Editor's note: To mark the convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China Daily has selected 10 sets of photo stories that illustrate various aspects of the country's development during the past decade. The photos, posters and videos showcase the achievements and experiences of the Party's cause, and the country under Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. This is the second in the series.

On April 15, 2018, doctors with the RCSC medical team in Kabul, Afghanistan, review a child who underwent heart surgery in August 2017. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, the CPC Central Committee, deeply aware of the trend of human development and progress, has put forward the major initiative of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

In response to the Belt and Road Initiative development strategy and to serve the humanitarian and health undertakings of countries and regions participating in the BRI, the Red Cross Society of China has established a special fund to mobilize social forces, pool public welfare resources and make the RCSC's humanitarian diplomacy an important force for people-to-people exchanges under the initiative.

The RCSC has been undertaking projects in 23 participating countries and regions, improving people's health and lives in countries and regions taking part in the BRI.

The International Rescue Team of the Red Cross Society of China provides medical assistance to people in a village hit by Typhoon Haiyan in Dulag, Leyte province, the Philippines, on Nov 26, 2013. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

A medical worker with the RCSC examines a primary school student at Gwadar Port, Pakistan, on Jan 17, 2018. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

An RCSC medical team member is welcomed by local people in Damascus, Syria, on Oct 31, 2017. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

Medical workers from China and Iraq jointly conduct psychological support activities for children affected by armed conflict in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb 26, 2019. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

Accompanied by their parents, 41 Mongolian children with congenital heart disease arrive in Beijing on Oct 20, 2017, to receive free treatment. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

Members of the RCSC's International Rescue Team provide medical assistance in a village hit by Typhoon Haiyan in Dulag, Leyte province, the Philippines, on Nov 27, 2013. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

People carry relief materials provided by the RCSC in Kachin State, Myanmar, on Feb 21, 2014. Supplies were delivered to 4,200 displaced families in the area. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)