On January 9, 2024, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi introduced China's diplomatic work in 2024 at the Symposium on the International Situation and China's Foreign Relations in 2023. Wang Yi said, this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and a key year in realizing the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. President Xi Jinping pointed out at the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs that major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has entered a new stage where much more can be accomplished. Wang Yi said, "We will focus on the theme of building a community with a shared future for mankind and comprehensively serve Chinese modernization which is the top political priority of the new era, break new ground while upholding fundamental principles, bear in mind the big picture, and make new headway in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics."

Wang Yi said, "We will always commit to self-confidence and self-reliance, and shoulder our due responsibility as a responsible major country. Our national development and rejuvenation will be based on our country's own strength, and the future and destiny of our people will be firmly kept in their own hands. Drawing on the continuity, creativity, unity, inclusiveness and peaceful nature of the Chinese civilization and with the oriental wisdom, we will contribute our share to human progress. We will give full play to the strategic guiding role of head-of-state diplomacy, ensure the success of the international events China is going to host, such as the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation meeting, the Boao Forum for Asia conference, the China International Import Expo and the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development, and demonstrate the distinctive style of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. We will address both the domestic and international imperatives, firmly safeguard our country's sovereignty, security and development interests, and strive for a favorable external environment for domestic efforts of fostering a new development paradigm and achieving high-quality development. We will stand up on major issues bearing on the solidarity, cooperation and legitimate rights of developing countries, and take a clear stand on crucial issues concerning the future of humanity and the direction of world development. Upholding justice, we will stay firmly on the right track of history."

Wang Yi said, "We will always commit to openness and inclusiveness, and consolidate and expand our global network of partnerships. We will follow through on the common understandings reached at the China-U.S. presidential meeting in San Francisco, and explore the right way for the two major countries to get along with each other. We will deepen the strategic mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Russia, and solidify our comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. We will increase high-level exchanges and strategic communication with Europe to enable our relations to grow steadily and go a long way. We will enhance friendship, mutual trust and convergence of interests with neighboring countries according to the principles of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness and the policy of forging friendship and partnership in our neighborhood. We will follow the principle of sincerity, real results, amity and good faith and the principle of pursuing the greater good and shared interests when forging ahead hand-in-hand with fellow developing countries and pursuing common revitalization in unity with BRICS countries. We will take the 70th anniversary of the initiation of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence as an opportunity to promote a new type of international relations. We will actively implement the Global Civilization Initiative, and advocate the common values of humanity. We will promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, increase understanding and friendship among people of all countries, and join forces for the progress of human civilization."

Wang Yi said, "We will always commit to fairness and justice, and promote an equal and orderly multipolar world. We will practice true multilateralism and advance democracy in international relations. All countries, regardless of their size, should be treated as equals. Each and every country should have its place in the global multipolar system and can play its due role. All countries must uphold the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter, jointly defend the universally recognized norms governing international relations, and jointly participate in the reform and development of the global governance system. We will fully implement the Global Security Initiative, uphold fairness and justice, actively promote talks for peace, and play a constructive part in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Ukraine crisis and other global and regional hotspots. We will put forward more Chinese proposals, contribute more Chinese wisdom, and provide more public goods that serve the interest of world peace and development."

Wang Yi said, "We will always commit to win-win cooperation, and actively advance a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. We will firmly oppose all forms of unilateralism, protectionism and de-globalization, continue to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, redouble efforts to overcome the structural problems hindering the sound development of the world economy, and keep the global industrial and supply chains stable and unimpeded. We will advance the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, scale up input in global development cooperation, and help fellow developing countries build capacity for self-generated development. We will jointly make the 'pie' of economic globalization bigger and share it fairly, and pursue more adequate and balanced development. We will work for an economic globalization that is more open, inclusive, balanced and beneficial to all, so that people in all countries can embark on the path toward modernization together. We will fully deliver the outcomes of the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, enhance the quality and expand the scope of cooperation, and start a new stage of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. We will always work to provide new opportunities for the world with China's new development."