A busy year for nation's leaders
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March 8, 2011, Tuesday
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Chinese President Hu Jintao is going to Russia, Premier Wen Jiabao will join a summit with leaders of Japan and South Korea in Japan, and Vice President Xi Jinping plans a trip to the United States "at an appropriate time" this year.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi yesterday revealed a busy globe-trotting schedule of the country's top leaders in 2011, in addition to a host of multilateral events China will host or take part in.
"We will carry out diplomatic work in an all-round way this year" to foster a more favorable external environment for China's development while contributing more to the building of a harmonious world, Yang said at a press conference in Beijing.
Hu will pay a visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Yang said the two countries would work together to step up cooperation on key projects in economy, trade and high technology as well as in their exchanges at local levels.
In May, Premier Wen Jiabao will meet leaders of Japan and South Korea in a three-country summit in Japan, during which the government heads will give priority to joint research on a free trade area and the negotiation process for investment agreements, Yang said.
"We need to deepen cooperation in recycling, science and technology and environmental protection, and step up cultural and people-to-people exchanges," Yang said.
He also said that Vice President Xi Jinping will visit the US "at an appropriate time" after his US counterpart Joe Biden's trip to China in the middle of the year and a series of high-level meetings on trade and diplomatic ties.
"There is now a good atmosphere in China-US relations," Yang said, though he acknowledged some differences or even frictions that needed to be "properly handled on the basis of mutual respect."
In mid April, China will host a meeting of leaders of the BRICS group - the major emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in the southern city of Sanya in Hainan Province.
The Chinese leaders' schedule will be filled with many other events including the 10th anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in June, the East Asia Summit in October, the G20 summit in November in Cannes, France, and the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Hawaii.
Commenting on the view that China, now the world's second largest economy, is emerging as a rival of some other countries, Yang said China wants competition on the basis of equality and fairness, in the pursuit of mutual benefit and common development.
He said China opposes politicizing trade issues and rejects double standards and discrimination.
He said China, still a developing country, is making greater efforts to fulfil its international obligations and is achieving more positive results in this regard.
At the same time, China can only do that "within the realm of its capabilities," since there are still 150 million Chinese people living in poverty according to United Nations' standards.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi yesterday revealed a busy globe-trotting schedule of the country's top leaders in 2011, in addition to a host of multilateral events China will host or take part in.
"We will carry out diplomatic work in an all-round way this year" to foster a more favorable external environment for China's development while contributing more to the building of a harmonious world, Yang said at a press conference in Beijing.
Hu will pay a visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Yang said the two countries would work together to step up cooperation on key projects in economy, trade and high technology as well as in their exchanges at local levels.
In May, Premier Wen Jiabao will meet leaders of Japan and South Korea in a three-country summit in Japan, during which the government heads will give priority to joint research on a free trade area and the negotiation process for investment agreements, Yang said.
"We need to deepen cooperation in recycling, science and technology and environmental protection, and step up cultural and people-to-people exchanges," Yang said.
He also said that Vice President Xi Jinping will visit the US "at an appropriate time" after his US counterpart Joe Biden's trip to China in the middle of the year and a series of high-level meetings on trade and diplomatic ties.
"There is now a good atmosphere in China-US relations," Yang said, though he acknowledged some differences or even frictions that needed to be "properly handled on the basis of mutual respect."
In mid April, China will host a meeting of leaders of the BRICS group - the major emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in the southern city of Sanya in Hainan Province.
The Chinese leaders' schedule will be filled with many other events including the 10th anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in June, the East Asia Summit in October, the G20 summit in November in Cannes, France, and the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Hawaii.
Commenting on the view that China, now the world's second largest economy, is emerging as a rival of some other countries, Yang said China wants competition on the basis of equality and fairness, in the pursuit of mutual benefit and common development.
He said China opposes politicizing trade issues and rejects double standards and discrimination.
He said China, still a developing country, is making greater efforts to fulfil its international obligations and is achieving more positive results in this regard.
At the same time, China can only do that "within the realm of its capabilities," since there are still 150 million Chinese people living in poverty according to United Nations' standards.
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