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"Where is the world going and what is humanity going to do?”
Faced with this question of the times, President Xi Jinping first put forward the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind in 2013. In September of the same year, Xi put forward the Belt and Road Initiative, creating a practical platform for building a community with a shared future for mankind.

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Xi's State Gifts: Xi Jinping Brings Fuxing Bullet Train to Thailand

In November 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping presented a Fuxing bullet train model to Thailand as a state gift during his visit to the country. The China-Thailand railway, Thailand's first standard-gauge high-speed railway, employs the same technologies as the Fuxing bullet train.

Xi's State Gifts: A Precious Gift from Russia

In 2019, on the 70th anniversary of both the founding of the People's Republic of China and the establishment of China-Russia diplomatic relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented Chinese President Xi Jinping with a gift—a collection of footage, including color film, of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

Xi's State Gifts: A USB Drive's "Easter Egg"

In May 2017, Uhuru Kenyatta, the then President of Kenya, came to China to attend the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. He brought a gift for Chinese President Xi Jinping - a USB drive containing commemorative video footage of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway.

Xi's State Gifts: Books Exchanged between Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron

In March 2019, during a meeting at the Villa Kerylos in Nice, France, French President Emmanuel Macron presented Chinese President Xi Jinping a carefully chosen gift – the original French version of "Confucius, or the Science of the Princes" published in 1688.

Xi's State Gifts: A Custom-Made Gift for Xi Jinping

During his visit to Serbia in June 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Smederevo Steel Plant, where he received a commemorative badge featuring the plant's silhouette from the workers. Small as it may be, the badge was engraved with the story of a century-old Serbian factory brought back to life with the help of a Chinese company.

Xi's State Gifts: A Bronze Acupuncture Statue Gifted by Xi Jinping

There is a bronze acupuncture statue at the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Switzerland. This statue was a gift brought by Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visited the organization in January 2017. Now, it has become a symbol of traditional Chinese medicine and its growth internationally.

Stories of China's major-country diplomacy: Chancay Port serves as bridge between South America and Asia

On the evening of Nov. 14, 2024, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte attended the opening ceremony of the Chancay Port in the Government Palace in Lima, Peru, via video link.

Xi's State Gifts: Special Gifts from Xi Jinping

On Nov. 11, 2014, the 22nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting took place by Yanqi Lake in Beijing, the capital of China. To welcome leaders at the meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping chose a Chinese cloisonne vase, named "Sihaishengping," meaning "peace in the world," as a state gift.