Three years ago, on March 15, 2023, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, proposed the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) at the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting.

Xi, also Chinese president, stressed at the meeting that tolerance, coexistence, exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations play an irreplaceable role in advancing humanity's modernization process and making the garden of world civilizations flourish, as the future of all countries is now closely connected.

Here are some of his key quotes in this regard.