China News Agency, Beijing, October 23rd, title: After 50 years of restoring legal seats, why has China always been a builder of world peace?
China News Agency reporter Zhang Su
In September this year, the Chinese military responded to the United Nations "Action for Peacekeeping" initiative and organized the "Common Destiny-2021" international peacekeeping exercise for the first time.
The exercise, which was held on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the legitimate seat of the United Nations, became a vivid footnote to China's positioning as "always a builder of world peace."
The Chinese people have an unforgettable memory of the suffering caused by war and a tireless pursuit of peace. China is also the only country in the world that has written peaceful development into the Constitution.
In the opinion of the interviewed scholars, China cherishes peace so much and firmly maintains peace, first of all, it stems from the concept of peace, harmony, and harmony inherited and pursued by the Chinese nation.
Professor Gan Chunsong of the Department of Philosophy at Peking University said that China, which has a history of uninterrupted civilization for thousands of years, has always been adhering to the concept of "harmony of all nations".
Since its founding, New China has always stood at the height of the roots of the Chinese civilization of "peace, tolerance, and openness", caring for, sympathizing with, and helping underdeveloped countries, and did not associate with "hegemony".
As it says, "harmony" is not only one of the key words that run through the diplomacy of the People's Republic of China, it has also become a key word connecting China and the world. The growth of the People's Republic of China has been accompanied by the imprint of "peace".
Ruan Zongze, vice president of the China Institute of International Studies, said that as early as the 1950s, China put forward the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. This is a landmark innovation and contribution of China’s diplomacy to the world and a major innovation in the history of international relations. It has made a historic contribution to promoting the establishment of a fair and reasonable new type of international relations.
From insisting on dialogue without confrontation, partnering without alliance, to welcoming international partners to "free ride"; from proposing the "Belt and Road" cooperation initiative to advocating the building of a community with a shared future for mankind... Since the restoration of the legitimate seat of the United Nations, China has been walking On the road of promoting peace through cooperation.
These concepts containing Eastern wisdom not only vividly reflect the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, but also give these purposes and principles visible, feasible, and followable connotations.
"New China has unswervingly followed the path of peaceful development, has never provoked a war, and has never invaded an inch of land of other countries. China's path of peaceful development has a profound dialectical logic. It is through striving for a peaceful international environment. Ensure the development of the country and maintain world peace with China's development." said Gao Fei, vice president of the China Foreign Affairs University.
Some observers believe that China, with a population of more than 1.4 billion, adheres to the path of peaceful development, which in itself is a special contribution to the maintenance of world peace.
Tang Bei, an associate researcher at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Shanghai International Studies University, said that China grasps the overall situation of world development and always adheres to peaceful development and mutual benefit. This has not only created a favorable external environment for China’s development, but also More firmly defend peace.
Some foreign media analysis also pointed out that the Chinese definition of "strengthening" is more about practicing "internal strength" rather than calculating it by external expansion or international spheres of influence. This shows that China's foreign policy is peaceful and rational.
China, which adheres to the concept of peace and follows the path of peaceful development, also starts from "harmony" and is committed to promoting the resolution of international and regional hotspot issues.
This is embodied in the Zhigov peacekeeping, China's active participation in international peacekeeping operations.
Statistics show that in the 31 years since participating in UN peacekeeping operations, China has sent more than 50,000 peacekeepers to nearly 30 UN peacekeeping operations.
China is the second largest contributor to UN peacekeeping operations and an important troop-contributing country. It ranks first in the number of peacekeepers sent out of the five permanent members of the Council. Currently, there are more than 2,200 people performing tasks in 8 UN mission areas.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Affairs, said that China is playing an "extremely important role" in enhancing the influence and performance of peacekeeping.
People have also noticed that with regard to regional hotspot issues such as Palestine-Israel, Afghanistan, the Iranian nuclear issue, and the North Korean nuclear issue, China has long advocated peaceful settlement of issues through political dialogue, opposed to any party resorting to unilateral or violent means, and continued to promote it in the “Chinese way”. Solve hot issues.
Tang Bei said that China's "peaceful experience" not only solves current conflicts, but is also committed to solving the deep root causes of conflicts, such as poverty and discrimination.
China also emphasizes common security, and works with the international community to seek and safeguard peace together, and become the mainstay of safeguarding world peace.
China’s active mediation of persuading peace and promoting talks for peace has also been widely recognized by members of the international community.
Abbas Zaki, a member of the Central Committee of the Palestine National Liberation Movement, said that China has continuously proposed new peace policies in the international community and has become a force that restricts hegemonism and maintains world peace.
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nebenja said that China’s constructive participation in the resolution of international and regional hotspot issues has played an important role in promoting world peace and development.
At present, major changes unseen in a century are superimposed on the epidemic of the century. Uncertainty has become a prominent feature of the international environment. In particular, unilateralism, protectionism, and bullying have brought serious challenges to the lasting peace of mankind.
In this context, China has been placed more expectations on the outside world.
In the "China United Nations Cooperation Position Paper" officially released on October 22, China once again stated its commitment to peace: it will continue to be a builder of world peace.
Tang Bei said that through the announcement at key points, China once again told the world that facing the next 50 years, China's diplomacy will continue to unswervingly follow the path of mutual respect, cooperation and win-win, and unswervingly promote a community with a shared future for mankind. The development continues to inject the power of "harmony".
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