The Chinese government attaches great importance to and appreciates the role played by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in international affairs. China has always believed that as a vital force in the international arena, the NAM has for years made active contributions to the safeguard of common interest of the developing countries as well as advancing the cause of peace and development in the world, and has made unremitting efforts in promoting the establishment of a peaceful, stable, just and reasonable new international political and economic order.

China sets great store by the developing and strengthening its relations with the Non-Aligned Movement and supports its reasonable proposals and just cause. In September 1992, Qian Qichen, State Councilor and Foreign Minister headed a Chinese observer delegation to the 10thSummit of Non-Aligned Countries held in Jakarta at the invitation of the former Indonesian president Soeharto. It was at this summit that China became an observerState in the Non-Aligned Movement. Ever since, China's relations with the Non-Aligned Movement have witnessed further development and China has maintained constant consultation and cooperation with the Movement in the United Nations. In February 2003, Wang Guangya, Vice Foreign Minister headed a delegation to the 13thNon-Aligned Summit.