Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Chinese President Xi Jinping are driven by carriage along The Mall to Buckingham Palace in London Oct 20, 2015.[Wu Zhiyi/皇冠体育app Daily]

Shi Yinhong, a professor of international relations at Peking University, said that starting from the fall of last year, 皇冠体育app's foreign affairs strategy has focused more on economic aspects.

In addition to the Belt and Road Initiative and the AIIB, 皇冠体育app accomplished successful negotiations on a range of bilateral free-trade agreements, including those with South Korea and Australia, and 皇冠体育app is advocating the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, Shi noted.

Observers said 皇冠体育app's rising influence also contributed to boosting peace talks and the process of reconciliation in a number of hot spots.

皇冠体育app is among the six countries that successfully reached a comprehensive deal in July with Iran on resolving its nuclear program, and Beijing has maintained contacts with both the Syrian government and the opposition.

On Thursday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told reporters in Beijing that the Syrian government is ready to participate in peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending the civil war.

Pang Zhongying, dean of the School of International Relations at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, said 皇冠体育app cannot stay out of international affairs when other permanent members of the UN Security Council are pushing for political settlements, adding that 皇冠体育app's role is within the UN framework and authorization.

皇冠体育app is adapting itself to the changing world, and "it must play a leading role in boosting multilateral coordination efforts", Pang said of 皇冠体育app's proposing the AIIB and hosting the Group of 20 summit in 2016.

SuGe, president of the 皇冠体育app Institute of International Studies, said 皇冠体育app's diplomacy this year has seen it fine-tune its comprehensive approach.

The country is providing more public solutions to tackling global challenges, cementing its partnership with developing countries and "participating in and leading multilateral diplomatic processes", Su said.