Get ready for 2026! Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi just laid out seven promises to take China’s global ties to the next level. From hosting APEC to strengthening BRICS bonds, here’s your quick guide. 🌍✨
1. Strategic support for China’s growth 🌱Under the new stage of the 15th Five-Year Plan, China will ramp up high-level diplomacy, manage international risks, and share its modernization playbook to create a friendlier global environment.
2. Crafting new major-country relations 🤝China wants peaceful, stable, and balanced ties with the U.S., Russia, and Europe—based on mutual respect, co-existence, and win-win cooperation.
3. Building a shared future with neighbors 🌏By following amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness, China will boost RCEP projects, fast-track CAFTA 3.0, and mediate regional hot spots to keep conflicts at bay.
4. Solidarity across the Global South ✊As the largest developing country, China will back a stronger BRICS, mark 70 years of Africa ties with zero-tariff deals, host the China-Arab Summit, and explore a GCC free-trade pact—while supporting Latin America and the Caribbean.
5. Injecting momentum into global openness 🌐With high-standard opening up, China will expand Belt and Road projects—from mega infrastructure to community programs—and work with APEC members in 2026 to explore an Asia-Pacific free-trade zone.
6. Reforming global governance ⚖️China will champion true multilateralism, strengthen the UN’s role, push for more Global South representation, and help design new international governance mechanisms.
7. Safeguarding national interests 🛡️With a people-centered approach, the ministry will uphold sovereignty and security, bolster risk early-warning, and ensure overseas Chinese and businesses feel safe and supported.
Reference(s):
Wang Yi: Major-country diplomacy to reach new heights in 2026
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