简介：Theworldintheoutgoing2018hasbeenmarkedbyuncertainty,adefiningfeatureoftheinternationallandscape.Theshiftinthebalanceofpoweraccelerated,unilateralismandprotectionismfurtherdeveloped,andtheinternationalsystemcameunderseriousstrain.Major-countrycompetitionintensified.Evenastraditionalhotspotsremainunresolved,non-traditionalsecurityissuessuchasclimatechangeandrefugeescroppedup.Withhiskeenunderstandingoftheevolutionofhistoryandfirmgraspofthetrendofthetimes,GeneralSecretaryXiJinpingmadethiskeyjudgmentaboutthecurrentinternationalsituation:"Ourworldisexperiencingprofoundchangesunseeninacentury."

简介：Thereformandopening-upisagreatchangeincontemporaryChinesesociety.ItnotonlybroughtabouttremendouschangestoChina,butalsoprofoundlychangedtherelationsbetweenChinaandtheworld.Inthediplomaticfieldsincethereformandopening-up,guidedbytheideologicallineof“liberatingthemindandseekingtruthfromfacts,”Chinahasadheredtoscientificjudgmentoftheinternationalsituationandtheexternalenvironment,keepinginmindbothinternalandinternationalimperatives,andhasbrokennewgroundamidreformandinnovation.AsChinabecomesmoreintegratedwiththeworldinacomprehensiveandin-depthway,Chinahassignificantlychangeditsdiplomaticconcepts,policies,patternsandstyles.Atthesametime,Chinaretainsthestabilityandcontinuityofitsoverallstrategy.China’sinternationalpositioning,whichhasalwaysbeenacriticalpremisefortheformulationofChina’sdiplomaticstrategy,playsanimportantroleinthisduality.“

简介：Theyear2018witnessedagreatdealofturbulenceininternationalaffairs.Inaperiodofunrivaledchangenotseeninahundredyears,theworldpoliticalandeconomicstructurehasbeenundergoingprofoundadjustments,withanunprecedenteddisplayofgreatpowerpolitics,risingunilateralism,protectionismandpopulism,andadeteriorationinconventionalandunconventionalsecurity.Thetransitionbetweentheoldandnewworldordershasonceagainbroughtmankindtoacrossroads,andhasposedpreviouslyunforeseenriskstoChina’srise.