Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers an important speech at a symposium held by the CPC Central Committee to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Dec 26, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Chinese diplomatic envoys to foreign countries, who are in Beijing to attend this year's work conference for overseas envoys.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made an important speech during the meeting.