Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Enters a New Era

Chapter XIV: Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, faced with the new situation that the world is undergoing major changes unprecedented in a century, and with China approaching the center of the world stage as never before, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has conformed to the trend of the times, based on China’s reality, effectively coped with the changing international situation, won many big battles, accomplished many major and difficult things, and blazed a new path of major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. In the process of guiding practice innovation, Comrade Xi Jinping insisted on using Marxist positions and views, closely centering on the general goal of promoting the construction of a new type of international relations and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, which is a major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, and put forward a series of new concepts, propositions and initiatives with Chinese characteristics, embodying the spirit of the times and leading the trend of human development and progress, forming Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought. Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought is an important part of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and is the fundamental compliance and action guide for China’s foreign affairs work in the new era.

Section 1: China’s Plan for Human Development and the Future of the World

Today’s world is in a period of great development, great change and great adjustment, and peace and development are still the main themes of the times. World multipolarization, economic globalization, social informatization and cultural diversification have developed in depth, the reform of the global governance system and international order has accelerated, countries are increasingly interconnected and interdependent, the balance of international power is becoming more balanced, and the general trend of peaceful development is irreversible. At the same time, the world is facing outstanding instability and uncertainty, deep-seated contradictions in global development are sharp, hegemonism and power politics still exist, protectionism and unilateralism are on the rise, regional hotspot issues are emerging one after another, traditional and non-traditional security issues are complex and intertwined, and the international community is facing a governance deficit, trust deficit, peace deficit, and Four major challenges to the development deficit.

What is wrong with the world? What should we do? Cooperation or confrontation? Openness or closure; mutual benefit or zero-sum game? The Communist Party of China has not only sought happiness for the Chinese of the people but also struggled for the cause of human progress, and has made its own unique answers to these questions concerning the future and destiny of mankind. Concentrated on one point, it is the major strategic thinking of “building a community with a shared future for mankind” put forward by Comrade Xi Jinping. This major strategic thinking shows China’s good image as a world peace builder, a contributor to global development and a defender of international order, points out the right direction for promoting the improvement of global governance and building a better world, and becomes a clear banner for China to lead the trend of the times and the direction of human civilization progress.

1. build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, inclusiveness, cleanliness and beauty The concept of “building a community with a shared future for mankind” demonstrates Comrade Xi Jinping’s responsibility as a world-class leader. In March 2013, he delivered a speech at the Moscow Institute of International Relations, in which he clearly put forward the idea of “you have me and I have your community of common destiny.” In September 2015, when attending the general debate of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, he made the first comprehensive and systematic exposition of the idea of a community with a shared future for mankind. In December 2017, in his keynote speech at the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and political parties around the world, Comrade Xi Jinping once again gave a profound explanation, pointing out: “A community with a shared future for mankind, as the name implies. That is, the future and destiny of every nation and country are closely linked, and we should share hardships and hardships, share glory and disgrace, and strive to build the planet where we were born and grew up in Sri Lanka into a big harmonious family, and turn the aspirations of the people of the world for a better life into reality. 1 In March 2020, he pointed out in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General António Guterres: “The outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic once again shows that mankind is a community with a shared future”

“The international community must establish a sense of a community with a shared future for mankind, watch over each other, work together to cope with risks and challenges, and jointly build a better home for the earth.“1 In May 2020, in his speech at the opening ceremony of the 73rd World Health Assembly video conference, Comrade Xi Jinping put forward the initiative of “unity and cooperation to overcome the epidemic and jointly build a human health community.” The idea of a community with a shared future for mankind is extremely rich and profound, and its core is what the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: “Build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, inclusiveness, cleanliness and beauty.“2 The proposal of this initiative has undoubtedly pointed out the direction and realistic path of common development, common progress, common security and common prosperity for the international relations that are in confusion in the world today, and for the countries of the world that are in constant strife, so it has been welcomed and recognized by more and more countries and peoples, and has been written into important documents of the United Nations.

Adhere to dialogue and consultation to build a world of lasting peace. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out that if the country is peaceful, the world will be safe; if the country fights, the world will be chaotic. Building a world of lasting peace fundamentally lies in building a partnership of equal treatment and mutual understanding among nations. All countries should adhere to the common values of all mankind, namely peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom; adhere to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; and inherit and carry forward the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; Persist in resolving differences and disputes between countries by peaceful means through dialogue and consultation; Adhere to multilateralism and do not engage in unilateralism. Countries should build a partnership of dialogue, non-confrontation, partnership and non-alignment; Big countries should respect each other’s core interests and major concerns, manage contradictions and differences, and strive to build a new type of relationship; big countries should treat small countries as equals, and not engage in hegemony of self-respect, forced buying and selling. Adhere to joint construction and sharing, and build a world of universal security. There is no perfect security in the world, the security of one country cannot be built on the turmoil of other countries, and the threat of other countries may become a challenge for one’s own country. All countries should abandon all forms of Cold War mentality, establish a new security concept that is common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable, promote all countries to take the road of jointly building a win-win security, and strive to create a fair, just and generally stable security pattern

Promote the building of a platform for regional security dialogue and cooperation, establish a framework for equal, transparent, open and inclusive regional and international security cooperation, and jointly eliminate the root causes of war and endangering security; give full play to the central role of the United Nations and its Security Council in stopping war and peacekeeping, and turn conflict into a victory through peaceful settlement of disputes and coercive action; promote international cooperation in the economic and social fields to advance in parallel to comprehensively respond to traditional and non-traditional security threats and oppose all forms of terrorism. Adhere to win-win cooperation and build a world of common prosperity. Economic development is the material foundation for human existence, and prosperity is an important cornerstone of national progress. All countries, especially major economies, should seize the historic opportunity of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, transform the mode of economic development, adhere to innovation-driven, further develop social productive forces and release social creativity; on the other hand, strengthen macro policy coordination, enhance mutual assistance and mutual benefit, jointly create new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models, and embark on a fair, open, comprehensive and innovative development path. All countries should make good use of the “invisible hand” and the “visible hand” to organically unify and promote each other’s role and create a normative pattern that balances efficiency and fairness; uphold the rules of the World Trade Organization and support an open, transparent, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system; strengthen coordination and improve governance, promote the construction of an open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win economic globalization, and promote strong, sustainable and balanced growth of the world economy. Adhere to exchanges and mutual learning to build an open and inclusive world. The diversity of human civilizations is a fundamental feature of the world and a source of human progress. “The beauty of harmony lies in the harmony of differences.” We should adhere to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusiveness among civilizations, transcend civilizational barriers through exchanges among civilizations, transcend conflicts among civilizations through mutual learning among civilizations, and transcend civilizational superiority through civilizational coexistence, and promote dialogue among different civilizations and different development models. Exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations are a bridge for enhancing friendship among peoples of all countries and a link for safeguarding world peace. All civilizations should learn from each other’s strong points in competition and comparison, develop together through exchanges and mutual learning, and jointly resist conceptual barriers that hinder the interaction between human hearts, so that the people of the world can enjoy a more connotative spiritual life, gather more civilizational wisdom, and create a better future with more choices. Adhere to green and low-carbon, and build a clean and beautiful world. It is necessary to follow the concept of the unity of nature and nature, and promote the construction of an ecological system that respects nature and green development; China Aerospace Studies Institute 362 Translation published Fall 2023Basic Issues of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Adhere to the care of nature, not above nature, solve the contradictions brought by industrial civilization, take harmonious coexistence between man and nature as the goal, achieve sustainable development of the world and comprehensive development of man; promote the international community to work hand in hand to seek the road of global ecological civilization construction, firmly establish the awareness of respecting, complying with and protecting nature, adhere to the road of green, low-carbon, circular and sustainable development; persist in taking action to address climate change, and promote 2030 in a balanced manner. The sustainable development agenda of the year, constantly open up the development path of civilization with production development, rich life and good ecology.