The International Day of Friendship is celebrated worldwide on July 30. Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed on multiple occasions that "amity between peoples holds the key to sound state-to-state relations." Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts from Xi's speeches on this topic since 2013 follow:
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the centenary celebration of the Western Returned Scholars Association on October 21, 2013
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the centenary celebration of the Western Returned Scholars Association on October 21, 2013
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the centenary celebration of the Western Returned Scholars Association on October 21, 2013
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the Plenary Session the BRICS Xiamen Summit on September 4, 2017
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the centenary celebration of the Western Returned Scholars Association on October 21, 2013
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Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (I&II) and Beijing Review
