Through the diplomatic efforts of the past 70 years, China has created a favorable international environment for its own development and made tremendous contributions to global peace and development.

"China’s current role in international affairs is creating institutions and harmonizing standards of international behavior to benefit not just itself but also other countries."

“Not only has people-to-people communication helped normalize China-Japan relations, but friendship between peoples of the two countries has grown and flourished during its everlasting role in deepening China-Japan relations.”

“Diplomats should serve national interests by actively introducing China’s foreign policy and economic development with an eye on local conditions.”

“China’s international prestige has helped us overcome many dangers and difficulties. Some colleagues joked that our Chinese faces were passports.”

“It is even more important that diplomats make friends rather than enemies, keep their heads down to complete their work and be ready to respond to changes anytime.”

“Although the work often exhausted me to the point where I couldn’t eat or sleep well, I was always grateful for the chance to share in the fate of my motherland.”

President calls on the group to develop into a world-class communication institution.

The process of building a strong cultural relationship between nations isn’t limited to the event but goes much further and deeper.

Compared to other major countries, the ratios of China's defense expenditure to GDP and to government expenditure, as well as the per capita defense expenditure of the country, remain at a relatively low level.