On July 24th,2024, the opening ceremony of the 5th China-South Asia Cooperation Forum was held in Kunming. Ambassador Jiang Zaidong was invited to deliver a video speech.
Jiang Zaidong said that the forum coincided with the successful convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. The session formulated systemic plans for further deepening reform, writing a new chapter in China's modernization drive and bringing new opportunities for win-win cooperation to countries around the world, including South Asian countries. South Asia plays an important role in China's peripheral diplomacy, and its cooperation with China is thriving. China-Pakistan cooperation has achieved fruitful results and laid a solid foundation. China-Pakistan cooperation has been a model of exchanges between countries and a vivid portrayal of China-South Asia cooperation, sharing weal and woe, pursing cooperation and development. We are ready to work with South Asian countries, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and leaders of South Asian countries, to build consensus on cooperation and common development, promote high-quality development of Belt and Road Initiative, inject new impetus to the interaction of millennium civilizations, and write a new chapter in building a China-South Asia community with a shared future.