China for me is a living civilization. You can feel the Chinese civilization existing everywhere. Despite its modernization, you can feel the spirit of the Chinese civilization.

Through my numerous visits to China, I have witnessed a governance system that deserves respect — a system led by the Communist Party of China and a government accepted by the people.

The 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) will be the main guide, and "dual circulation" will be the new development paradigm. It is based on a strong insight — making the Chinese people stronger and richer — so they can respond to any external challenges. In the other direction, it will enhance the Belt and Road Initiative and other global initiatives.

So, the dual circulation means being strong inside while also promoting strong international cooperation, although the mainstay is China itself being stronger and wealthier with more domestic demand. That way China will have demand, and also offer the supply. This makes China independent from outside forces.

And in the meantime, China, as a big country, is offering a lot of initiatives such as the Belt and Road Initiative, Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and so on.

The Belt and Road Initiative has facilitated trade and activated hidden demand. And consequently, it has offered a golden opportunity to several developing countries to increase their per capita GDP, and created job opportunities, and that has helped reduce their levels of poverty.

China by nature is a peaceful country. So the main issue is economic development for the sake of Chinese people, as I said, by the people, for the people. On the other side, China is doing a good job in bringing people and countries together, and offering the international system good ideas.

I believe that in the next period, China will work hard with other friends to create a multilateral rule-based system. I believe China with its friends will help the world, especially the developing countries, by promoting a better world order.