2025 Spring Festival: Beijing hosts Chinese New Year reception for diplomats
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China says it aims to work with other countries to safeguard world peace and promote global economic recovery. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the comments at a Chinese New Year event where he hosted some 400 diplomats in Beijing on Friday. Zhao Yunfei reports.

Foreign ambassadors to China and other diplomatic personnel gathered in Beijing to mark the 2025 Chinese New Year.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi who hosted the reception, commended the delegates on helping to strengthen the relationships between China and the countries they represent.

WANG YI Chinese Foreign Minister "You have measured with your own footsteps the remarkable journey of Chinese modernization, experienced the diligence and kindness of the Chinese people with your heart, and devoted and contributed your strength to the friendship and cooperation between China and the countries you represent."

Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China is committed towards working with other countries to embrace true multilateralism and promote mutual learning.

WANG YI Chinese Foreign Minister "In the face of opportunities and challenges in the year ahead, we need to pool our wisdom and break new ground with great enterprise. Let us join hands and work tirelessly for still closer cooperation between China and other countries and for a better world shared by all."

Diplomatic envoys and representatives from international organizations who attended the event praised China's role in promoting global development.

BATLANG COMMA SEREMA Ambassador of Botswana to China "Last year we had FOCAC, which China did a lot for African countries in terms of sharing best practices and also in terms of moving forward in the world."

STEPHEN KARGBO Representative to China United Nations Industrial Development Organization "The world of today, we need to work together. This is also for the border UN family. We are aware of that in peacekeeping missions, China is very active overseas."

ARTHUR WILLIAMS Ambassador of Jamaica to China "China has always been respectful of each other, avoid inciting war and conflicts. That is a positive contribution to our existence in the world."

ZHAO YUNFEI Beijing "2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the world's anti-fascist war. As the historical course comes to a crucial juncture, China says it will firmly be a force for peace and unity. Zhao Yunfei, CGTN, Beijing."