China's role in promoting peace hailed

Team up for growth

Amid global economic headwinds and growing unilateralism and protectionism, leaders and officials have made clear their commitment to advancing cooperation with Beijing in key areas such as trade, investment and the COVID-19 fight.

At a virtual summit with President Xi on July 5, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated their countries' readiness to expand cooperation with China and to support early approval of the EU-China investment agreement.

Macron told Xi that France is committed to promoting cooperation with China in a practical manner and strengthening cultural exchanges, and it welcomes Chinese companies to invest in France.

Merkel said Germany stands ready to strengthen coordination and cooperation with China on promoting the fair production and distribution of vaccines, and on restoring personnel and trade exchanges.

Despite the enormous domestic need for vaccines, China has provided more than 500 million doses to other developing countries.

"From building an open economy to advancing Belt and Road cooperation, from providing developing countries with more assistance to promoting post-COVID global recovery, the CPC has acted out the win-win strategy of opening-up, calling for cooperation and mutual benefit rather than confrontation and zero-sum games," State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the 9th World Peace Forum in Beijing on July 3.

Abdullah Juma Sadala, a senior official of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Tanzania's ruling party, said, "In international affairs, China advocates seeking common ground while shelving differences with other nations and contributes to maintaining world peace and global environmental governance through global cooperation."

Xinhua contributed to this story.