Proactive diplomacy connects the world

President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have been in office for more than one year. While maintaining the stability and continuity of foreign policy, Xi has put forward a series of new concepts, which may be termed the "Xi Jinping Doctrine" of Chinese diplomacy. These are designed to explain the new leadership's view on the relationship between China and the world and to lay out new approaches toward major issues or difficulties in that relationship.

The doctrine contains six main points. The first is to establish a sense of identity with the world in a "community of common destiny". No matter how high China rises and no matter what system or development mode it adopts, it is always part of that community rather than being detached from the rest of the world.

The second is to express a world dream with a "Chinese Dream". The ideal of a "harmonious world" of the previous leadership might be too high to reach. And the new leadership has chosen a more simple, direct, popular and clear way to talk to the world: you have your African Dream, American Dream, European Union Dream, Latin American Dream, etc, and I have my Chinese Dream. We hope that all our dreams will come true, so we can all enjoy peace, development and prosperity.