“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.

A white paper titled "China's National Defense in the New Era," released Wednesday by the State Council Information Office, gave a systematic introduction to the reshuffled People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Armed Police Force (PAP) troops.

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has never been a state called "East Turkistan" so the separatist forces' attempts to incite the Uygurs seeking independence in the name of "East Turkistan" is just a political move to split China, according to a white paper released on Sunday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping here on Friday called on the Group of 20 (G20) major economies to explore driving force for growth, improve global governance, remove development bottlenecks, and properly address differences.