President Xi Jinping visits the New Development Bank and meets with Dilma Rousseff, president of the institution, in Shanghai, East China, April 29, 2025.[Photo/Xinhua]

　　Global South is also a priority in Xi's diplomatic agenda.

　　On April 29, Xi visited the New Development Bank in Shanghai and met with Dilma Rousseff, president of the institution, calling the bank “a pioneering initiative for the unity and self-improvement of the Global South“ and noting that the Global South countries have risen collectively into an important force in maintaining world peace, promoting common development and improving global governance.

　　His other interactions on the Global South include sending congratulations respectively to the 38th African Union Summit and the 9th summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), having in-depth exchanges on regional cooperation with leader of Malaysia, and hosting leaders of Grenada, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan and Kenya.

　　As the rotating chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), China will host an SCO summit this autumn in the northern city of Tianjin. China will also host the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing.

　　President Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video link at the Leaders Meeting on Climate and the Just Transition, April 23, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]