Diplomacy with salient features

China's initiatives in interacting with other nations mean it should take more global responsibility to build up influence

A distinctive diplomatic approach should be developed, President Xi Jinping stressed at the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs at the end of November.

"We should, on the basis of summing up our past practice and experience, enrich and further develop our diplomatic perceptions, and conduct diplomacy with a salient Chinese feature and a Chinese vision," he said.