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and Sports Law. We actively engaged with the parliaments of nine countries
that recently established or restored diplomatic relations with China, holding
22 online and offline meetings and talks and establishing communications

with all of them. We leveraged the roles of NPC staff stationed abroad and
conducted research on the legislative practices of relevant countries and
regions.
(2) We deeply engaged in multilateral parliamentary exchanges and cooperation.

We gave full play to the guiding role of high-level exchanges between the
NPC and foreign parliaments and actively participated in multilateral
mechanisms including the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the G20 Parliamentary

Speakers Summit, the BRICS Parliamentary Forum, the Meeting of Speakers
of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments, and the six-nation Conference of Speakers
of Parliament. At these events, we presented China’s opinions and stayed
firm in safeguarding our national interests.

We sent delegations to 65 international conferences and attended 137
conferences via video, engaging extensively with members of parliaments
around the world to secure international support for the Belt and Road
Initiative, the building of a human community with a shared future, the
Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and other

Chinese propositions.
We organized six offline seminars for members of parliaments from
developing countries, attracting 123 parliamentarians from 25 countries. We
held virtual seminars with parliaments of four African countries, five Central

Asian countries, three North African countries, and French-speaking
countries in Africa to enhance communication and cooperation in relevant
fields. We attended legislative exchange events held by multilateral
parliamentary organizations and shared information about China’s legislative
system and practices.

(3) We put regular exchange mechanisms and friendship groups to good use.

Regular exchange mechanisms and friendship groups are a unique
strength of the NPC’s diplomatic work. To date, the NPC has established
mechanisms for regular exchanges and political dialogue with parliaments of
21 countries and the European Parliament. This term, we held 35 meetings
under such mechanisms with parliaments of 16 countries and the European
Parliament, realizing multi-tiered exchanges and cooperation in a wide range

of areas.
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, through the 136 bilateral friendship
groups the NPC has established, letters were sent to foreign parliaments to

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