On the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the Independence of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and the 75th year of diplomatic relations between the Czech Republic and the People’s Republic of China. The Ambassador of the Republic of the People’s Republic of China H.E. Mr. Biao FENG , and Mrs. Cai Jingli Hosted a reception at the beautiful building and garden of the Embassy.
Mr. Eduard Hulicius – the deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic and Mr. Vaclav Klaus – the previous President of the Czech Republic were the honored guest.
Watch the video with the speech of the Ambassador of the Republic of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Mr. Biao FENG ( in Chinese ) the English translation is attached, of Mr. Eduard Hulicius – the deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic, and Mr. Vaclav Klaus – the previous President of the Czech Republic
Happy Birthday China !
Remarks by Ambassador Feng Biao at the Reception in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between PRC and the Czech Republic
(September 27, 2024)
Your Excellency former President Klaus, former Prime Minister Paroubek,
Your Excellency deputy minister Hulicius, director-general Piecha,
Your Excellencies ambassadors, members of the diplomatic corps,
Ladies and Gentlemen：
Good evening!
It is a great pleasure to gather with you to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and also the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Czech Republic. At the outset, I would like to convey warm welcome and sincere gratitude to all of you!
The past 75 years since the founding of New China have been the most glorious and magnificent chapter in the history of the development of the Chinese nation. China has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes, and its economic strength,scientific and technological capabilities and composite national strength have increased significantly. It is also worth mentioning that, China has become the world’s second largest economy,has historically resolved the problem of absolute poverty and has built a moderately prosperous society in all respects. Thereby the Chinese nation has achieved the tremendous transformation from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong.
At present, the Chinese people of all ethnic groups are joining hands to advance China’s modernization drive, making great strides toward the goal of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation. In July this year, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made systematic plans for further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization, which will provide institutional guarantee for and inject strong impetus into the Chinese modernization.
Ladies and Gentlemen！
Over the past 75 years since the founding of New China, China remains firm in pursuing an independent foreign policy of peace and adheres to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in pursuing friendship and cooperation with other countries. China has always been a builder of world peace, a defender of international order, and a contributor to global development. China has injected valuable stability and positive energy into the world and made great contributions to upholding world peace and promoting common development. Today, China is ever closer to the center stage of the world, and has established the building of a community with a shared future for mankind as its noble goal and main task in conducting major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. China stands ready to work with all the countries to deliver a brighter future for the world.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The Czech Republic is one of the first countries to recognize and establish diplomatic ties with New China. For the 75 years since the establishment of the China-Czech diplomatic relations, despite the evolving international situation and great changes of our national conditions,friendship and cooperation remain the mainstream of bilateral relations, benefiting the two countries and peoples. In particular,President Xi Jinping made historic state visit to the Czech Republic in 2016,and during the visit bilateral relations were elevated to strategic partnership. These have further promoted exchanges in various fields between our two countries. China has become the Czech Republic’s largest trading partner outside the EU, while the Czech Republic is China’s second largest trading partner in Central and Eastern Europe. Bilateral trade has grown at an average annual rate of 14.3% in the past decade, reaching 21.51 billion US dollars (about 483.6 billion koruna) in 2023. China’s total investment in the Czech Republic has reached 1.7 billion US dollars (about 38.2 billion koruna), and more than 50 Chinese enterprises are doing business in the Czech Republic. People-to-people exchanges between the two countries have strengthened with mutual understanding deepened, and China has become one of the main sources of tourists to the Czech Republic. More and more Chinese tourists are visiting the Czech Republic by taking the resumed direct flights. All these facts show that, although our two countries differ in social system, history, culture,and size etc., we can surely build a relationship of mutual trust, friendship and cooperation.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The Chinese modernization is the modernization of peaceful development, and China will continue to create development opportunities for other countries with its own accomplishments in the modernization drive. As a friend and partner, China stands ready to work with the Czech side,uphold the principles of mutual respect, equal treatment and mutual benefit, and deepen friendly cooperation in various fields,so as to promote the sound, steady and sustainable development of bilateral relations, and bring more benefits to both countries and peoples.
On this note, I would like to propose a toast to the prosperity of China and the Czech Republic, to the healthy and steady growth of China-Czech relations, and to the health of all friends present, cheers!
Thank you.