May 15-22
The 1st Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations was held in Beijing. At its opening ceremony, Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech titled “Deepen Exchanges and Mutual Learning among Civilizations for an Asian Community with a Shared Future," calling for the need to respect each other and treat each other as equals, uphold the beauty of each civilization and the diversity of civilizations in the world, stay open and inclusive, draw on each other's strengths and advance with the times and explore new ground in development in an effort to create an even better tomorrow for civilizations in Asia and beyond.
October 1,2019
China put on a grand
celebration, followed by a military parade and mass pageantry at
Tian'anmen Square on Oct 1, the National Day, to mark the 70th
anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC).