Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said China will remain committed to its fundamental national policy of opening to the outside world, pursue a mutually beneficial strategy of opening up, and continue to create new opportunities for the world with new advances in its development.

Xi made the remarks in a congratulatory letter to the annual meeting of the China Development Forum (CDF) 2023, which held its opening ceremony on Sunday in Beijing.

In the letter, Xi noted that at present, momentous changes of a like not seen in a century are accelerating across the world, regional conflicts and disturbances are frequent, and the global economic recovery is sluggish.

The Chinese president added that the facilitation of a global economic recovery requires consensus and cooperation.

The Global Development Initiative proposed by China has received wide support and active responses from the international community, he said.

The country will steadily expand institutional opening up with regard to rules, regulations, management and standards, and will work with all countries and all parties to share the opportunities from its institutional opening up, Xi added.

Themed "Economic Recovery: Opportunities and Cooperation," the CDF 2023 is hosted by the Development Research Center of the State Council.

(With input from Xinhua)

(Cover: View of the main venue of the Economic Summit of the China Development Forum 2023 in Beijing, China, March 25, 2023. /Xinhua)