Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman of the Senate Defence Committee and Chairman of the Pakistan-China Institute makes a speech at the 2023 Understanding China Conference (Guangzhou) , Dec. 1, 2023. (Photo by Wang Yan/Guangzhou Daily)
The 2023 Understanding China Conference (Guangzhou) officially kicked off in this Guangdong provincial capital on Saturday, providing a good platform for the world to understand the country.
More than 600 politicians, officials, experts, entrepreneurs, foreign envoys and representatives of international organizations and multinational companies from more than 30 nations and regions around the world attended the annual event.
Themed "China's New Endeavors amid Unprecedented Global Changes -- Expanding the Convergence of Interests and Building A Community of Shared Future", the event includes parallel seminars, thematic conferences and closed-door seminars.
Here are some speeches made by foreign guests during the conference.
Neil Bush, founder and chair of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations
Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman of the Senate Defence Committee and Chairman of the Pakistan-China Institute
Martin Jacques, Visiting Professor of Tsinghua University
Sources: Guangzhou Daily, China Daily
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