Xi: Carry forward China-Vietnam friendship

Country ready to share more benefits of modernization with neighbors, he says

President Xi Jinping reiterated on Wednesday China's commitment to peaceful development and its policy of friendship and partnership with neighboring countries, and said that the nation is willing to share the more benefits of Chinese modernization with neighboring countries.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in Hanoi, Vietnam, during a meeting with representatives of Chinese and Vietnamese youth and people who have contributed to bilateral friendship.

He told the meeting's participants that China follows the principles of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness in its relations with neighboring countries.