The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a statement to protest Manila's Maritime Zones Act and the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act that bolster its maritime claims in the South China Sea.
The Maritime Zones law illegally includes most of China's Huangyan Island and Nansha Islands and related maritime areas in the Philippines' maritime zones, which seriously infringes on China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea, the statement said.
The statement pointed out that China strongly condemns and firmly opposes this act, and that its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea will not be affected by the new Philippine law.
China rejects Philippines' maritime zones acts
President Xi Jinping will deliver an important speech at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit scheduled from Nov. 10 to 12 in Lima of Peru, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.
She made the remarks in response to a media inquiry about the Chinese president's participation in the event.
Mao said President Xi will also attend the 19th summit of G20 scheduled from Nov. 18 to 19 in Rio de Janeiro of Brazil.
Xi's participation in this year's APEC summit is a significant head-of-state diplomatic action towards the Asia-Pacific region, which fully embodies the importance China attaches to economic cooperation in the region, said Mao.
The current global economic growth is sluggish and economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region faces new challenges, she said, stressing that APEC is an important platform for economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, and all parties expect the Asia-Pacific to continue playing its role as an engine for world economic growth.
"President Xi Jinping will deliver an important speech at the summit, introducing key measures for deepening reform and opening up, and setting forth China's policy proposals for advancing Asia-Pacific cooperation. China is willing to work with all parties to fully implement the APEC Putrajaya Vision 2040, push the meeting to achieve positive outcomes, so as to inject new impetus into regional economic integration and the growth in the Asia-Pacific and the world at large, and jointly build the Asia-Pacific community with a shared future," said Mao.
President Xi's attendance to the 19th G20 Summit demonstrates China's firm support for multilateralism and the great importance it attaches to the G20 cooperation, said Mao.
The world economic growth lacks momentum, global development faces challenges, and destabilizing factors and uncertainties in the international situation are increasing, Mao said, adding that all parties generally expect the G20 to play its role as a main forum in international economic cooperation, so as to inject impetus into world economic growth and chart the course for improving global economic governance.
"President Xi Jinping will deliver an important speech at the summit, and have in-depth exchanges with leaders from various countries on the subject of 'building a fair world and a sustainable planet.' China advocates an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, and is willing to work with all parties to push the Rio de Janeiro Summit to achieve positive outcomes and send out clear signals in upholding multilateralism, building an open world economy, and supporting sustainable development, so as to encourage all countries to cooperate to address challenges, realize common prosperity, and jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind," said Mao.
President Xi to deliver important speech at APEC summit: spokeswoman
