Speech at the Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Lawful Rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations

Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Lawful Rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations on October 25, 2021.

“Speech at the Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Lawful Rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations” was delivered on October 25, 2021. According to the speech, the decision to restore all rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations and to recognize the representatives of the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations was a victory for the Chinese people and a victory for people of the world. The past five decades since PRC restored its lawful rights in the United Nations have witnessed China’s peaceful development and its commitment and dedication to the welfare of all humanity. For these 50 years, the Chinese people have demonstrated an untiring spirit and kept to the right direction of China’s development amidst changing circumstances, thus writing an epic chapter in the development of China and humanity; have stood in solidarity and cooperation with people around the world and upheld international equity and justice, contributing significantly to world peace and development; and have upheld the authority and sanctity of the United Nations and practiced multilateralism, and China’s cooperation with the United Nations has deepened steadily. In the world today, changes unseen in a century are accelerating, and the force for peace, development, and progress has continued to grow. It falls upon us to follow the prevailing trend of history, and choose cooperation over confrontation, openness over isolation, and mutual benefit over zero-sum games. We shall be firm in opposing all forms of hegemony and power politics, as well as all forms of unilateralism and protectionism. China will stay committed to the path of peaceful development and always be a builder of world peace; to the path of reform and opening up and always be a contributor to global development; and the path of multilateralism and always be a defender of the international order.