On January 28, 2010, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi attended the London Conference on Afghanistan and delivered a speech, fully expounding China’s position and proposals on the Afghanistan issue.

Addressing the conference, Yang said Afghanistan's reconstruction process has gone through twists and turns, yet its future holds great promise. The successful elections held by the Afghan people have opened a new chapter in the history of Afghanistan. The international community should give continued attention to Afghanistan and offer greater support and assistance to that country. It is of particular importance to help Afghanistan strengthen its sovereignty, ownership and development capacity, thus laying the groundwork for a full transition to governance of Afghanistan by the Afghan people.

Yang made proposals regarding the next stage of Afghan reconstruction. It is up to the Afghan people to shape the future of Afghanistan, but the help and support of the international community is indispensable. All parties should enhance coordination and cooperation to integrate, complement and reinforce each other's efforts and achieve synergy in helping Afghanistan. The neighboring countries should take advantage of their geographical proximity and play a unique role in assisting with Afghan reconstruction, and the international community should take concrete actions to support such regional cooperation. There are now quite a number of mechanisms in the world regarding the issue of Afghanistan, and we should make good use of these mechanisms. We should encourage them to enhance coordination and work together to play an active role under the leadership of the United Nations. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has done an outstanding job in performing its missions in extremely challenging circumstances. China highly commends its work.

Yang emphasized that as Afghanistan's friendly neighbor, China will continue to develop good-neighborly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation with Afghanistan on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. China will help the Afghan people embark on the path of peace, stability and development as early as possible so that they will have full confidence in the future of their country.

Representatives from over 60 countries including the United States, France, Germany and China as well as international organizations and agencies such as the EU, NATO, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund attended the one-day-long conference.

According to the schedule, a follow-up conference is to be held in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, later in the year.