China has firmly persisted in its peaceful development road, and its opening up
strategy featuring mutual benefits and policy of building a
harmonious world have received international praise, said Chinese
Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Beijing on Sunday.
In an interview with Xinhua, Li said the basic meaning of
China's peaceful development road was both developing China itself
through safeguarding world peace and promoting world peace through
China's development.
"In the past year, China has played a constructive role in many
major international and regional issues, such as the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue and the Iranian
nuclear issue," said Li, "China has proved through action that she
is a good friend and partner of the world people."
Li noted that China has actively participated in multilateral
diplomacy, continued to support the reform of the United Nations,
participated in a wide range of activities of the United Nations
and international multilateral economic organizations, and
conducted all-round economic and technological cooperation and
exchanges with foreign countries.
China has also offered help and aid within its own ability to
those countries and people who suffered from natural disasters and
other difficulties, such as rescuing Vietnamese fishing ships and
offering aid to Indonesia, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Thailand and the Philippines who suffered from earthquake,
flood, mud-rock flow and sinkage of oil-tank.
"Chinese leaders have expounded China's policies of peaceful
development road, opening up strategy featuring mutual benefits,
and advocation of a harmonious world, and have received
international praise," said Li.
He said Chinese leaders have expounded these policies at various
occasions, such as the G-8 Summit held in Russia in July, the 14th
Economic Leaders' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
forum held in Vietnam in November and the sixth Asia-Europe meeting
held in Finland in September.
"More and more countries have recognized that China's
development is peaceful, open, cooperative and harmonious
development, and China is a staunch force in safeguarding world
peace and promoting common prosperity," said Li.
China's Peaceful Development Road
(Xinhua News Agency January 1, 2007)
