Mao Ning 毛宁 (@SpoxCHN_MaoNing)

The 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will be held in Shenzhen from November 18 to 19 under the theme “Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together.” President Xi Jinping will chair the meeting and deliver remarks. The APEC CEO Summit will be held in Shenzhen from November 17 to 18 under the theme “promoting prosperity together for a win-win future.” President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech.  President Xi will hold a welcome banquet for participating leaders and representatives, and hold bilateral meetings with foreign leaders on the sidelines of the meeting.

11月12日は極東国際軍事裁判（東京裁判）の判決言い渡しから78年の節目の日です。歴史を忘れてはならず、正義への挑戦を許してはなりません。

FM Wang Yi spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the phone. Wang Yi stated that China’s policy toward the United States remains stable and consistent. China is ready to strengthen communication and cooperation with the U.S. side, properly handle differences and sensitive issues, support each other in the successful hosting of the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and the G20 Leaders’ Summit, and work for tangible progress in building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability.

In SW China’s Chengdu, the Chinese and US militaries held a ceremony to transfer the remains of American airmen recovered along the Hump Route back to the United States. Eighty years after they crossed the Himalayas to aid China’s resistance against Japanese aggression, these heroes are finally homeward bound — a return made possible with China’s humanitarian assistance.

Today, the People’s Republic of China celebrates its 77th birthday. Over 100,000 people from all the country gather at Tian’anmen Square before dawn for the raising of the national flag—a romance that belongs uniquely to the Chinese people. 🇨🇳

President Xi Jinping attended the reception marking the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. President Xi pointed out that over the past 77 years, our Party has rallied and led the people in forging ahead. We have fulfilled the First Centenary Goal of finishing building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and we are striving to meet the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects. Since the start of this year, all of us in the Party and the country have forged ahead with enterprise and endeavor. We have formulated China’s 15th Five-Year Plan for economic and social development and started to implement it. We have effectively met various risks and challenges. The economy has made headway despite strong headwinds, achieved high-quality and innovation-driven growth, and demonstrated great resilience and vitality. As long as we are steadfast in our confidence and pursuit of our goals, and press ahead with solid strides, we can surely achieve success for the great Communist Party of China, the great Chinese people, and the great People’s Republic of China.

After the tea, President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan visited the National Archives accompanied by President and Mrs. Trump.  President Xi underscored that China and the United States are distinct in many ways, with different histories, cultures, social systems and development paths. But the people of China and the United States are just like each other in aspiring for a better life. By recognizing and respecting the differences, understanding and learning from each other, focusing on the greatest common ground, lengthening the list of cooperation and properly managing differences, the two countries can achieve steady and long-term development of their relationship.

President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan joined President Donald J. Trump and Mrs. Melania Trump for tea at the White House. The two presidents agreed to add new substance to their vision for the China-U.S. relationship, jointly building a constructive relationship of strategic stability on the basis of respect, fairness and reciprocity.

In 1972, US President Richard Nixon made a historic visit to China. A plant of the American redwood tree was sent from Nixon's home state of #California# as a gift, along with four other saplings. Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai decided to plant them in #Hangzhou#, where he and Nixon would meet. Nixon said upon returning from China, "Just as we hope that those saplings—those tiny saplings that we left in China—will grow one day into mighty redwoods, so we hope, too, that the seeds planted on this journey for peace will grow and prosper into a more enduring structure for peace and security in the Western Pacific." The redwood tree has since then stood as a symbol of 🇺🇸🇨🇳 friendship and has been growing well to this day. Yet it has fared differently than in California—a reminder that plants, like people, need to adapt to the local environment.