Xi to speak at CPC, World Political Parties Summit

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping will participate via video link on Tuesday in the CPC and World Political Parties Summit, an event by which China aims to strengthen the global network of interparty exchanges and cooperation to build a better world.

Xi, who is also China's president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will deliver a keynote speech at the event, which will be attended by more than 500 leaders of political parties and organizations from more than 160 countries, as well as over 10,000 party representatives, said Hu Zhaoming, spokesman for the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, in a statement on Monday.

With the theme of "For the People's Well-Being: The Responsibility of Political Parties", the summit will be an important multilateral diplomatic event held at a time when the CPC is marking the 100th anniversary of its founding, Hu said.

The summit aims to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning from governance experiences between the CPC and political parties worldwide, and to jointly respond to challenges brought by changes unseen in a century, including the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.

While addressing a grand gathering marking the centenary of the CPC's founding in Beijing on July 1, Xi said the Party cares about the future of humanity and wishes to move forward in tandem with all progressive forces around the world. China has always worked to safeguard world peace, contribute to global development and preserve international order, he added.