The CCP's leading fortnightly theoretical journal Qiu Shi (Seeking Truth - 2022/19 dated
October 1) published an article by Liu Jianchao, Minister of the CCP CC International Liaison
Department on promoting high-quality development of the party's foreign work in the new era.
In the article, which mentioned Xi Jinping 12 times, Liu Jianchao said "General Secretary Xi
Jinping personally planned, guided and promoted" the Party's foreign work and that "the party's
foreign work is an important front of the party, an important part of the country's overall
diplomacy, and an important manifestation of major-country diplomacy with Chinese
characteristics". He added that "The party's foreign work" was "making important contributions
to serving national rejuvenation". He said, "On the new journey in the new era, we must deeply
understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", and under the guidance of Xi
Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and Xi Jinping
Thought on Diplomacy, we must thoroughly study, understand and implement General
Secretary Xi Jinping's guidance on the Party's foreign work." He concluded "At present, the
world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. The international political pattern,
the global development pattern, and the world political party pattern are all undergoing
profound and complex changes. We will still encounter risks and challenges that are turbulent
and even stormy, but the opportunities will also be more strategic. We must unite more closely
around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, further study and
implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on the Party's external work
and turn the mighty ideological power into a powerful driving force for the high-quality
development of the Party's external work. ... welcome the victory of the party's 20th National
Congress with excellent results, and make greater contributions to building a socialist modern
country in an all-round way and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!"
ii) The same issue of Qiu Shi published an article by three Xinhua journalists captioned: 'Open
up a new realm of major-country diplomacy'.
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