FM: Active diplomacy will align with nation's goals

China will shoulder its duties in global affairs in the new year, but will not assume responsibilities that are unaffordable, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has written in an article outlining the country's diplomatic work in 2010.

"We should exert our unique constructive effects, shoulder duties and obligations that suit our national power and status, and will not do things that go beyond our national power and stage of development," Yang wrote in an article published in the Qiushi ("Seeking Truth") journal, the primary theoretical journal of the Communist Party of China, on the first day of 2010.

Western countries demanded that China shoulder excessive duties in stopping climate change at the Copenhagen summit that wrapped up near year's end, and even blamed China for the summit's failure to reach a concrete plan of action. Beijing officials have said China has done what it can as a developing country.