CHINA-LEADERSHIP: CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING ATTENDS MEETING TO MARK 50TH YEAR OF PRC GETTING A SEAT IN THE UN
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The state-owned CCTV (October 25) reported that on October 25, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended
the 50th anniversary meeting of the People's Republic of China to restore the legal seat of the United
Nations in Beijing and delivered an "important" speech. In his speech Xi Jinping emphasised that "China
will adhere to the path of peaceful development and always be a builder of world peace; adhere to the path
of reform and opening up and always be a contributor to global development; adhere to the path of
multilateralism and always be a defender of the international order". He asserted that China strives
unremittingly for a community with a shared future for mankind. PBSC member and Secretary of the CCP
CC Secretariat Wang Huning attended the meeting as did Ding Xuexiang and Yang Jiechi. Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi presided over the meeting which was attended by over 2000 officials from different
departments
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