With roughly two weeks left before year's end, China is embracing a "blossoming season" of its proactive foreign diplomacy.
The year 2015 has witnessed the comprehensive advancement of China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics that features a new type of international relations marked by mutual benefits and win-win results. In an intensive series of bilateral and multilateral events this week, China is actively participating in several major global agendas and spares no efforts to shoulder its due responsibilities, not only in boosting ties with the rest of the world, but also in contributing to the world's development.
On Monday and Tuesday, a prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province. The meeting, which discussed SCO cooperation in trade, investment, finance, transportation and culture, not only boosted pragmatic cooperation within the bloc, but also promoted economic integration in the region. At the meeting, Premier Li Keqiang called on all parties concerned to promote international industrial cooperation, saying China is willing to work with all sides to promote exchanges and communication within the SCO framework to create opportunities for more mutually beneficial cooperation between China and SCO members and observers.
Following the SCO meeting, China will host another multilateral event,the 2015 World Internet Conference, in east China's Zhejiang Province from Wednesday to Friday. The annual brainstorming gala for Internet elites and high-ranking officials is expected to offer more ideas for the design of a firewall to safeguard international cyber security. President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the conference in Wuzhen. Since 2014, Xi has expounded China's Internet policy on a number of major international occasions. Following his historic state visit to the United States in September, Xi met with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama again on the sidelines of the Paris climate conference, with both leaders agreeing to strengthen cooperation in cyber security.
Also in early December, the first China-U.S. ministerial dialogue on fighting cyber crimes was held in Washington, during which the two sides identified a number of cases for future cooperation on enhancing cybersecurity and reached further consensus on fighting cyber terrorism. China is ready to act following the dialogue and make cyber security cooperation a new highlight of China-U.S. relations. China's major-country diplomacy, with cyber security as one of its priorities, is expected to gain fresh momentum and effectively enhance China's international influence. Meanwhile, economic exchanges between China and the rest of the world are expected to be further deepened as the country will witness the implementation of two free trade agreements (FTA) later this month.
China and South Korea agreed that a first round of tariff cuts will take effect on Dec. 20, and a second on Jan. 1, 2016. The cuts will take place on the same schedule in the case of the China-Australia FTA, as agreed by the two sides. The implementation of the two agreements is conducive to the development of bilateral economic and trade links, and will inject new impetus into the countries' economic growth and accelerate the economic integration process of the Asia-Pacific region.
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