China Committed To Peaceful Development, Rejects Hegemony

China is committed to the path of peaceful development and nothing is able to shake this commitment, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in London.

"What the Chinese people long for is a world of peace and development. Generations of Chinese people have been brought up learning the tenets that peace is the most precious and that one should seek harmony without uniformity and promote peace and benevolence among all countries. Love of peace is party of our DNA," Xi said at the banquet hosted by Alderman Alan Yarrow, the Lord Mayor of the City of London.

The president said the sufferings the Chinese people went through in modern times have made peace more precious for them, and China's devotion to development has also required peace more than anything else.

"We are committed to the path of peaceful development and reject the logic suggesting that a rising country would always seek hegemony. China's determination and will to follow the path of peaceful development is never to be shaken by anyone, anything or for any reason," said Xi.

"China calls for the building of a community of shared future for mankind. We stand for promoting a new type of international relations featuring win-win cooperation and greater democracy in international relations," he added.

"We support taking the right approach to justice and interests and resolving differences and disputes between countries peacefully through dialogue and consultation," he continued, adding that China will join hands with all countries to uphold world peace, safeguard fairness and justice and advance common prosperity.

"China's development has benefited from cooperation with the international community, and it will contribute to the development of the global family. China advocates international cooperation and practices multilateralism. We will unswervingly follow a win-win strategy of opening-up," he said.

"As our capabilities grow, we will shoulder more responsibilities to the best of our ability, and contribute China's wisdom and strength to world economic growth and global governance. China's development will not come at the cost of other countries. It will only serve to expand common interests," said Xi.

Xi said China will stand firm with all other countries to meet whatever challenges that may lie ahead.