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Remarks by Ambassador Chen Chuandong at Reception Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of The People’s Republic of China
2024-09-26 21:01

Your Excellency Engineer Mothanna Gharaibeh, Minister of Investment and representative of the Jordanian Government,

Your Royal Highness Princess Dana Firas,

Dear ministers,members of parliament and generals,

Dear colleagues of the diplomatic corps,

Ladies and gentlemen and dear friends,

My fellow compatriots,

Good evening. As-salamu alaykum.

Welcome to the reception celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

In the long journey of 75 years, the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, led by and united around the Communist Party of China, have worked tirelessly and achieved double miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability.

The share of China’s economy in the global economy has grown to roughly 17 percent in 2023, up from 1.7 percent in 1978. China’s contribution to global growth has exceeded 30% for over a decade.

China has become a world leader in manned spaceflight, lunar exploration, quantum information science, new energy technology. It is becoming the “world R&D lab”, moving from “Made in China” to “Created in China”and then to “Intelligent Manufacturing in China”.

China’s high-speed railway mileage ranks first globally. More than 60 percent of the world’s 5G base stations are in China. Among the 100 highest bridges worldwide, 49 are in Guizhou Province of China.

In 2023, the newly installed capacity of hydro,wind and solar power generation and other renewable energy accounts for 40 percent of the world’s total. For 9 consecutive years, China has been leading the world in production and sales of new energy vehicles.

In the past 75 years, China has adopted a people-centered approach and made relentless efforts to reduce poverty. Nearly 800 million people in rural areas were lifted out of poverty.

China has become the major trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions. It has signed cooperation agreements under the Belt and Road Initiative with more than 150 countries and 30 international organizations including Jordan.

In the past 75 years, China has adhered to an independent foreign policy of peace, remained steadfast in safeguarding world peace,  provided impetus to common development, and persisted in promoting dialogue and exchanges among civilizations. China proposed the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence,which are still viable today. China introduced and is implementing the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, in a bid to build a global community with a shared future.

An important reason for China’s success in the past 75 years, is that China is always advancing with the times, exploring a development path best suited to its own national conditions. Last July, the third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC adopted a comprehensive and ambitious agenda for further deepening reforms to advance Chinese modernization, proposing over 300 important reform measures. This will bring new development opportunities to the world.  

Ladies and gentlemen,

The world today is undergoing profound transformation and facing turmoils, instabilities and uncertainties. The Global South is a force committed to safeguarding the international system with the United Nations at its core and improving global governance. China and Arab states are important members of the Global South. We will work with Jordan and other Arab friends to implement the five cooperation frameworks put forward by President Xi Jinping at the ministerial conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, moving closer to a China-Arab community with a shared future.