Over the past 70 years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the People's Republic of China (PRC) has undergone profound changes and produced a developmental miracle unprecedented in human history.
China states that its diplomacy features its own independent and peaceful development, and mutual win-win cooperation, and that, throughout the decades, while working hard to realize its own development, China has injected positive energy into world peace and development.
In the early days of the PRC, China established its foreign policy of peace and independence, exemplified by the proposal of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence).
China has committed to safeguard the interests of developing countries, and to play an important role in building an international order of peace and justice.
In recent years, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, China has proposed a series of significant global initiatives, including a global community of shared future, a new model of international relations, and the Belt and Road Initiative.
Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the leaders' roundtable meeting of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in Beijing, April 27, 2019. /Xinhua Photo
Entering a new era of development, China's global impact is ever more influential, comprehensive and long-lasting, and the world is paying ever greater attention to China.
What are the phases or epochs of China's diplomacy from 1949 to 2019? How to understand China's diplomatic transformation since 2012, when Xi Jinping became China's senior leader, including the vision of a community of shared future for humanity and the Belt and Road Initiative? What is Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy and what is its impact on China and on the world?
This week, Closer to China presents in-depth interviews to explore China's diplomacy over 70 years and now into the new ear.
