Chinese vice president attends opening ceremony of International Peace Day event

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng addressed the opening ceremony of the Commemoration of the International Day of Peace 2024 in Jinan in east China's Shandong Province on Thursday.

Han said that in the face of unprecedented global challenges, China's vision of building a community with a shared future for humankind, along with the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, has injected confidence and momentum into advancing world peace, development and common prosperity.

He called on all parties to follow the right direction of the historical trend and work together to build a strong synergy toward creating a community with a shared future for humankind.

He also urged joint efforts to implement the three major global initiatives, pursue common development, adhere to peaceful coexistence, and foster exchanges and mutual learning.

As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and an important member of the "Global South," China will actively promote an orderly, multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization that benefits all, Han said, noting that China will work with other countries to promote peace and development and build a better world.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a video speech at the meeting. Vice President of the National Assembly of Laos and Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity, Sommad Pholsena, former President of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe, former Colombian President Ernesto Samper, and former President of the Swiss Confederation Ueli Maurer, among others, also addressed the meeting.

They spoke highly of China's long-term efforts and contributions to promoting world peace, security and development, noting that they would work with China to continue to uphold the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, promote the implementation of the three major global initiatives, and jointly safeguard peace to achieve better development.

About 180 representatives from foreign political parties, peace and friendship organizations, security think tanks and relevant domestic departments attended the event.

Chinese vice president attends opening ceremony of International Peace Day event

Chinese vice president attends opening ceremony of International Peace Day event

Chinese vice president attends opening ceremony of International Peace Day event

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son in Beijing on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to promote the China-Vietnam community with a shared future.

Noting that China and Vietnam are comrades in the socialist cause and good partners on the path of reform, Han said General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam have made strategic plans for advancing the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, providing clear direction for the development of bilateral relations.

Noting that next year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges, Han said the two sides should follow the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, maintain strategic communication, expand practical cooperation, consolidate the foundation of public opinion, strengthen multilateral coordination and promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, bringing more benefits to the two peoples.

Bui Thanh Son said that developing long-term friendly relations with China is the consistent proposition, objective requirement, strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam's diplomacy.

Vietnam firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation with China, and jointly promote the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future with strategic significance, he added.

Chinese, Vietnamese officials pledge to promote China-Vietnam community with shared future