Building together a world of harmonious coexistence

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“As an old Chinese saying goes: “Passengers on the same boat should help each other.” Today, people on the same planet should help each other,” President Xi Jinping said while attending the China International Friendship Conference and the conference marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of China. Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, October 11.

This year, Xi has reiterated “promoting global solidarity” on numerous diplomatic occasions, demonstrating China's firm determination to build a community with a shared future for humanity.

Over the past year, China has responded calmly and confidently to the rapidly changing global landscape. Pursuing big-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, the country has viewed the future of humanity with broad humanistic value, transcended barriers and conflicts with an open and inclusive mindset, and joined forces collectively. for development with a vision of harmonious coexistence. forge a broad consensus and strong synergy to build a community with a shared future for humanity.

A nation's deepest quest finds its origin in the national character formed over generations. “Chinese civilization is the only one that has continued without interruption for more than 5,000 years,” Xi said when meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in France this year. They also discussed how different civilizations could coexist in harmony without striving for uniformity.

The continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peaceful nature of Chinese civilization serve as the basis for the distinctive characteristics, style and behavior of Chinese diplomacy, which facilitate the understanding of international influence, the attractiveness and training capacity of China. vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity.

The vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind is deeply rooted in China's profound cultural heritage and represents an innovative transformation and development of China's beautiful traditional culture.

The Chinese nation believes that all nations together form one community, advocates brotherhood among all people and peace for all countries, and pursues a world of fairness and justice for the common good.

To answer the vital question of “what kind of world we need and how to build such a world,” Xi proposed building a community with a shared future for humanity. This vision integrates Marxism's mission of advancing human progress with the virtues of harmony and unity embodied in beautiful traditional Chinese culture, enriching and expanding the Chinese philosophy of peaceful development.

It envisages historic progress in relations between States, from the search for peaceful coexistence to that of a future shared by all. This shows the world a bright prospect of peace, security, prosperity and progress. Humanity can only create a better future by working together in solidarity and harmony, and moving towards a community with a shared future for humanity.

Xi introduced the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the World Civilizations Initiative, charting the path of human progress through the three dimensions of development, security and civilization. These initiatives provide strategic direction for building a community with a shared future for humanity, demonstrating that China is not only committed to its own development but also contributes to the well-being of all humanity.

The vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity has gradually been enriched, thanks to constant progress in practical actions. China has made efforts to build communities with a shared future with particular regions, including Central Asia, ASEAN, Lancang-Mekong River Basin countries, Arab states, and Latin American and Caribbean countries. . These efforts open new perspectives for harmonious coexistence between different civilizations.

In May this year, Xi paid a state visit to Serbia, during which the two countries jointly announced the decision to build a China-Serbia community with a shared future in the new era, the first of its kind in relations. of China with European countries.

In July, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit held in Astana, Kazakhstan, SCO member states reaffirmed the relevance of initiatives aimed at promoting interaction to create international relations of 'a new type in the spirit of mutual respect, justice, equality and mutual benefits. cooperation.

In September, at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Beijing 2024, the overall characterization of China-Africa relations was elevated to an ironclad China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.

In November, during Xi's visit to Brazil, he and his Brazilian counterpart announced an elevation of bilateral relations toward a community with a shared future for a fairer world and a more sustainable planet.

These milestones mark breakthroughs made in building a community with a shared future for humanity, which has shaped the historic trend toward a shared future and greater solidarity in our global village.

As the world faces accelerated changes unprecedented in a century, human society once again finds itself at a crossroads. Only by drawing on the wisdom of ancient civilizations and maintaining a clear-sighted outlook can the world avoid getting lost amidst transformations and ensure that the ship of humanity always sails in the right direction.

At this critical moment, it is more important than ever for humanity to uphold the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity and let the beacon of civilization illuminate the right path forward for humanity .

He Yin is an international commentary column of the People's Daily, founded in November 2019. This article was first published in the People's Daily. [email protected]