Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
friends,
Good evening! I am Cai Yingting, President
of the PLA Academy of Military Science, and Chairman of China Association for
Military Science. I am pleased to host the welcome dinner of the 7th Xiangshan
Forum.
First of all, I would like to extend our
sincere welcome to all the guests here.
According to the agenda of this evening,
first we would invite Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of joint staff
department under central military commission, PRC, to address us; and then
invite general ZULKIFELI, chief of defence forces of Malaysia, to deliver a
speech.
Now let us welcome Admiral Sun Jianguo.
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Thank you, Admiral Sun Jianguo, for your
wonderful speech.
Now let us invite general ZULKIFELI to give
us a speech. General ZULKIFELI is an old friend of
Xiangshan Forum. He has been engaged in
military leadership for long time, and is very experienced in regional security
cooperation and defense communication, and he has insightful understanding of
regional and international security issues. Now please join me with a warm
applause to welcome General ZULKIFELI.
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Thank you, General ZULKIFELI, for your
wonderful speech, full of wisdom, emotion and friendship. Very impressive.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends, the ancient
Chinese poet Bai Juyi said in his poem, “The best memory of South China is the
memory of Hang Zhou”. At the G20 summit last month, leaders of many countries
described their vision of building an innovative, energetic, linked and
tolerant world economy, and they all agree that maintaining world peace is
crucial in boosting global economic growth. Hang Zhou impressed the world
through the summit. Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty said in his poem, “Seeing
Xiangshan for the first time feels like meeting an old friend.” All the
distinguished guests come from afar to gather here in Beijing, for dialogue and
cooperation, for regional stability and world peace. As the host of this forum,
we would spare no efforts to make you feel like meeting old friends at
Xiangshan. I believe, with our joint efforts, Xiangshan forum will make its contribution
to the building
of new model of international relations based on cooperation and win-win, streamlining the structure of global governance, and building a community with common destiny.
Now I want to propose a toast, for the
cooperation and friendship of defense sectors, military and think tanks from
different countries, for the success of the 7th Xiangshan Forum, and for the
health of all the guests! Cheers!