Published: 20:58, August 20, 2024 | Updated: 21:04, August 20, 2024
Xi meets foreign guests attending 40th anniversary of NPC's affiliation with IPU
By Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in Beijing, capital of China, July 18, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping met here on Tuesday with foreign parliamentary leaders attending the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of China's National People's Congress' (NPC) affiliation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as well as the 2024 interregional seminar on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for parliaments of developing countries.

Xi welcomed the speakers' visit to China, noting that they come from countries on different continents. "We are all members of the Global South," he said.

Despite different national conditions, China and the countries are all good brothers and good partners with a shared vision, Xi added.

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Noting that the current global landscape is rapidly evolving, Xi said China is willing to work with other countries to advocate an equal and orderly multi-polar world and an inclusive economic globalization that benefits all, promote the building of a community with a share future for humanity, and build the Earth into a harmonious family.