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Chinese Ambassador to Liberia H.E. Ren Yisheng Attends the “Diplomatic Development Initiative”Youth Forum and Gives Thematic Lecture
2023-01-07 20:17


On January 6, Chinese Ambassador to Liberia H.E. Ren Yisheng was invited to attend Liberia's Diplomatic Development Initiative(DDI)Youth Forum and gave a lecture on the theme of International State Branding and Soft Power Diplomacy. Ambassador Ali Sylla, founder of the Initiative and Head of Mission of the Liberian Embassy in Qatar, Mr. Flomo Mao Maiwo, Coordinator of DDI, and more than 50 young people from all walks of life attended the lecture.

Ambassador Ren lectured on the basic concept of state image, soft power, and the methods of international state branding and soft power diplomacy, shared the in-depth thinking on how to achieve national development, carry out public diplomacy and shape the state image, and elaborated on the theoretical basis of public diplomacy of “Four Matters of Confidence”. He introduced China's 5,000 year history of civilization, the great achievements in economic development, poverty alleviation, the whole-process people's democracy and other fields since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up.

Ambassador Ren also highlighted the achievements of Xinjiang's economic and social development, refuting that the so-called “genocide” and “forced labor” in Xinjiang fabricated and spread by some Western countries are just downright lies, which are intended to smear and contain China and will not succeed. Ambassador Ren said that China, adhering to the concept of “sincerity, real results, affinity and good faith” and the concept of greater good and shared interests, has carried out friendly, pragmatic and win-win cooperation with Liberia through platforms such as the “Belt and Road Initiative” and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and has achieved fruitful results. China is ready to promote the continuous and in-depth development of China-Liberia friendly and pragmatic cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual respect.

The lecture was warmly received. The young people at the event actively interacted with Ambassador Ren during the question and answer segment.

DDI is a non-governmental institution established in 2021. It aims to popularize the expertise of diplomacy and sustainable development among aspiring diplomats especially those young people. In October 2022, Ambassador Ren was invited to the forum to deliver a speech on China's foreign policy on Africa and Liberia.



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