Beijing (EFE).- The president of China, Xi Jinping, proclaimed today that his country “will be on the right side of history” and that it will defend “the common values of humanity”, during a speech delivered at the closing of the National People’s Assembly (ANP, Legislative), the country’s main political event each year.
Xi, who did not mention the war in Ukraine, called for “holding high the banner of peace” and “practicing multilateralism”, after a few months in which China has maintained its ambiguous position on the conflict, on which it recently issued a A declaration that calls for respect for the sovereignty of all countries and a ceasefire, a proposal criticized by the West for putting “the aggressor and the attacked” on the same level.
Likewise, the president declared that his country “will remain dedicated to peace and development” and assured that China “will play an active role in the reform of the world government system” and “will contribute to the construction of an open world economy.”
“China will foster a favorable international environment for its development,” said Xi, who last week was ratified by the PNA for a third term unprecedented among his close predecessors.
In addition, Xi called for the Chinese Army to become “a great wall of steel” that protects “the stability and development” of China.
On March 5, during the inauguration of the annual session of the PNA, the former prime minister, Li Keqiang, announced that he will increase his defense spending by 7.2% this year to 1.55 trillion yuan (224,384 million dollars, 210,685 million euros) after the item grew by 7.1% in 2022.
Xi: “Reunification” with Taiwan is “essential” for China’s revitalization
Jinping proclaimed that “reunification” with Taiwan is “essential for China’s revitalization.”
Xi assured that reunification is “a common aspiration of the Chinese nation” and stressed the need to “oppose external forces” and “secessionists.”
The new Chinese premier believes that decoupling with the US is in no one’s interest
For his part, the new Chinese prime minister, Li Qiang, considered that the economic decoupling between his country and the United States is not in anyone’s interest.
“I wonder who this would really benefit,” Li said at his first press conference since he was appointed to the position last Saturday, held at the end of the National People’s Assembly (ANP, equivalent to a Legislative), the most important political event. important of the year in China.
Li held that the US and China can and should cooperate, saying that both countries benefit from each other’s development.
“China and the United States are closely intertwined economically and both have benefited from the other’s development,” he added.
The new ‘Chinese premier’ assured that trying to “encircle” or “repress” China is something that “does not benefit anyone”.