U.S. President Joe Biden has sent a message of congratulations to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the occasion of the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC), a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.
Leaders of many countries and political parties and heads of international organizations have recently sent messages or letters of congratulations to President Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on the 75th founding anniversary of the PRC.
The spokesperson confirmed that President Biden was among the leaders congratulating China.
Biden noted in his message that "on behalf of the people of the United States, I send our congratulations to you and the people of the People's Republic of China as you celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding. The American people and I convey our best wishes to the people of the People's Republic of China," the spokesperson said in a statement posted on the official website of the Foreign Ministry.
China's National Day falls on October 1 each year.
Biden extends congratulations to Xi on PRC's 75th founding anniversary: spokesperson
Biden extends congratulations on PRC's 75th founding anniversary: spokesperson
Biden extends congratulations on PRC's 75th founding anniversary: spokesperson
A conference on sustainable development opened Thursday in north China's port city Tianjin to further promote industrial development among Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states.
China is to host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin this autumn. The China-SCO Conference on Industrial Cooperation for Sustainable Development is one of the activities organized during a promotion event from Wednesday to Friday. It aims to promote cooperation in fields like infrastructure, energy, mining and petrifaction.
Nearly 400 guests, including government officials and enterprises from SCO member states attended the opening session.
"It provides lots of inputs, insights into how to make future preparations for the peoples. That could be approved by the head of the states in what areas we are going to focus for this sustainable development cooperation in the future," said SCO Deputy Secretary General Sohail Khan.
The new tariffs levied by the United States on the rest of the world have added urgency to sustainable development, which is crucial as it addresses environmental issues, promotes economic stability and ensures social equity.
"The United States of America will not be the winner. Because other countries, they will create some new platforms on how to develop without this sanction," said Koroteev Kirill, first deputy general manager of China-Belarus Industrial Park Development Company, CJSC.
As the rotating chair of SCO this year, China is hoping to boost cooperation among member states, and promote the building of a closer community with a shared future.
Tianjin hosts SCO conference on investment in sustainable development
