Delivering a report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Wednesday, General Secretary Xi Jinping said the majorcountry diplomacy with Chinese characteristics aims to foster a new type of international relations and build a community of shared future for humankind, while stressing that China will never seek its own development at the cost of other countries nor will it forfeit its legitimate interests.

This means a rising China on the road to national rejuvenation will only be of help to the international community.

Along with its economic prowess, China's increasingly ambitious, but mutually beneficial, foreign policy is at times misunderstood. Questions have been asked about where the country stands in the global arena and how it balances its role as an emerging power and the world's largest developing country.