On January 20, 2020, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at the 2020 New Year Reception of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in our diplomatic undertakings in the year ahead, we will continue to act on Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, stay the course of peaceful development, and work toward the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind. China will remain a promoter of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order.

Wang Yi expressed, we will safeguard our sovereignty, security and development interests with greater resolve to foster a favorable external environment for national development; we will seek stronger partnerships in a more proactive manner to instill a greater sense of stability and certainty in our world; we will deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries with more practical initiatives to underpin the building of an open world economy; and we will uphold multilateralism and international fairness and justice with more effective measures to make new contributions to world peace and tranquility.