China continues to promote win-win cooperation

China will work to promote a new type of international relations of win-win cooperation and will always remain a staunch force for world peace and common development, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday.

Xi said that while delivering a keynote speech at the opening plenary of the annual conference of the 2015 Boao Forum for Asia in Boao, south China's Hainan Province. [Special coverage]

"China will be steadfast in pursuing the independent foreign policy of peace, the path of peaceful development, the win-win strategy of opening up, and the approach of upholding justice while pursuing shared interests," Xi said.

Xi noted that what China needs most is a harmonious and stable domestic environment and a peaceful and tranquil international environment, adding that turbulence or war runs against the fundamental interests of the Chinese people.

China has suffered from turbulence and war for more than a century since modern times, and the Chinese people would never want to inflict the same tragedy on other countries or peoples, Xi said.

Under the theme of "Asia's New Future: Towards a Community of Common Destiny", the forum held from Thursday to Sunday will span issues such as the China-proposed "Belt and Road" initiatives to Asia's economic integration.