October 25, 1971 was a special day. The 26th United Nations General Assembly made a historic decision to restore all rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations.

  On the same day this year, the 50th anniversary meeting of the People’s Republic of China to restore its legal seat in the United Nations was grandly held in Beijing.

  What positive energy does China bring to the industry for half a century?

Joining hands in the new journey, what new contributions will China make?

President Xi Jinping revealed China's answer at the commemorative meeting.

A grand commemoration spanning 50 years

  The main venue of the commemorative meeting was in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People, and the branch venue was in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. More than 200 people attended the meeting.

△The main venue of the commemorative meeting, the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

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  On the same day, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech.

United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, former Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Wang Guangya, and the ambassadors of Russia and Algeria to China delivered speeches respectively.

△ Guests at the branch venue of the commemorative meeting.

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  From the very beginning of the founding of New China, the Central People's Government set out to plan to return to the United Nations arena.

However, due to long-term obstruction by the United States and other Western countries, New China was isolated from the United Nations for 22 years.

  “Any major international issue cannot be resolved without the participation of the People’s Republic of China.” During the 26th United Nations General Assembly, Algeria and other countries put forward a joint proposal, demanding “to restore all the legal rights and rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations. Immediately expel the representatives of the Taiwan authorities from the United Nations and all its affiliated agencies."

△October 25, 1971, the scene of the 26th United Nations General Assembly.

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  On October 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 2758 with an overwhelming majority of 76 votes in favor, 35 votes against, and 17 abstentions, restoring all rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations. China, which accounts for a quarter of the world’s population The people are back on the stage of the United Nations.

△ After Resolution No. 2758 was passed, cheers broke out on the scene.

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  At the commemorative meeting on October 25 this year, President Xi Jinping pointed out, “This is a victory for the Chinese people, and a victory for the people of all countries in the world!”

△On November 15, 1971, the Chinese delegation headed by Vice Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua (first from the left) and Huang Hua (first from the right) as the deputy head, appeared at the UN General Assembly for the first time.

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  In the past 50 years, history has continuously proved that this is a major event in the world and a major event of the United Nations.

  It is precisely because of the restoration of New China's legal seat in the United Nations that major changes have taken place in the ecology of the United Nations.

In his speech at the commemorative meeting, United Nations Secretary-General Guterres stated that China has made an increasingly important contribution to the United Nations in the 50 years since it restored its legal seat in the United Nations. It is a reliable partner of the United Nations and a mainstay of international cooperation.

△United Nations Secretary-General Guterres delivered a speech via video.

Idea leads the direction of action and determines the way out

  The United Nations is the center stage of international politics.

President Xi Jinping has repeatedly expounded China's propositions and China's plans on this platform.

  At this commemorative meeting, President Xi put forward the "five common" clear propositions, which are consistent with each other and expound new theories.

△After New China restored its legal seat in the United Nations, the five-star red flag was flying on the square in front of the United Nations Building.

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  Six years ago, when attending the General Debate of the 70th UN General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, President Xi mentioned the concept of "common value for all mankind" to the international community for the first time.

He said, "Peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom are the common values ​​of all mankind and the lofty goals of the United Nations."

  Since then, on many occasions at home and abroad, he has repeatedly emphasized the need to uphold and promote the common values ​​of all mankind.

  Just this month, when Xi Jinping attended the work meeting of the Central People's Congress, he focused on the "democracy" in the common values ​​of all mankind.

He said that democracy is the common value of all mankind and an important concept that the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people have unswervingly adhered to.

He emphasized that "democracy is the right of the people of all countries, not the patent of a few countries."

△ Wang Guangya, former Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, delivered a speech.

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  At this commemorative meeting, one of the “five commons” emphasized by President Xi Jinping is that we should vigorously promote the common values ​​of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, and jointly provide for the building of a better world. Correct idea guide.

  At the meeting, President Xi further explained the common values ​​of all mankind: Peace and development are our common cause, fairness and justice are our common ideals, and democracy and freedom are our common pursuit.

△Russian Ambassador to China Denisov (left) and Algerian Ambassador to China Bukhalifa (right) delivered speeches respectively.

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  In January 2017, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, expounding to the international community the practical path of jointly building a community with a shared future for mankind: building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, tolerance, cleanness and beauty.

  To build a community with a shared future for mankind, there is a road map of the Gangju Muzhang.

△On the scene of the commemorative meeting, the flag array formed by the flags of the member states of the United Nations.

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  At this year's commemorative meeting, President Xi Jinping emphasized that we should work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind, and jointly build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, tolerance, cleanness and beauty.

  In his speech, President Xi emphasized that to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind is not to replace one system with another system, not to replace another civilization with one civilization, but with different social systems, different ideologies, different historical cultures, and differences. Countries at the level of development share benefits, rights, and responsibilities in international affairs, forming the greatest common divisor for building a better world.

Solve the development proposition and compose a new chapter of cooperation

  If we say that promoting the common values ​​of all mankind and building a community with a shared future for mankind is more focused on ideas and directions, the common development and cooperation that President Xi Jinping talked about on the same day emphasized more pragmatic promotion in the "five commons."

  Development is the key to achieving people's happiness.

In September this year, President Xi proposed a global development initiative at the 76th UN General Assembly, hoping that all countries will work together to build a global development community.

  One month later, at the commemorative meeting on October 25, President Xi pointed out that we should insist on mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly promote economic and social development to better benefit the people.

  President Xi emphasized that development is meaningful for the people, and development is motivated by relying on the people.

  Cooperation is the "golden key" to the challenge.

Regional disputes and global issues such as terrorism, climate change, network security, and biosecurity are facing the international community.

President Xi Jinping pointed out at the commemorative meeting that we should strengthen cooperation to jointly deal with various challenges and global issues facing mankind.

  President Xi emphasized that climate change is a wake-up call from nature to mankind.

Countries in the world should take practical actions to maintain safe boundaries for nature and make a good ecological environment an inexhaustible source of sustainable development.

On the right side of history

Stand on the side of human progress

  On the day of the commemorative meeting, President Xi Jinping met with UN Secretary-General Guterres by video.

Multilateralism is one of the key words discussed by both leaders.

  President Xi Jinping said that for 50 years of cooperation with the United Nations, China has had a very important experience, that is, it must consistently adhere to the ideals of the United Nations and unswervingly follow the path of multilateralism.

  Guterres thanked China for always adhering to multilateralism.

He emphasized that the international community needs to strengthen solidarity and cooperation, uphold multilateralism, improve global governance, and achieve more fairness and justice.

Unilateralism is totally unacceptable.

  At the commemorative meeting, the fifth "common" emphasized by President Xi Jinping is that we should resolutely safeguard the authority and status of the United Nations and jointly practice true multilateralism.

  President Xi emphasized that international rules can only be formulated by the 193 member states of the United Nations, and cannot be decided by individual countries or groups of countries.

International rules should be observed by the 193 member states of the United Nations, and there should be no exceptions.

  President Xi compared the United Nations to a big family.

He said that with regard to the United Nations, all countries in the world should uphold an attitude of respect, cherish and protect this big family, and never use it if they agree or abandon it if they do not agree.

  On the same day, when meeting with Guterres, President Xi Jinping explained the original intention of China to hold this commemorative meeting.

He said that this is not only to review the extraordinary journey that China and the United Nations have gone through together, but also to start from a new historical starting point and work together to build a better world.

  "Qingshan is the same cloud and rain, and the moon has never been two towns." The road to a better world requires walking hand in hand.

  Producer丨Shen Yong

  Chief Author丨Gong Xuehui Yu Zhenyi

  Vision丨Chen Kuo Zhang Jing

  Editor丨Liu Chong and Sui Boyu

  Editor in charge: Sui Boyu