China News Service, Beijing, May 28th, title: Why is the "birthday gift" given by China to the United Nations called this name?

　　Author Huang Yuqin

　　In the Representative Hall of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, an exquisite artwork modeled on the grand ceremonial vessel in traditional Chinese culture-"Zun" is permanently displayed in a prominent position.

　　This is a "birthday gift" given by China to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, named "Peace Zun".

　　"Respect" takes the meaning of "respect", and "respect" is used as a gift to express China's respect and support for the United Nations. Named after "peace", China's concept of "respect" is embedded in it.

　　"'Peace Respect' conveys the desire and belief of China and the Chinese people to seek peace, seek development, promote cooperation, and seek win-win results", China's top leader Xi Jinping summed up the meaning of "national ritual instruments" at the unveiling ceremony.

　　Chinese culture advocates peace, harmony, and harmony, and the culture of "harmony" has a long history.

In the course of more than 5,000 years of civilization, "harmony is the most precious" and "concord nations" have always been internalized in the spiritual world of the Chinese people.

The painful experience of suffering from aggression and expansion in modern times has made this ancient eastern country feel the preciousness of peace.

　　New China led by the Communist Party of China has inherited such cultural genes and traditions, and has become the only country in the world that has written peaceful development into the constitution.

　　From the establishment of an independent foreign policy of peace at the beginning of the founding of New China, to the advocacy of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in the handling of international relations, from focusing on the theme of the times of peace and development, taking "maintaining world peace and promoting common development" as the purpose of foreign policy, to Being in a major change unseen in a century, we advocate the concept of promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind... Some outsiders commented that the diplomatic history of more than 70 years is just a "how China can live in peace with the world under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, in order to build a The history of striving for a better world".

　　Looking back on this diplomatic history, adhering to the concept of "harmony", China opened its arms to the world, made friends, and left some good stories.

　　During his trip to Bandung, Zhou Enlai tried to turn the tide several times, and promoted consensus through "seeking common ground while reserving differences"; the leaders of the New China country visited Africa for the first time, visiting 10 countries in 55 days, and wrote the preface of China-Africa "Friends", showing China's sincere and friendly "Friendly view", and then "African brothers carried China into the United Nations."

　　The friendship between the nations lies in the friendship between the people.

From the exchange of visits between the Go delegations to the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the "Go diplomacy" that contains Eastern wisdom is indispensable; the "ping-pong diplomacy" where the small ball drives the big ball, and non-governmental diplomacy opens the ice-breaking journey; "panda diplomacy" Let the naive "national treasure" become a messenger of friendship and understanding...

　　From the Chinese dream to the world dream, since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping has used his unique diplomatic style to convey to the world China's philosophy of peace and to show the people of other countries China's sincere friendship.

Before his trip, he often published signed articles in the local mainstream media, vividly telling the story of the visit between the visiting country and China; hometown diplomacy, manor diplomacy, and walking diplomacy. He communicated with each other with heart and affection, and promoted understanding between China and foreign countries; he loved sports. Xi Jinping also used sports, a language common to all mankind, to convey China’s friendship and goodwill to the world...

　　China's "circle of friends" is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more good friends.

However, as external commentators have said, China's "circle of friends" is not a "circle of allies". It is open but not closed, inclusive but not exclusive, and exhibits the concept of "harmony but difference".

　　"Tea and wine are not incompatible. You can drink a thousand cups of wine for your friends, or you can taste tea and taste life." In a speech in Belgium, Xi Jinping cited the tea that the Chinese like and the beer that the Belgians like. Yu, uses the "tea and wine theory" to explain the principle of "harmonious but different" in different civilizations.

　　For a rapidly developing China, the international community was surprised and admired, but was also accompanied by anxiety and doubts. Some people even put forward the "China Threat Theory."

"Napoleon said that China is a sleeping lion. When this sleeping lion wakes up, the world will tremble. The Chinese lion has already woken up, but this is a peaceful, amiable, and civilized lion. "Xi Jinping used the "new lion waking theory" to explain to the world, "China does not agree with the outdated logic of'a strong country must hegemony'. Only the path of peaceful development can work."

　　"China's path of peaceful development is not a stopgap measure, let alone a diplomatic rhetoric," China has said so, and even more so.

From the cultural tradition, there is no gene in the blood of the Chinese to rule the king and dominate the army.

In reality, China has never proactively provoked a war for more than 70 years, and has never invaded an inch of land in other countries.

Faced with the uncertainty of a century of change, China proposes to jointly build the “Belt and Road”, continuously providing public products to the international community and sharing development opportunities with the world.

　　"China today is not only the China of China, but also the China of Asia and the China of the world." As Xi Jinping said, the Chinese have always advocated "the world is one world, and the world is one family."

The Chinese people not only hope that they will have a good life, but also hope that the people of other countries will have a good life.

　　The "Peace Zun" displayed in the United Nations is silently telling the world about China's long-term concept of "harmony".

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