Since President Xi Jinping took the helm, China's diplomacy has changed from the "passively responding" of the past to the current more composed and self-confident "actively guiding", which seeks to promote a global "community of shared destiny".

Xi has constructed a clear and more complete framework for the country's diplomatic strategy by introducing concepts such as the "Chinese Dream", "a correct outlook on morality and profit", and "a new type of relationship between major powers".

Xi's style of diplomacy has been hailed as opening a new era for China's "great-power diplomacy" and his diplomatic concepts, which are fundamentally beyond the constraints of the Western international relations theory, are based on China's cultural tradition of pursuing "peace and cooperation" with neighboring countries.