Keep abreast of the right side of history to achieve common development in the challenging world

Keynote speech by H.E. Ambassador Huang Xilian at Webinar on China’s development and China-Philippines relations on Sept. 25, 2020.

Next week, we are going to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Rejoicing at the festive occasion brings back memories of my loved hometown, a thousand-year-old village in Fujian Province facing the Philippines across the sea. When I was a little boy, poverty prevailed in the village, and some fellow villagers were even short of food and clothes. Over a few decades, tremendous changes have taken place. Today my fellow villagers not only have sufficient food and fashionable clothes, but also own cars and houses in a nice neighborhood. The village has also been urbanized with the establishment of extensive transportation network and manufacturing factories without compromising ecological improvement.