On December 2, 2023, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2023 Understanding China Conference (Guangzhou).

Xi Jinping said that today, confronted with a weak global economic recovery and continuously escalating geopolitical conflicts, humanity has once again reached a crossroads in history. It is all the more important that countries work together to meet various global challenges, promote common development, and improve the well-being of humanity.

Xi Jinping pointed out that to understand China, the key lies in understanding Chinese modernization. China today is endeavoring to build itself into a stronger country and rejuvenate the Chinese nation on all fronts by pursuing Chinese modernization, and promoting the building of a human community with a shared future. China's future is closely linked with the future of the entire humanity. China is pursuing high-quality development through high-standard opening up and China will continue to foster a market-oriented, world-class business environment underpinned by a sound legal framework, and steadily expand institutional opening up with regard to rules, regulations, management and standards. China is committed to broadening the convergence of interests with other countries, and will continue to provide the world with new growth momentum and opportunities through its own development. China looks forward to working hand in hand with the rest of the world to realize global modernization that features peaceful development, mutually beneficial cooperation, and prosperity for all. He expressed the hope that participants will make their contribution to the exchanges and cooperation between China and the rest of the world, to common development and prosperity, and to building a human community with a shared future.

The Understanding China Conference was co-hosted by the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy, the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and the People's Government of Guangdong Province. The conference opened in Guangzhou on December 2 under the theme of "China's New Endeavors amid Unprecedented Global Changes - Expanding the Convergence of Interests and Building a Community of Shared Future".