Xi highlights ecology at exhibition's opening

He encourages joint efforts to take on global environmental problems

China is ready to work with other countries to build a better community with a shared future for mankind, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

Xi made the remarks during the opening ceremony of the International Horticultural Exhibition held beside the Great Wall in Beijing's Yanqing district.

"In the face of environmental challenges, all countries are in a community with interlinked destinies, and no country is immune," Xi said.

Noting that a beautiful homeland is the shared aspiration of all, Xi called for joint efforts with other nations to address such global problems as climate change and marine pollution.