Given that neighboring countries have always been of strategic and geopolitical significance to its development, China should vigorously develop good relations with these countries. The country should enrich its friendly diplomacy with neighboring countries by strengthening economic cooperation and advancing security dialogues to promote the development of ties in an all-round way.

The country should also try to strengthen crisis management in its relations with neighboring countries in order to prevent tensions and conflicts escalating out of control. At the same time, it should also try to cement solidarity with neighboring countries and consolidate peace and stability in the region in a bid to prevent relations from being distorted or manipulated by ill-intentioned forces.

In addition to effective measures to deal with the crisis on the Korean Peninsula and disputes in the East and South China seas, China should also be prepared for the eastward shift of the US' strategic focus and Washington's return to East Asia.

As a developing nation, China should develop its ties with other developing countries, including BRICS members, and strengthen cooperation and coordination with them. And with the build-up of its economic power and its increasing economic activities in overseas regions, China should take diplomatic measures to facilitate its "go global" strategy.

At the same time, it should push forward its public diplomacy to increase understanding of its own development strategy among other countries and create a good international image. More cultural exchanges should be conducted with the outside world to expand China's cultural influence in the international community.

China will more actively participate in the G20 mechanism and other multilateral platforms to push forward reforms of the international financial system and the establishment of a more equitable and reasonable new international order, and China will continue to use multilateral diplomacy to play a constructive role in the settlement of some global and regional hot issues.

As Premier Wen highlighted in his Government Work Report, the Chinese government and people are willing to "make new contributions to humanity's lofty causes of peace and development".

The author is an associate research fellow with the Institute of World Political Studies under the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.