Xi: China to work with all countries to promote friendship, cooperation

President Xi Jinping has said that China will work with all countries to promote friendship and cooperation as changes unseen in a century accelerate across the world.

"It is important to rise above estrangement and conflict with a broad vision and care for the future of humanity with great passion," Xi said in his New Year address on Tuesday.

He said China has contributed greatly to the maintenance of world peace and stability as a responsible major country, promoting global governance reform and deepening solidarity and cooperation among the Global South, as well as participating in and contributing to multiple bilateral and multilateral forums.

"China will work with all countries to promote friendship and cooperation, enhance mutual learning among different cultures, and build a community with a shared future for mankind. We must jointly create a better future for the world," Xi said.