China news agency, Beijing, January 18 -

Title: New Commentary: respond to the changing situation in the world, "China plan" highlights the practical significance

　　China News Agency reporter Liu Xu

　　Four years ago, on January 18, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech entitled "Together to Build a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind" at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. He assumed the responsibility of the leaders of major powers and expounded the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind in a profound, comprehensive and systematic manner. .

Today, four years later, the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic has triggered a global crisis.

In the face of a world full of uncertainty, people's need for answers to "where to go" is more urgent, and the practical significance of the "community of human destiny" as a Chinese plan has become more prominent.

　　In his speech at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Xi Jinping put forward the "five persistences" for building a community with a shared future for mankind: persist in dialogue and consultation, persist in joint construction and sharing, persist in win-win cooperation, persist in exchanges and mutual learning, persist in green and low carbon, and build from five aspects. A community with a shared future for mankind provides a guide for action.

　　"Don't drive in fantasy, don't walk in vain voice."

From the “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum to the China International Import Expo, from the Sino-French Global Governance Forum to the G20 Leaders’ Special Summit, from the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to the BRICS Summit, from the presentation of the “Global Data Security Initiative” "To the full and in-depth implementation of the "Paris Agreement" on climate change... Over the past four years, China has always adhered to a win-win and shared Chinese action, recording the footprint of China and the world walking hand in hand, and generating increasingly extensive and far-reaching international influence.

　　Looking back on 2020, the sudden new crown epidemic has also made people realize that in the face of disasters, no country can stand alone. People are connected and interdependent. The "community of human destiny" further shines from the concept into reality.

　　We share a common destiny and we share weal and woe.

Since the outbreak, intergovernmental organizations represented by the World Health Organization have coordinated the health institutions of various countries and released authoritative health information; the leaders of the Group of Twenty have issued a statement stating that they are firmly committed to building a united front against the epidemic; the World Health Assembly calls on the international community to strengthen unity Cooperation; the UN General Assembly urges member states to strengthen international cooperation, solidarity and mutual assistance in response to the epidemic...

　　During this period, China initiated the largest emergency humanitarian operation since the founding of the People’s Republic of China: organized hundreds of transnational video expert meetings, shared anti-epidemic experience with other countries without reservation; opened a new crown epidemic prevention and control website open to all countries Knowledge Center; Provide anti-epidemic assistance to more than 150 countries and 9 international organizations, and dispatch 36 medical expert teams to 34 countries in need; actively promote drug and vaccine research and development cooperation and international joint prevention and control to prevent and control the global epidemic Provide support within our capacity and write a realistic footnote for the joint efforts to build a human health community.

　　We have a common destiny and overcome the difficulties together.

In the past year, affected by the epidemic, the global economy fell into the worst recession since World War II.

According to data released by the United Nations, from 2020 to 2021, the cumulative loss of global economic output will reach US$8.5 trillion.

　　Facing the severe damage caused by the epidemic, major economies around the world have implemented comprehensive policies. Central banks of many countries have introduced ultra-loose monetary policies and launched multiple rounds of economic rescue plans; the International Monetary Fund has provided emergency assistance to member countries to minimize the impact of the epidemic.

　　On the one hand, China's rapid economic recovery has brought confidence to the world economy to walk out of the trough; on the other hand, the Chinese initiative represented by the "Belt and Road" has also shown strong resilience and vigorous vitality.

Statistics show that last year we worked with our partners to overcome the impact of the epidemic and held more than 30 international conferences under more than 10 "Belt and Road" multilateral cooperation platforms.

In the first eight months of 2020, trade volume between China and its "Belt and Road" partners was 5.86 trillion yuan, and non-financial direct investment by Chinese companies in "Belt and Road" partners increased by more than 30% year-on-year.

With tangible development data and a stable industrial supply chain, China has provided strong support for global epidemic prevention and control and economic recovery.

　　A common destiny, hand in hand.

Under the epidemic, adhering to multilateralism and mutually beneficial cooperation is the only option for countries to strengthen macro policy coordination and promote economic recovery.

United Nations Secretary-General Guterres pointed out that “Across the world today, it is not difficult to find that strengthening rather than weakening international cooperation can better realize the common well-being of mankind.”

　　During the epidemic, China and other countries moved forward in mutually beneficial cooperation, deepened the integration of interests and people-to-people bonds, and made solid progress in building a community with a shared future.

The holding of the China-Africa Unity Anti-epidemic Special Summit, the Ninth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum, and the China-Latin America Special Foreign Ministers’ Meeting for Response to the Epidemic, have consolidated and strengthened the tradition of friendship and mutual assistance between China and its partners; participated in the formulation of G20 debt relief Advocating and promoting the implementation of the "United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" and co-hosting a high-level meeting on poverty reduction and South-South cooperation with the United Nations fully demonstrates China’s value orientation in safeguarding the common interests of developing countries; China actively participates in the international response to climate change Cooperation and active participation in the formulation of international rules in emerging fields have fully demonstrated China's firm determination to "green development" and demonstrated the responsibility of a responsible major country.

　　At present, the epidemic of the century and the changes of the century are intertwined, the lives and health of people in all countries are still under threat, and the world economy is in a downturn.

At the same time, the global governance system and multilateral mechanisms have been hit, power politics and cold war mentality have emerged, and protectionism and unilateralism have risen.

Facing the unprecedented challenges facing human development, the "community with a shared future for mankind" is still China's response to the world's "problem-breaking" thinking.

　　"We must insist on extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, so that all countries will jointly safeguard universal security, share development results, and jointly control the world's destiny." From the UN 75th Anniversary Summit to the APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting; from BRICS leaders During the meeting, to the summit of the G20 leaders, Xi Jinping made several important speeches, reiterating that China will always be a practitioner of multilateralism, actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, and use practical actions to make due contributions to building a better world. .

　　As Xi Jinping said, "(Countries) must transcend the boundaries of countries, nations, cultures, and ideologies, stand at the height of mankind, promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and jointly build the earth home on which we depend." "The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is an important ideological guide for world progress and human development.

Only when countries use dialogue instead of conflict, negotiation instead of coercion, and cooperation and win-win instead of zero-sum game, can human beings share the fruits of development and share the destiny of the world.

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