The following is the full text of the remarks made by President Xi Jinping via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held in Shanghai on Nov 4.
At its 19th National Congress, the CPC drew up a blueprint for China's development from now through the middle of this century and reaffirmed China's genuine desire to work together with the rest of the world to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
As a new year begins, everything takes on a new look. It gives me great pleasure to visit the United Nations Office at Geneva and discuss with you the building of a community of shared future for humankind, which is the call of our time.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as General Secretary has, with a keen appreciation of the future of mankind and the trend of the times and an accurate grasp of the strategic direction of China's relationship with the rest of the world, put forward the important vision of creating a community of shared future for mankind on a number of international occasions.