On January 6, 2016, the Foreign Ministry held 2016 new year reception for foreign envoys and representatives of international organizations at the Fanghua Garden of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Nearly 350 people were present including State Councilor Yang Jiechi, heads of relevant departments and guests at home and abroad.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in his speech that 2015 was crucial for China's comprehensive deepening of reforms and witnessed all-round advancement of China's diplomacy. China firmly stuck to the main line of peaceful development and national revitalization, focused on the two main themes of peace and development, promoted colorful and all-round diplomatic activities in a coordinative way, solemnly held the commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, vigorously pushed forward common development and prosperity with other nations and yielded important early-harvest results in constructing the "Belt and Road". China comprehensively promoted sound development of relations with other major countries, deepened the construction of common destiny community with its neighboring countries, played a splendid "trilogy" together with other developing countries, took an active part in global governance, pushed political settlement of hotspot issues and played a constructive role in safeguarding world peace and security.
Wang Yi said 2016 serves as a starting year of China's "13thFive-Year" plan. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as General Secretary, China will earnestly implement the major-country diplomatic concept with Chinese characteristics, spare no efforts to serve domestic construction and play its due role for the smooth starting of the "13thFive-Year" plan by focusing on the construction of "Belt and Road"; strive to lead global economy and well host the G20 Hangzhou Summit to tap new impetus for global economic growth; make every effort to serve world peace, and continuously devote to building a framework of major-country relations featuring sound interactions and win-win cooperation; actively contribute to regional development and work with other countries to promote the construction of an Asian community of common destiny; sincerely do its duty for the wellbeing of the compatriots and protect legitimate interests and ensure security of lives and property of Chinese citizens and companies abroad.
Cambodian Ambassador to China Khek Cai Mealy Sysoda wished Chinese people a happy new year on behalf of diplomatic corps of all nations. She said that China has achieved huge success in all development causes, played a more and more constructive role in international affairs and become more and more important as a responsible partner and that she hopes China realize greater achievements and further develop its relations with all other countries in the new year.