Nation boosts ‘home-field diplomacy’
Last year, China intensified its “home-field diplomacy” by hosting four international conferences.
President Xi Jinping hosted the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Qingdao Summit, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and the first China International Import Expo. When he addressed the events, Xi reaffirmed China’s resolve to continue deepening reform and expanding opening up, and to advance the building of a new type of international relations featuring win-win cooperation and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Beijing was the largest and most high-profile diplomatic event ever hosted by China, involving 40 presidents, 10 prime ministers, one vice-president and the chairman of the African Union Commission.