Peaceful Development: Interpreting China's Diplomatic Principles

As a member of the current international

community, China is firmly committed to

peaceful development and calls on other

countries to do the same. China always adheres

to an independent foreign policy of peace. It

takes defending its sovereignty and security as

its top priority, while always making efforts to

achieve and sustain world peace and to promote

common development. On the basis of the Five

Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, China is

willing to establish friendly and cooperative

ties with other countries. Committed to open,

cooperative and win-win development, China

has not only been creating a good international

environment for its socialist modernization

and economic reforms, but also making its

due contribution to the peace and progress of

humankind.