This photo taken on Oct 16, 2022 shows the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua] China's diplomacy in the new era will encompass all dimensions, and its people-to-people exchanges with different nations will embrace fresh opportunities, Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries President Lin Songtian said at a news conference on Wednesday.
China has stepped up efforts to develop its diplomatic service over the past decade with a comprehensive, multilevel and multifaceted agenda being established, Ma Zhaoxu, vice-minister of the Foreign Ministry, said at a press news conference in Beijing on Thursday. Ma said that over the past 10 years, the number of countries having established diplomatic relations with China has increased from 172 to 181.
The goal and purpose of China's diplomacy is to maintain world peace, promote common development and advance the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, Vice-Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told a news conference in Beijing on Thursday. Ma made the remarks on the sidelines of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, dismissing views that the widening differences between China and the West would endanger the international order.
Dorje Phuntsok (left) dries lingzhi fungus (Ganoderma) together with villagers in Jeling village in Metog, Tibet autonomous region, in July. CHINA DAILY Teacher in highest town, village head in once-isolated county see brighter future Nyima Tsamcho is a kindergarten teacher in Tsogo village of Puma Changthang, China's highest township, at an altitude of 5,373 meters — 200 meters higher than the base camp for Qomolangma, or Mount Everest.
