On the afternoon of September 24, 2024, Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping, attended the China-U.S. Teenager Cultural and Sports Exchange Event entitled "Shared Journey for China-U.S. Friendship" at Beijing No. 8 High School.Peng Liyuan had a warm interaction with the teenager delegation from Washington State, the United States. She welcomed the teachers and students to visit, know about and experience the real China firsthand, and expressed the expectation for more mutual understanding and interaction between teenagers from China and the United States to inject positive energy into China-U.S. relations.Peng Liyuan, together with the Chinese and foreign guests, watched a friendly basketball match between Chinese and U.S. teenagers, and she presented commemorative medals to players from both teams. The student cheerleading squads from both countries performed vibrant aerobics, earning rounds of applause from the audience.Peng Liyuan watched a video of the U.S. teenager delegation's visit to China. The U.S. student representatives enthusiastically shared their unforgettable experiences and impressions from visiting various provinces and cities in China, learning about different ethnic customs, and experiencing outstanding traditional Chinese culture. Logic Seven Allah-Amen, Assistant Principal at Lincoln High School, fondly recalled hosting the visit of President Xi Jinping and Professor Peng Liyuan to the school in 2015, and sincerely thanked President Xi Jinping for his care and support for exchanges between the teenagers of both countries. He also expressed willingness to actively contribute to promoting a closer bond between the two peoples. Noting that the rich and colorful visit has helped forge a deep friendship between teenagers of the two countries, Peng Liyuan expressed the belief that the visit will leave a beautiful memory in their hearts. As the future of China-U.S. relations lies in the youth, Peng Liyuan expressed her hope that the delegation will share their experiences and insights in China with their families, friends and classmates upon returning to their homeland, pass on the friendship of the Chinese people, and keep the tree of friendship between Chinese and U.S. people blossoming.At last, the Chinese and American teenagers sang Chinese and English songs in unison, and Peng Liyuan took a cordial group photo with students from both countries. The atmosphere was warm and friendly.In November 2023, President Xi Jinping announced in San Francisco in the United States that "China is ready to invite 50,000 young Americans to China on exchange and study programs in the next five years." This time, nearly 100 teachers and students from more than 10 high schools in Washington State visited China at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

On September 23 2024 President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his inauguration as President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Sri Lanka are traditional friendly neighbors. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 67 years ago China and Sri Lanka have always understood and supported each other setting a good example of friendly coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation between countries of different sizes. Xi Jinping said that he highly values the development of China-Sri Lanka relations and is ready to work with President Dissanayake to carry forward the traditional friendship enhance political mutual trust facilitate more fruitful high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and make steady and long-term progress of China-Sri Lanka strategic cooperative partnership featuring sincere mutual assistance and ever-lasting friendship so as to bring more benefits to the people of the two countries.

On the afternoon of September 20 2024 President Xi Jinping held talks with King of Malaysia Sultan Ibrahim who is in China for a state visit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Xi Jinping pointed out that as neighbors across the sea China and Malaysia enjoy a time-honored friendship. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1974 China and Malaysia have always been on friendly terms and supported each other setting an example for countries to help each other succeed and foster win-win cooperation. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the Year of China-Malaysia Friendship a significant year for China-Malaysia relations to build on past achievements and forge ahead into the future. China is further deepening reform comprehensively and advancing high-standard opening-up which will bring new impetus and opportunities to China-Malaysia cooperation. China is ready to work with Malaysia to carry forward fine traditions and be close neighbors of everlasting friendship sincere partners in joint development trusted friends with brotherly relations and an important force for peace. The two countries should deepen strategic cooperation in each other's modernization process and elevate the building of a China-Malaysia community with a shared future to a new level.Xi Jinping stressed that China is ready to work with Malaysia to maintain close high-level exchanges enhance strategic communication and support each other on issues involving their respective core interests and major concerns. China supports the vision of "Malaysia Madani" and is ready to share state governance experience with Malaysia. China is ready to better synergize development strategies with Malaysia carry out high-quality Belt and Road cooperation implement key projects such as the "Two Countries Twin Parks" and the East Coast Rail Link step up cooperation on agriculture and poverty reduction and tap the potential of cooperation on new energy digital economy and other high-tech industries so as to boost their respective modernization processes. The two sides should deepen exchanges and mutual learning between the Chinese and Islamic civilizations strengthen cooperation in higher education joint scientific research and other fields enhance mutual understanding and affinity between the two peoples and cultivate successors for the cause of China-Malaysia friendship. As important members of the Asia Pacific region developing countries and emerging economies China and Malaysia should play a guiding role in enriching the China-Malaysia community with a shared future with more imperatives of the era and greater global significance. China supports Malaysia in assuming the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN next year and is ready to work with Malaysia to promote East Asian cooperation and regional economic integration and enhance communication and coordination regarding major hotspot and international issues so as to contribute to regional and global peace and stability.Sultan Ibrahim said that he was honored to pay his first state visit to the great China in the capacity of Malaysia's head of state. Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping and through the hard work of the Chinese people China has made remarkable development achievements that have garnered global attention. It has become a major engine of the world economy setting an example for developing countries like Malaysia. Malaysia was one of the first ASEAN countries to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and also the first ASEAN country to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership with China. The Malaysia-China relationship is built on mutual trust and mutual respect. Malaysia appreciates the Chinese government's people-centered development philosophy and supports the Global Development Initiative the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative put forward by President Xi Jinping. Malaysia regards China as a reliable partner and is committed to fostering a strong partnership with China achieving shared progress and becoming a companion on the path to modernization. Malaysia has benefited greatly from the Belt and Road Initiative and is ready to work with China to advance the Belt and Road cooperation and deepen cooperation in such fields as economy trade investment infrastructure connectivity culture and education so as to take Malaysia-China relations to a higher level. He said that the Malaysian side is ready to work with the Chinese side to make constructive contributions to maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea. As the rotating chair of ASEAN and the country coordinator for ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations next year Malaysia is ready to play an active role in advancing the comprehensive strategic partnership between ASEAN and China. The Malaysian side greatly appreciates China's fair and just stance on the Palestinian question and is ready to strengthen communication and coordination with China on international and regional affairs.Before the talks Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Sultan Ibrahim at the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People.A 21-gun salute was fired at Tian'anmen Square and honor guards lined up in salutation. As the two heads of state stepped onto the stand the military band played the national anthems of China and Malaysia. Accompanied by Xi Jinping Sultan Ibrahim reviewed the guard of honor of the People's Liberation Army and watched the march-past.On the evening of the same day Xi Jinping held a welcoming banquet for Sultan Ibrahim at the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.Wang Yi was present at the above activities.

On September 13 2024 President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum.Xi Jinping pointed out that in the face of global changes of a magnitude unseen in a century and the expectations of people around the world for security and stability China has been practicing the Global Security Initiative continuously consolidating consensus among all parties promoting the elimination of the root causes of international conflicts improving global security governance and making unremitting efforts to build a world of lasting peace and universal security. He expressed the hope that the current forum will continue to uphold the spirit of equality openness inclusiveness and mutual learning; foster broad consensus and deepen mutual trust; and make new and greater contributions to jointly addressing global security challenges and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.The 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum themed "Promoting Peace for a Shared Future" kicked off in Beijing on the same day.

On September 12 2024 President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS).Xi Jinping pointed out that the CIFTIS having been successfully held for ten years is a vivid portrayal of the high-quality development of China's service industry and service trade making positive contributions to the building of an open world economy. China will keep promoting high-quality development via high-standard opening-up improve institutions and mechanisms for high-standard opening up innovate and upgrade trade in services actively align with high-standard international economic and trade rules promote interoperability and compatibility of rules regulations management and standards in the service sector open its service market wider to the outside world in an orderly manner enhance the functions of the service sector and service trade as platforms of opening up and forge a world-class business environment that is market-oriented law-d and internationalized. China is ready to work with all countries in the world to jointly share opportunities discuss cooperation and promote development in line with the general trend of economic globalization to contribute to promoting global economic growth and the well-being of the people of all countries.Co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality the 2024 CIFTIS themed "Global Services Shared Prosperity" kicked off in Beijing on the same day.

On September 11 2024 President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Forum on Women.Xi Jinping pointed out that women have been key drivers of human civilization and social progress and have scored remarkable achievements in all walks of life. Since the launch of the SCO Forum on Women women from various countries upholding the "Shanghai Spirit" have contributed their strength to building an even closer SCO community with a shared future. Xi Jinping expressed the hope that the forum will continue to play a positive role in promoting amity and people-to-people interconnectivity among various countries injecting fresh impetus into forging closer people-to-people and cultural bonds within the SCO. China is ready to work with all parties to promote scientific and technological innovation and the development of women's causes via digital empowerment so as to jointly build a more beautiful home of the SCO.On the same day the SCO Forum on Women kicked off in Qingdao Shandong Province. It is co-organized by the All-China Women's Federation the Good-Neighborliness Friendship and Cooperation Commission of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation the People's Government of Shandong Province and the SCO Secretariat.

On September 11 2024 President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Abdelmadjid Tebboune on his reelection as President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.Noting that China and Algeria enjoy traditional friendly relations Xi Jinping said in recent years under the joint guidance of the two presidents bilateral relations have developed rapidly cooperation in various fields has yielded fruitful results the two countries have closely coordinated and cooperated in international affairs and the traditional friendship has continued to deepen. Xi said he attaches great importance to the development of China-Algeria relations and stands ready to work with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to take the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Algeria comprehensive strategic partnership this year as an opportunity to further enhance political mutual trust expand and deepen practical cooperation and jointly open up broader prospects for friendly cooperation between the two countries.

On the afternoon of September 9 2024 President Xi Jinping met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre who is on an official visit to China at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.Xi Jinping asked Jonas Gahr Støre to convey his regards to King Harald V. Xi Jinping pointed out that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Norway 70 years ago the two peoples have respected appreciated and learned from each other forging a valuable friendship. Further developing China-Norway friendly cooperation is consistent with the will of the two peoples the fundamental interests of the two countries and an overall trend of maintaining closer ties among countries in the world to share weal and woe. Today's world is going through rapid and profound changes unseen in a century which are testing whether the international community can make the right choice. China will continue to follow the path of peaceful development. Through further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization China will inject stability and certainty into a world fraught with changes and turbulence and create more opportunities for the common development of all countries. China is ready to work with Norway to push for continuous development of bilateral friendly cooperation.Xi Jinping stressed that a review of the 70-year history of China-Norway relations shows that friendship and cooperation are the defining features. Xi Jinping said "Historical experience tells us that to maintain the steady and sound development of bilateral relations the most important thing is to respect each other seek common ground while shelving differences including respecting each other's core interests and accommodating each other's major concerns." The two countries' economies are highly complementary and have seen fruitful cooperation outcomes in various fields. He called on the two sides to d on their respective strengths expand practical cooperation in fields such as environmental protection energy transition maritime affairs and shipping agricultural and fishery products and electric vehicles strengthen cooperation in education science and technology culture tourism winter sports and other fields and increase personnel exchanges especially among young people. China and Norway share extensive consensus on maintaining world peace and security addressing climate change protecting biodiversity and tackling other global challenges. China is ready to strengthen communication and coordination with Norway at the United Nations and on other multilateral platforms practice true multilateralism and promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. China hopes that Norway will play a positive role in promoting the sound and steady development of relations between China and Europe.Jonas Gahr Støre conveyed King Harald V's cordial greetings to President Xi Jinping. He said that Norway was one of the first Nordic countries to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Norway and China 70 years ago the two countries have witnessed sound development of bilateral relations and the two sides have conducted dialogue and cooperation in a manner of mutual respect. Norway respects China's sovereignty firmly pursues the one-China policy and is willing to continue to work with China to respect each other's core interests and major concerns engage in mutual learning and exchanges and foster mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. China's development is full of vitality and has much successful experience worth learning from. Norway looks forward to expanding cooperation with China especially in such fields as green development climate change response maritime affairs and shipping agriculture fishery and aquaculture industries new energy vehicles and artificial intelligence. China plays an important role in addressing many global challenges facing the world today and tackling major international issues concerning international peace and security. Norway supports free trade and is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with China within the G20 and other multilateral frameworks and supports closer cooperation between Europe and China.The two sides had an exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis and other hotspot issues. Xi Jinping stressed that China encourages and supports all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of the crisis and will continue to promote peace talks and play a constructive role in promoting the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis. Xi Jinping expressed the hope that all parties will work together to accumulate favorable conditions for the political settlement of the crisis through dialogue.Wang Yi was present at the meeting.

On September 9 2024 General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un on the 76th anniversary of the DPRK's founding.Xi Jinping pointed out that over the past 76 years under the leadership of the WPK the people of the DPRK have united as one and promoted the vigorous development of various national causes. In recent years Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un has led the Party and people of the DPRK in thoroughly implementing the guiding principles of the WPK's Eighth Congress and all its plenary sessions and made a series of achievements in construction and development. Xi Jinping expressed his belief that under the leadership of the WPK headed by Comrade General Secretary the people in the DPRK will surely win new and greater victories in advancing the cause of DPRK-style socialism.Xi Jinping stressed that China and the DPRK are linked by mountains and rivers and their traditional friendship has grown stronger over time. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the DPRK and the "China-DPRK Friendship Year". Under the new circumstances in the new era China will continue to view bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term perspective and is ready to deepen strategic communication strengthen coordination and cooperation with the DPRK and jointly maintain consolidate and develop traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. Xi Jinping called on the two sides to jointly advance the socialism cause so as to bring more benefits to the two peoples and make greater contributions to promoting peace stability development and prosperity of the region and the world.

On the afternoon of September 9 2024 President Xi Jinping met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez who is on an official visit to China at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.Xi Jinping asked Pedro Sánchez to convey his regards to King Felipe VI. Recalling that China and Spain celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations last year Xi Jinping noted that both sides have maintained close exchanges and interactions at all levels and promoted high-quality cooperation in new areas. Noting that next year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Spain comprehensive strategic partnership Xi Jinping said the two sides should adhere to the original intention of establishing diplomatic relations d on mutual respect and equal treatment take a holistic and long-term view and continuously enrich the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. Xi Jinping also called on both sides to build long-term and stable China-Spain relations with strategic resolve and elevate bilateral relations to a higher level.Xi Jinping stressed that reform and opening up is the right development path that China has found through long-term practice and it will be followed steadfastly. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee laid out systematic plans for further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization which will bring new opportunities for deepening and expanding cooperation between China and Spain. The two sides should give full play to platforms such as the Mixed Committee on Economy and Trade and the Joint Commission on Science and Technology to jointly promote development in high-tech fields such as artificial intelligence digital economy and new energy to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. Xi Jinping expressed the hope that Spain will continue to provide a fair equitable safe and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in the country. He urged joint efforts from the two sides to stay committed to inclusiveness and mutual learning strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges in the fields of language education youth culture and tourism and promote friendship between the two peoples. China appreciates Spain's active promotion of China-EU exchanges and cooperation during its EU rotating presidency in the second half of last year. As next year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU China is ready to work with the EU to take stock of successful experience in the development of bilateral relations and push for steady progress in the development of China-EU relations in the direction of independence helping each other succeed and benefits to the world. Xi Jinping expressed the hope that Spain will continue to play a constructive role in this regard.Xi Jinping pointed out that in today's changing and turbulent world China and Spain are both countries with a sense of responsibility and mission and both advocate multilateralism and free trade. China is ready to expand cooperation with Spain in third-party markets in the Global South and strengthen communication and coordination in the United Nations the G20 and other international organizations so as to inject more positive energy into world peace stability and human progress.Pedro Sánchez conveyed cordial greetings from King Felipe VI to President Xi Jinping. He said that he is glad to visit China again after one year which shows the closeness of Spain-China relations. Spain and China enjoy time-honored friendship and have constantly developed and deepened the partnership on the basis of mutual respect. Pedro Sánchez said that during his visit the two sides signed a number of cooperation agreements in green development and other fields demonstrating the huge potential and bright prospects of bilateral cooperation. He expressed the hope that the two sides will strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and deepen cooperation in such fields as economy trade and new energy vehicles. Spain is willing to provide a sound environment for Chinese enterprises. Both Spain and China are committed to safeguarding world peace and multilateralism. The world today faces multiple challenges such as turbulence conflicts poverty and climate change which call for greater international cooperation and joint response. China is a key force in safeguarding world peace and development and plays an important constructive role in resolving major international and regional issues. The Spanish side views its relations with China from a strategic height firmly pursues the one-China policy is willing to be a trustworthy partner of China and looks forward to further deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between Spain and China and making greater contributions to the well-being of the two peoples world peace and prosperity. Spain supports the principles of free trade and open markets disagrees with trade wars and is willing to continue playing a positive role in promoting the sound development of EU-China relations.The two sides also had an exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and other issues.Wang Yi was present at the meeting.