Chinese Foreign Minister on Xi’s visit to Southeast Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s just-concluded Southeast Asia tour focused on good-neighborly relations and promoted mutually beneficial cooperation, achieving a complete success, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday. 

Wang also stated at a press briefing that Xi’s trip to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia from Monday to Friday was the first overseas tour of the Chinese head of state this year. The tour sent a strong signal that China firmly defends multilateralism and international trade rules, Wang said. 

Xi underscored that despite the headwind of mounting protectionism, China will pursue high-quality development, expand high-standard opening up and share development opportunities with neighboring countries.