Chinese embassies and consulates abroad held activities to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

People from many countries praised China's development achievements in the past 10 years and looked forward to deepening cooperation

Chinese embassies, consulates and missions abroad recently held offline or cloud National Day receptions and other activities to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Responsible persons of a number of international organizations, state dignitaries and people from all walks of life attended the event or delivered speeches congratulating China on National Day, praising China's development achievements in the past decade, wishing the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a successful convocation, expressing willingness to strengthen cooperation with China in various fields, and expecting China to continue to play an important role in international affairs and make greater contributions to world peace and development.

In his speech, the President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Kleochy congratulated China on its tremendous achievements in development. He said that as an ancient civilization with a long history, a founding member of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, China has always been a strong backing for the cause of the United Nations and has played an important role in addressing climate change and peacekeeping. China's global development initiative will help accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General Guterres, Director of the Office of the UN Secretary-General Rattrays, said that China is an important pillar of the cause of the United Nations and a key force in promoting international cooperation. The United Nations attaches great importance to China's status and role and appreciates China's tremendous contributions to the United Nations. We believe that China will continue to firmly uphold multilateralism, support the United Nations in playing a greater role, and make greater contributions to the international community's unity in addressing global challenges.

In her speech, Philippine Vice President Sarah Duterte used Chinese to congratulate the Chinese people on the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. She said that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China has become a globally recognized important economy, a modern research and development center, a center of technological progress and a center of manufacturing. Thanks to China's contribution, Asia is now the fastest growing region in the world. The Philippines looks forward to more cooperation with China to achieve the sustainable development goals of both countries.

Tegeltia, chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said in a video speech that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the efforts of the Chinese people, China has made great strides on the road of development and made extraordinary achievements in all fields. Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue to firmly adhere to the one-China principle, commit itself to continuously strengthening the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries, and promote practical cooperation for the benefit of the two peoples.

Georgian Parliament Speaker Papuashvili praised China's development achievements in the past 10 years, spoke highly of Georgia-China relations, and expressed his willingness to further strengthen political mutual trust between the two countries, continuously deepen bilateral relations, actively participate in cooperation under the framework of the "Belt and Road", and promote cooperation between the two countries in various fields to achieve more results and further benefit the two peoples.

Yáñez, vice chairman of the Venezuelan Council of Ministers and minister of information and communications, said that the Communist Party of China has led the Chinese people through arduous exploration and great practice to achieve the great goal of eliminating absolute poverty and create a great miracle of long-term social stability and rapid economic development. The Venezuelan side firmly believes that the Communist Party of China will lead the Chinese people and constantly move towards a bright future of national prosperity and national rejuvenation. Venezuela is willing to work with China to promote the construction of a fair and just new multipolar international order and jointly create a better future.

Marcin Přidácć, Deputy State Secretary of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a video message that China's great achievements in economic and social development are admirable. In the past year, high-level exchanges between Poland and China have been frequent and practical cooperation has yielded fruitful results. Poland will uphold the concept of mutual respect and win-win cooperation, unswervingly develop relations with China, and look forward to further broadening the space for cooperation between Poland and China and bringing more tangible benefits to the two peoples.

In his speech, South Africa's Minister of Small Business Development Ndabeni Abrahams spoke highly of China's great achievements that have attracted worldwide attention, and said that the frequent high-level exchanges between South Africa and China, the growth of bilateral trade volume against the trend, the smooth progress of the "Nine Projects" of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in South Africa, effectively contributing to the recovery and development of South Africa's economy, and looking forward to working with China to promote bilateral relations to a new level and better benefit the two peoples.

In his speech on behalf of the Malian government, Malian Foreign Minister Diop praised the achievements of the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries. Diop appreciated China's contribution to safeguarding multilateralism and said that Mali is willing to work with other African countries to actively promote the implementation of the "Nine Projects" of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and promote the building of a closer China-Africa community with a shared future.

Khazim Khatib, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs of Jordan, spoke highly of China's great achievements in development, and said that the Jordanian side looked forward to further strengthening exchanges and cooperation with China in the fields of personnel exchanges, trade and investment, new energy development, tourism and study, and promoting treaty-China relations to a new level.

Bangladesh Minister of Planning Man Nan praised China's development achievements and said that China is an important development partner of Bangladesh and has made important contributions to Bangladesh's infrastructure construction. Bangladesh firmly supports the one-China principle and is willing to work closely with China to jointly promote the continuous development of Bangladesh-China relations.

Mukadam, editor-in-chief of Oman's Viewpoint newspaper, highly appreciates China's achievements in various fields and the wisdom of the Chinese government in coping with global challenges, and believes that China will make greater contributions to world peace and development.

The president of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Commerce, Simeonov, spoke positively of China's development policy, rapid economic growth, improving people's livelihood and welfare, and great progress in the field of science and technology. He pointed out that trade between Bulgaria and China is getting closer and closer, and Bulgaria looks forward to strengthening mutually beneficial and win-win trade and investment cooperation with China.

Castro Neves, former Brazilian ambassador to China and chairman of the Brazil-China Entrepreneurship Committee, said in his speech that China has achieved unprecedented economic, social, scientific and technological development in recent years. Brazil and China are natural partners, the economies of Brazil and China are highly complementary, and Pakistan-China relations will be further developed and upgraded in the future.

The heads of international organizations such as Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOGV) Valovaya, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization Daren Tang, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Ryder, and Director-General of the World Trade Organization Iweala and the Permanent Representatives of many countries in Geneva expressed their sincere admiration and appreciation for the tremendous achievements made by China in the past 10 years, and wished the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a successful convocation. He expressed his willingness to continue to strengthen cooperation with China in their respective fields and hoped that China would continue to play an important role in international affairs and make greater contributions to world peace and development.

"We are proud of the steely friendship between Serbia and China." Serbian President Vučić extended holiday congratulations to the Chinese people, and in his speech, he positively evaluated the contribution of Chinese enterprises to the economic development of Serbia, and thanked China for its support and assistance in Serbia's difficult times. He wished the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a fruitful future and looked forward to a new chapter in high-level cooperation between the two countries.

In his speech, Mitskevich, Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Belarusian National Assembly, wished the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a successful convocation, hoped to strengthen cooperation between the two countries under the framework of jointly building the "Belt and Road", and hoped that more Chinese enterprises would invest in Belarus.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam told Foreign Minister Le Huai Trung that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core and under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, China has successfully achieved the first centenary goal, and its international status and influence have been increasingly enhanced. The party, government and people of Vietnam sincerely wish and firmly believe that the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics will surely score new and greater achievements, and wish the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a complete success.

In their speeches, Egypt's Minister of Health and Population Jaafar, Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf, Assistant Minister of Asian Affairs Kamil, Assistant Foreign Minister Hanafi, and Vice President of the Egypt-China Friendship Association Shifni spoke highly of the leap-forward development of Egyptian-Chinese relations under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, appreciated the important role played by jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative, the global development initiative and the global security initiative in promoting world peace and development, and wished the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a complete success.

Moleife, a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Botswana, warmly congratulated the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and wished the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a successful convocation. Molefe thanked China for its long-term help in Bo's economic and social development, and believes that Bo-Chinese relations will certainly achieve greater development.

In his speech, Kulkani, former chairman of the Mumbai Observer Research Foundation, spoke highly of China's tremendous achievements in development over the past decade, wished the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a successful convocation, and believed that China would continue to make new achievements in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

(Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency Beijing October 1, October 2 reports)