May 22 marks International Day for Biological Diversity. Today, the extinction of species has gone into overdrive. Biodiversity loss poses a major risk to human survival and development. Chinese President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to biodiversity protection. Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts of Xi’s speeches on this topic since 2013 follow:     

Excerpts from Xi’s speech at the leaders’ summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on October 12, 2021   

Excerpts from Xi’s speech at the leaders’ summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on October 12, 2021   

Excerpts from Xi’s speech at the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity on September 30, 2020   

Excerpts from Xi’s speech at the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity on September 30, 2020   

Excerpts from Xi’s report delivered to the 19th National Congress of the CPC on October 18, 2017  

Excerpts from Xi’s speech at the 41st group study session of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee on May 26, 2017   

Source: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (I,II&III), Beijing Review and Xinhua News Agency