firmly advance the construction of the global governance system, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. –Agencies
