In his significant contribution to the conference, Keith Bennett concludes that “it is the Global South, with China in the forefront, that is the key driver towards true multilateralism and the reform of global governance. The programmatic basis for this key challenge facing humanity at present is at the heart of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy.”

“Sovereignty, independence and new international relations are the key demands of our times and represent the main trend of the present epoch, despite the obstruction and last-ditch resistance of the imperialist and hegemonic forces,” states Keith Bennett in a speech to an international seminar on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

A delegation of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently visited London, and on 1 September, a meeting was held between the delegation and the Secretary of the Institute’s Xi Jinping Study Group.