With the world facing changes unseen in a century, the president stressed the importance of following the prevailing trend of history, and choosing cooperation over confrontation, openness over seclusion, and mutual benefit over zero-sum games.

"We should vigorously advocate peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom, which are the common values of humanity," he said, adding that no civilization in the world is superior to others and every civilization is special and unique to its own region.

Xi listed a number of standards on whether a country's path of development works, which he said must be judged, first and foremost, by whether it fits the country's conditions, whether the path of development can bring about economic growth, social advancement, better livelihoods and social stability, and whether it has the people's endorsement and support.

He further elaborated on the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind.