The country is pushing its own narratives to the international community by using its economic influence and shaking up the very concept of how order should be.
How members of the grouping assess China’s international influence and their long-term strategy and the role they want Beijing to play may highlight differences.
Authorities in Beijing are working to build a strategy of obtaining economic predominance by using China's strengths, such as its price competitiveness.
Both countries face the need to justify ongoing military and security tensions by continuing to show at home and abroad the validity of their stance on Taiwan.
This year has seen a rise in military tensions, but also increasing economic security concerns.
The Xi administration is attaching particular importance to redefining democracy and human rights, and other countries are getting behind it.
