Int'l situation to go through profound, complex changes: FM

BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here Saturday that in the next five to ten years, the international situation will continue to go through profound and complex changes.

"We need to have a proper judgment of implications and changes of conditions of China's important period of strategic opportunities. We will continue to hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit and call for the spirit of equality, mutual trust, inclusiveness, mutual learning and win-win cooperation," Yang said.

"We need to discover opportunities in a complex environment, maintain opportunities amid risks and challenges, and create new opportunities in development of the situation," Yang said.

Yang made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.