Growing global influence
The diplomatic activities of President Xi Jinping after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, from meeting visiting Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and US President Donald Trump to attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting and paying state visits to Vietnam and Laos, have opened a new chapter in China's diplomacy and enhanced China's global influence, appeal and charisma.
Such diplomacy is an incarnation of China's substantial efforts to work with the rest of the world to build a new type of international relations and the community of a shared destiny for mankind envisioned by Xi.
China, under the leadership of Xi, holds high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results. And with a long-term, broad vision and a sense of responsibility it has been endeavoring to advance friendly cooperation with other countries and thus injected fresh confidence and momentum into development of not only the Asia-Pacific but also the world.