On July 31, 2026, the Embassy of China in Estonia held a reception to celebrate the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Ambassador Guo Xiaomei, Counselor Meng Jianhua, Counselor Zhang Yujun, Defence Attaché Senior Colonel Shi Qiaoyu, as well as friendly personages from various sectors such as Estonia's Ministry of Defence and Defence Forces, members of diplomatic corps and Defence Attaché corps, and overseas Chinese.
In her speech, Ambassador Guo pointed out that China’s commitment to peaceful development is not only rooted first and foremost in the profound heritage of Chinese civilization’s pursuit of peace, amity and harmony, but also stems from its understanding of the conditions needed to achieve it’s development goals. The fundamental goals of China’s development is to enable its people to live better lives, it needs a harmonious and stable domestic environment as well as a peaceful international environment to concentrate on running its own affairs well. The third, China’s commitment to peaceful development also derives from its grasp of the prevailing trend of global development. China is convinced that nothing can hold back the historical trend toward peace, development, cooperation and win-win result; nothing can hold back the aspiration of people around the world for a better life; nothing can hold back the desire of all countries to achieve development and prosperity. China stands ready to work with Estonia, taking the implementation of the four global initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping as an opportunity to further expand new areas of cooperation and deepen mutual understanding and friendship between our people.
In his speech, Defence Attaché Senior Colonel Shi stated that China’s vision for the future world is a community with a shared future for mankind and it unswervingly pursues the defensive national defence policy. The growth of China’s military power is the growth of the world’s force for peace. The PLA is willing to work with the armed forces of all countries including Estonia Defence Forces to safeguard world peace.
At the reception, the main screen displayed a repeating slideshow of photos themed “Chinese People’s Liberation Army: Safeguarding World Peace”. The guests warmly congratulated on the great achievements in the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and highly praised China's important contributions in maintaining world peace and stability.