Firsts of Xi's diplomacy in H1

President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing in Yanqing district of Beijing, April 28, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

5. Xi said "We must protect this planet like our own eyes, and cherish nature the way we cherish life" at the opening ceremony of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 in Beijing, on April 28, the first time Beijing hosted such an exhibition.

More than 110 countries and international organizations, as well as over 120 private exhibitors, participated in the exhibition, making it the largest in terms of exhibitors in the expo's history.