Vivid practice and important achievements of China's military diplomacy in the new era ■ he Lei The 19th Shangri La dialogue, which was suspended for two years due to the impact of the COVID-19, was held in Singapore from June 10 to 12. This dialogue is being held against the backdrop of the accelerated evolution of the great changes in the world over the past century, the profound adjustment of the international strategic pattern, the still severe epidemic situation in the century, the incessant gunfire in Russia Ukraine conflicts, and the ever more complex security situation in the Asia Pacific region. Nearly 600 representatives from more than 50 countries and international and regional organizations attended, 37 of which were led by ministerial officials or senior military officials. State Councilor and Minister of national defense weifenghe led the PLA delegation to attend the meeting at invitation. At the same time, he met and talked with leaders of defense departments and senior military officials of participating countries, made extensive contacts, made friends, and enhanced mutual understanding and friendly relations, which was widely praised by the conference organizers and participating countries. It can be said that at the Western led Shangri La dialogue, the Chinese military delegation fought a hard and successful battle of military diplomacy. Proclaim the principled position and give a strong voice to the Chinese Army Weifenghe delivered a speech entitled "China's vision for regional order" at the plenary meeting on the morning of December 12, comprehensively introducing China's policy ideas and practical actions of firmly practicing genuine multilateralism, maintaining regional peace and stability, and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. In order to solve the rare multiple crises in the world today, it is proposed to adhere to unity and cooperation and oppose confrontation and division; Uphold fairness and justice and oppose hegemonic hegemony; Adhere to the rule of law and oppose the practice of one's own way; Adhere to exchanges and mutual learning, and oppose the closed and exclusive "four insistences and four objections" of the "China proposition". He introduced the positive contributions made by the Chinese government and army to world peace and development by injecting more positive energy into the world in terms of epidemic prevention and control, economic development and international peacekeeping as the world enters a new period of turbulence and change. When talking about the topic of moving forward towards the bright vision of building an Asia Pacific Community of shared future and jointly maintaining peace and stability in the Asia Pacific region, Wei Feng and focused on issues such as Taiwan, the South China Sea, China US relations and the Ukrainian crisis, and clearly expounded China's principled position and basic attitude. Reiterating the basic position that Taiwan is China's Taiwan and the Taiwan issue is China's internal affairs, he emphasized the "three absolutes": the reunification of the motherland is absolutely necessary, there is absolutely no good end to engaging in "Taiwan independence" separatism, and interference by external forces will never succeed. It puts forward feasible suggestions on how to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation, and severely condemns the tortious act of "some big countries' long-term practice of 'navigation hegemony' in the name of 'freedom of navigation' and sending ships and planes to the South China Sea to rampage and show off their might". Weifenghe pointed out that at present, China US relations are at an important juncture. The stable development of China US relations is in the common interests of the two countries and the world. Both sides should implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state. To this end, the Chinese and US armed forces should make positive contributions to the stability of bilateral relations. "China hopes to establish a healthy and stable major country relationship with the United States, and will also firmly safeguard its national interests and dignity.". The Ukrainian crisis has been the "focus" of the world's attention recently. China deeply regrets and deplores the current situation. The historical context and context of the Ukrainian crisis are clear. China's position is objective and fair. China has always been committed to promoting peace and talks, and has made positive contributions to promoting the easing of the situation and political settlement. All the members of the delegation are propagandists. They have made full use of various occasions, opportunities and forms, such as receiving interviews, meeting journalists, writing articles and talking with people. They have actively spoken out, done a good job in publicity and interpretation, fought a "people's war" of public opinion, and further expanded our military's international influence. Refute groundless accusations and resolutely safeguard national interests This year, the organizers of the conference arranged for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to deliver a keynote speech at the opening dinner, and US Secretary of defense Austin to deliver a speech at the first plenary meeting. On the evening of the 10th, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a keynote speech at the opening dinner of the conference, mainly explaining the so-called "Kishida vision for peace" and the five pillars to promote the realization of this vision. Although Kishida did not directly name China in his speech, he clearly alluded to China when he talked about the South China Sea, the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, talked about "unilaterally changing the status quo by force", and "opaque military capacity-building, including nuclear weapons" near Japan. After the keynote speech, the military delegation organized a briefing for Chinese and foreign journalists overnight and asked experts to respond promptly and resolutely to Yasuda's keynote speech. The experts emphatically refuted the erroneous views and groundless accusations of Yasuda Wenxiong on China related issues, which were well grounded and widely disseminated through domestic and foreign media, and played a role in correcting the source and correcting the audio-visual problems. On the morning of the 11th, in his speech on "the future steps of the US' Indian Pacific strategy" at the first plenary meeting, US Defense Secretary Austin brazenly and undisguised made unwarranted accusations against China on issues such as the East China Sea and the South China Sea, interfered in the Taiwan issue, and even wantonly attacked our army's normal routine military training and actions to safeguard the interests of maritime air defense. After Austin's speech, our military delegation immediately organized a briefing for Chinese and foreign journalists. Zhang Zhenzhong, deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, quickly responded to Austin's speech, especially made a righteous rebuttal of his "repeated false accusations against China", focusing on clarifying China's principled position on the US "India Pacific strategy", international rules, the Taiwan issue and the South China Sea issue. Zhangzhenzhong pointed out that the so-called "Indo Pacific strategy" is, in the final analysis, a strategy to create division, incite confrontation and undermine peace. It is a strategy that goes against the historical trend, goes against the general will of regional countries and serves the self-interest of the United States. It is a strategy that is bound to fail. This statement has aroused strong repercussions at home and abroad. On the afternoon of the 10th, Wei Fenghe met with U.S. Defense Secretary Austin. With regard to the Taiwan issue, he clearly pointed out that the Chinese people's Liberation Army "will not hesitate to fight at any cost" in order to safeguard China's sovereignty, security and reunification. He also put forward firm opposition and strong protest against the recent U.S. government's arms sales to Taiwan, clarifying China's solemn position. After the talks, the PLA delegation immediately organized a briefing for Chinese and foreign journalists. The spokesman of the Ministry of national defense gave a comprehensive introduction to the talks between the Chinese and US defense ministers, and promptly and comprehensively disseminated China's position and views. On the morning of the 12th, weifenghe expressed his firm opposition to the US's slander, accusation and even threat to China in his speech at the conference. During the interactive Q & a session, 11 representatives from 10 countries asked questions, many of which were highly sensitive and even challenging. For example, the representative of Japan asked whether China would provide military assistance to Russia in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; The representative of the Netherlands asked what is the construction goal of the Chinese army in 2027; The representative of the United States asked how China's nuclear power is developing, and so on. Weifenghe answered the questions one by one, which not only achieved the purpose of publicity and explanation, but also played a role of criticism and refutation, and won warm applause and wide praise from the participants. All the members of the delegation are also combatants. They regard safeguarding national interests and refuting groundless accusations as their responsibility and mission. They dare to fight and are good at fighting. On various occasions and opportunities, whenever they encounter words and deeds that endanger China's interests and reputation, they will not hesitate to refute them, clarify their reasons and clarify their positions. Actively exchange and expand the achievements of military diplomacy Military diplomacy is an important part of national diplomacy, and can even be regarded as the "ballast" of national diplomacy. The important mission of China's military diplomacy in the new era is to actively carry out military cooperation with the defense departments and armies of relevant countries, make friends, enhance military mutual trust and establish friendly relations. The PLA delegation took making friends, promoting friendship and building mutual trust as an important task to attend the meeting. During the meeting, extensive exchange and interaction activities were carried out. Prior to the meeting, Wei Fenghe led a delegation to Singapore for a friendly visit, met with premier Lee Hsien Loong, held friendly talks with Defense Minister Huang Yonghong, and further deepened the military to military relations between China and Singapore. Despite the impact of the epidemic and the restrictions of the epidemic prevention requirements, the schedule of our military delegation, especially weifenghe, was very tight in Singapore for more than three days. In addition to attending the conference, they also carried out intensive military and diplomatic activities, met with the defense ministers of the United States, Japan, the ROK, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia and other 10 countries, and met with the officials of the conference organizers to further publicize our policies and propositions, clarify our principled positions, deepen understanding and enhance friendship. After speaking at the conference, weifenghe patiently answered the representatives' questions, narrowed the distance with ordinary representatives of the conference, and left a good impression of treating each other sincerely. All the members of the delegation are also "image ambassadors". When they meet and talk with foreign representatives in the halls and corridors, they treat each other with courtesy, talk sincerely, solve doubts, and show the open, civilized and rational style of Chinese soldiers. And make new and greater contributions to serving the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and maintaining regional and world peace and stability