On 6 July 2026, the Chinese Embassy in the UK held a symposium entitled “The Communist Party of China and the World”. Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang delivered a keynote speech entitled “Reviewing the Glorious Journey, Creating New Historic Success, and Jointly Promoting the Building of a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity”. Representatives from the UK’s political, business, academic and other sectors attended the symposium and took part in the discussion.
Ambassador Zheng elaborated on General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the rally celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the CPC. He noted that General Secretary Xi’s speech comprehensively reviewed the CPC’s glorious journey over the past 105 years in uniting and leading the Chinese people of all ethnic groups and the remarkable achievements it has made. The speech identified the outstanding qualities that have enabled the CPC’s continued success, and served as a clarion call on the entire Party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups to strengthen confidence, carry forward the struggle, and strive for new historic achievements.
He described the speech as a political declaration for Chinese Communists to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and continuously achieve new victories in Chinese modernisation on the new journey in the new era. It also serves as an important window through which friends from around the world can better understand the CPC.
Ambassador Zheng pointed out that over the past 105 years, the CPC has remained committed to the pursuit of truth, stayed deeply rooted in the people, courageously shouldered its historical missions, followed the trend of the times, dared to fight and fight well, and continued to strengthen itself. These outstanding qualities are the key to the CPC’s great achievements.
He said that on the journey ahead, China will study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, uphold a correct view of governance performance, persist in exercising full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and carry forward the Party’s outstanding qualities, thus ensuring that the Party always maintains strong creativity, cohesion and combat effectiveness. Although the road ahead is full of risks and challenges, requiring constant readiness to withstand high winds, strong waves, and even turbulent storms, we have strong confidence and firm resolve, and will remain steadfast and forge ahead with courage to create new historic success.
Ambassador Zheng noted that while the CPC is committed to seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, it is also dedicated to advancing human progress and promoting harmony for the world. At present, changes unseen in a century are accelerating, and the world has entered a new period of turbulence and transformation. China will always stand on the right side of history and on the side of human progress, uphold the banners of peace, development and win-win cooperation, promote humanity’s common values, advance the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilisation Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, and work together with the peoples of all countries to build a community with a shared future for humanity and inject more positive energy into a turbulent world.
He stressed the CPC’s readiness to engage in dialogue and exchanges and strengthen mutual learning with political parties and governments of all countries on the basis of mutual respect and equality.
Ambassador Zheng also briefed the participants on the development of China-UK relations since the beginning of this year. He said that closer dialogue and cooperation between China and the UK serve the interests of both countries and the wider world. China’s policy towards the UK remains stable and consistent. Both sides should keep to the right direction of developing a long-term and consistent comprehensive strategic partnership, strengthen exchanges and cooperation, properly manage differences, and promote the steady and sustained development of bilateral relations.
Participants congratulated the CPC on its 105th anniversary. They spoke highly of China’s remarkable achievements, commended its important contribution to world peace and development, and expressed their readiness to play an active role in promoting inter-party dialogue between China and the UK, and between China and other countries.
