FM:China has "unprecedented dynamic interaction" with world in 2008

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi

speaks during a New Year reception held by the Minitry of Foreign Affairs

of China, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 28, 2008.(Chinese media/Li

Tao)
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BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Chinese media) -- China had "unprecedented

dynamic interaction" with the rest of the world in 2008, receiving some 180

heads of state or government, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here Sunday.

Yang made the remarks when addressing a new year

reception in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. State Councilor Dai Bingguo and

more than 400 foreign diplomats and Chinese officials were also present.

Yang said the cooperation between China and the rest

of the world was further consolidated and enhanced amid the natural disasters,

Beijing Olympics as well as the international financial turmoil.

The year 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of China's

reform and opening-up. "Great changes have taken place in China and China's

diplomacy have reached a new height," Yang said.

Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo (R)

and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) cheers with a foreign envoy during a

New Year reception held by the Minitry of Foreign Affairs of China, in

Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 28, 2008. (Chinese media/Li Tao)
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China will remain on the road of peaceful development

and adhere to the mutually beneficial strategy in the coming year, making

unremitting efforts for the comprehensively sustainable social development and

the peace and stability of the world, he said.

Nolana Ta Ama, Togolese Ambassador to China, said on

behalf of the diplomatic corps in Beijing that the world needs China in the

past, at present and in the future.

"All ambassadors are hoping to enhance dialogue and

cooperation with China," Ta Ama said.

"Our task will be completed smoothly, as the country

we are in takes not intervening in other countries' internal affairs and not

seeking hegemony as the basis of its foreign policy," he said.

U.S. Ambassador:U.S.- China ties to be

increasingly good

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Chinese media) -- U.S. Ambassador to China

Clark Randt on Sunday spoke highly of the 30-year development of Sino-U.S.

relations, saying the ties "will continue to be increasingly good."

Randt made the remarks during a new year reception hosted

by China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, at

which State Councilor Dai Bingguo and some 400 foreign diplomats and Chinese

officials were present. Full story