China has always pursued an independent foreign policy of peace, including the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and other policies and measures based on them. Under the guidance of China's foreign policy, China has established and developed friendly and cooperative diplomatic relations with many countries and regions.

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China has always adhered to the path of peaceful development and pursued an independent foreign policy of peace. Maintaining world peace and promoting common development are the purposes of our foreign policy. The Five Principles of Peace are the basic principles of China's foreign policy. Independence is the basic position of China's diplomacy; Maintaining China's sovereignty, security and development interests and promoting world peace and development are the basic goals of China's diplomacy.

Strengthening unity and cooperation with third world countries is the basic standpoint of China's foreign policy; It is China's basic national policy to support opening to the outside world and strengthen international exchanges.

The Five Principles of Peace were first put forward by Premier Zhou Enlai when he met with the visiting Indian delegation at the end of February. 1955, at the Bandung Conference, China, India and Myanmar jointly advocated the Five Principles of Peace. These five principles are: mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence.