Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attends a news conference on China's diplomacy and foreign affairs during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing on March 7, 2025. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, answered questions about China's foreign policy and diplomatic relations at a news conference during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress on Friday.
Here are some highlights from the conference.
- Head-of-state diplomacy
Head-of-state diplomacy will write a new chapter of global cooperation in 2025 (Read more)
- China-Russia relations
China-Russia relations are mature, resilient and stable (Read more)
- China's diplomacy to provide certainty to the world
China's diplomacy will stand firm on the right side of history and on the side of human progress (Read more)
- China's role in international affairs
China stands firm on the side of international justice and opposes power politics and hegemony (Read more)
- Global South
The hallmark of our era is the prominent, growing strength of the Global South (Read more)
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attends a news conference on China's diplomacy and foreign affairs during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing on March 7, 2025. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]
- Ukraine crisis
A country's security cannot be based on insecurity of other countries (Read more)
- Technological innovation
Science and technology should benefit all (Read more)
- US tariffs on Chinese goods
Mutual respect is an important prerequisite of China-US relations (Read more)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization
China will host a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit this autumn in Tianjin (Read more)
- Global governance
Multilateralism must be observed, international rule of law should be strengthened (Read more)
- Palestine-Israel conflict
Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people (Read more)
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attends a news conference on China's diplomacy and foreign affairs during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing on March 7, 2025. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]
- China-Africa relations
China and Africa are goods friends, good partners and good brothers with a shared future (Read more)
- Taiwan question
Taiwan has never been a country and it will never be (Read more)
- Relations with neighbouring countries
China is an anchor of stability, engine of economic development in Asia (Read more)
- China-EU relations
China remains confident in Europe (Read more)
- People-to-people exchanges
Discovering and embracing China is becoming a trend (Read more)
- China-Japan relations
China welcomes enhanced exchanges with Japan (Read more)
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attends a news conference on China's diplomacy and foreign affairs during the third session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing on March 7, 2025. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]
- China-Latin America relations
Cooperation between China and Latin American nations has produced fruitful outcomes (Read more)
- Foreign service to Chinese modernization
China's diplomacy will continue to serve Chinese modernization (Read more)
- South China Sea issue
China has established maritime dialogue mechanisms with all countries concerned in South China Sea issue (Read more)
- Global Summit of Women
China will host the Global Summit of Women again in the second half of 2025 (Read more)
- China-India relations
China and India should never allow bilateral ties to be defined by the boundary question (Read more)
- Diplomacy for the people
China attaches great importance to the safety and well-being of Chinese nationals overseas (Read more)