On October 5, 2023, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi attended the opening ceremony of the 3rd China Xizang Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation in Nyingchi, Xizang. Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia Sainbuyan Amarsaikhan, Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly of Nepal Urmila Aryal, and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Jalil Abbas Jilani, among others, attended and addressed the Forum.

Wang Yi said in his remarks that the trans-Himalaya region is a land brimming with vigor and promise. Since the launch of the Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, China has engaged in extensive and in-depth cooperation with other countries in the trans-Himalaya region, continued to pool consensus for cooperation, actively supported green development, continued to strengthen capacity building, and played an important role in bolstering the economic and social development and improving the governance of the eco-environment in the region.

Wang Yi pointed out that as transformation unseen in a century unfolds at a faster pace in the world, people are seeing the advent of an Asia century. Countries in the trans-Himalaya region are geographically connected, bonded by similar cultures and tied by a shared future. They have highly similar views on ecological conservation, and they are partners walking hand in hand toward the goal of achieving modernization. China will keep to the principles of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness set forth by President Xi Jinping, and the policy of building friendships and partnerships in conducting neighborhood diplomacy. China will work with countries in the region to share the historical opportunities for development, build a community with a shared future with neighbors, and contribute its share to the prosperity, stability, green growth, and environmental protection in the region and beyond.

Wang Yi made a five-point proposal on deepening next-stage cooperation. First, all countries in the region need to uphold mutual respect and mutual trust and jointly safeguard solidarity of the region, to jointly build the trans-Himalaya region into a family of solidarity. Second, all countries need to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and jointly build a commanding height of ecological civilization, to jointly build the trans-Himalaya region into a zone of ecological civilization. Third, all countries need to accelerate the green transition and boost the sustainable economic development in the region, to jointly build the trans-Himalaya region into a belt of green development and cooperation. Fourth, all countries need to enhance connectivity and advance the process of regional integration, to jointly build the trans-Himalaya region into a more convenient network of connectivity. Fifth, all countries need to intensify exchange and mutual learning and revitalize their ancient civilizations, to jointly build the trans-Himalaya region into a demonstration zone of people-to-people exchange.

Wang Yi emphasized that ecological protection of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is essential for the Chinese nation to survive and thrive. It also bears on the climate and environment of the region and the world at large. Under the personal guidance of President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government has put high on its agenda and vigorously advanced ecological conservation in Xizang. Today, Xizang has become one of the regions with best-quality environment in the world, with its ecological value being better harnessed, environmental benefits further highlighted, and local development green and thriving. On the new journey of Chinese modernization, China will continue to support Xizang in building itself into a national leader of ecological conservation by high standards and with high quality, and in deepening international exchange and cooperation in ecological protection, to safeguard the blue sky, clear water and clean land for the entire humanity.

All parties spoke highly of China's important achievements made in ecological conservation and economic and social development of Xizang, appreciated the Forum for playing an important role in strengthening exchanges and cooperation among countries in the region to realize common development and prosperity, and believed that they should work together to protect human civilizations and biodiversity, realize harmony between human and nature, and share outcomes of development and cooperation.

The Forum was co-hosted by the Xizang Autonomous Region People's Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nyingchi of Xizang from October 4 to 6. Representatives from more than 40 countries, regions, and international organizations attended the Forum, and had in-depth discussions on such issues as ecological conservation and development cooperation.