Meetings of Minds conference on “China’s foreign policy and pragmatic cooperation between China and Romania”
The event organized on 12th of May at the premises of the embassy for an audience consisting of representatives of the media, politicians, academics and researchers, clarified what are the main pillars of China’s foreign policy.
The Chinese Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Chen Feng, called the US “the biggest economy,” and China “the biggest economy under development”, and reminded the audience that the way in which the two countries manage their bilateral relations has major consequences upon the future of the world.
China and the EU are “comprehensive strategic partners and this relation has global influence. China considers Europe a major force to preserve international order in a multipolar world, and a key partner for China’s modernization”, said Ambassador Chen Feng. “We hope to work together with Europe to promote mutual respect, to seek shared interests despite differences, to strive to open new horizons between China and Europe, to become trues partners in supporting multilateralism”.
War is a concern for China because it affects supply chains and transportation of goods and services around the world. President Xi Jinping formulated four proposals for peace and stability in the Middle East, and, together with Pakistan, had a 5-point initiative to stop war and initiate dialog in the Middle East and the Gulf region, and encouraged dialog in the Ukraine crisis. In a turbulent international environment, “peace and development are the shared expectation of most countries, while multilateral cooperation is the foundation”, said Ambassador Chen Feng.