April 20, 2023

China has pressed the "accelerator" button, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the sideline of the "two sessions" in March, and it seems that in the first quarter of 2023, China's diplomacy has already had a "global effect," said experts.

This trend has continued the momentum. This week, China received visits from Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Bonasso. 

Since the beginning of 2023, leaders and senior officials from more than 20 countries and international organizations, whether they are major powers like Russia, France, the EU and Brazil, or small nations from Africa and Oceania, and even countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran that were previously hostile to each other, have had frequent interactions with China to seek solutions to ease tensions, opportunity for development, and certainty for growth, said analysts. 

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