Outlook丨Leading the development direction of human marine civilization
On April 23, 2019, a maritime military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy was held in the sea and airspace near Qingdao.
This is the "Nanchang" guided missile destroyer Li Ziheng photo
◇On April 23, 2019, Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, in Qingdao collectively met with the heads of the naval delegations of various countries who were invited to participate in the multi-national naval activities for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. He emphasized that this blue planet where we humans live, It is not divided into isolated islands by the ocean, but is connected by the ocean into a community with a shared future, where people of all countries share safety and security.
◇Continuously study and comprehend the important concept of building a community with a shared future for the ocean put forward by President Xi Jinping, and continuously promote its deepening and practicality, which has distinct era value and great practical significance for my country to accelerate the construction of a maritime power and promote global ocean governance.
◇The world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and instability and uncertainty have increased significantly.
Human society will face the dual challenges of the complex maritime security situation and the continuous deterioration of the marine ecological environment for a long time.
◇The connectivity, openness, and sharing of the oceans connect human society into a whole with shared environment, shared interests, and connected destiny. At the same time, it also brings security risks and common responsibilities that need to be shared by all countries.
Three years ago, on April 23, 2019, when Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping met in Qingdao collectively with the heads of naval delegations from various countries who were invited to attend the multi-national naval activities for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, he proposed for the first time "building a community with a shared future for the ocean". "The important idea.
This important concept interprets the harmonious symbiosis between human beings and the ocean from a new perspective, clarifies the direction for the development of the global marine industry, and has won widespread recognition and positive response from the international community, and has become a clear banner leading the development and progress of human marine civilization.
At present, the epidemic of the century is intertwined with the changes of the century, the economy and security are facing complex and severe challenges, and the future and destiny of all countries are unprecedentedly linked.
Continuing in-depth study and comprehension of the important concept of building a community with a shared future for the ocean put forward by President Xi Jinping, and continuously promoting it to deepen and implement it, have distinct era value and great practical significance for my country to accelerate the construction of a maritime power and promote global ocean governance.
Oceans face a double challenge
The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, with increasing instability and uncertainty.
Human society will face the dual challenges of the complex maritime security situation and the continuous deterioration of the marine ecological environment for a long time.
The international pattern has undergone in-depth evolution and adjustment.
The competition among major powers has intensified, and the international power balance is in a clear trend of "rising in the east and falling in the west".
A small number of countries continue to use various sensitive issues, including maritime issues, to strategically contain China.
The trend of anti-globalization and unilateralism is on the rise, and the trend of anti-globalization in the marine field has inhibited the willingness and motivation of global marine cooperation.
The maritime security situation is severe and complicated.
Traditional maritime security threats still exist, and some countries have complicated conflicts and disputes arising from issues such as maritime delimitation, resource development, fishery disputes and the use of waterways, and they are reluctant to compromise and make concessions easily.
The involvement of a few extraterritorial powers in regional maritime disputes has led to increasingly complex tensions and confrontations between relevant countries, seriously affecting regional maritime security and stability.
At the same time, it is difficult to eradicate illegal and criminal activities such as robbery at sea, terrorist attacks, illegal smuggling and smuggling, marine natural disasters and secondary disasters caused by climate change, as well as marine fires, oil spills, and ship collisions. It happened, and it kept ringing alarm bells for the world.
The deterioration of the marine ecological environment is exacerbated.
The cumulative emission of carbon dioxide since human beings entered the industrial society has led to climate change, which has led to problems such as melting glaciers, changes in ocean climate patterns and ocean currents, and increased frequency and severity of marine disasters, which have severely impacted coastal zones and marine ecosystems.
The indiscriminate, disorderly and free development and utilization of marine resources, as well as the decline of fishery resources caused by overfishing, have brought enormous pressure and serious damage to the marine ecology.
Some countries regard the marine commons as a free waste treatment plant, and continue to discharge sewage and dump garbage into the ocean, resulting in seawater pollution and biodiversity degradation, seawater acidification, marine plastic waste pollution and other marine ecological problems emerge in an endless stream.
With the expansion of the scope and intensity of offshore oil and gas development, the pollution and damage it brings to the ocean is also intensifying.
The international maritime order is in urgent need of change.
At present, there are still many ambiguities in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the limitations of international rules and mechanisms in resolving maritime disputes, and the weak supervision and enforcement of supranational institutions. Disorders of governance are more prominent.
Some traditional maritime powers have a negative attitude towards multilateralism and the multilateral system, and adopt bullying policies and double standards in maritime affairs.
The enthusiasm and initiative of developing countries to participate in international marine affairs has increased, but there is still a big gap in terms of marine scientific and technological strength, setting of marine governance issues, discussion and decision-making and application of dispute settlement mechanisms, formulation of relevant technical rules, and international voice. .
Although there has been an international consensus on the protection of the marine ecological environment, and relevant international organizations, civil society, the scientific community and other stakeholders are playing an increasingly prominent role in the field of ocean governance, due to the lack of effective supervision, poor coordination and high costs, various With the coexistence of competition and cooperation, global ocean governance still faces severe challenges.
Shared responsibility and shared resources
On April 23, 2019, Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that the blue planet where we humans live is not a blue planet that we humans live in when he collectively met with the heads of naval delegations from various countries who were invited to attend the multi-national naval activities for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in Qingdao. Divided into isolated islands by the ocean, but connected by the ocean into a community with a shared future, the people of all countries share safety and security.
In October 2019, President Xi Jinping pointed out in his congratulatory letter to the 2019 China Ocean Economy Expo that the ocean is of great significance to the survival and development of human society. The ocean nurtures life, connects the world, and promotes development.
Standing at the highest realm of human survival and development, President Xi Jinping has drawn a vivid portrait of a community with a shared future for the ocean in plain words from the origin of life, the bond of connection, and the space for development. Its connotation can be understood from two dimensions.
From the perspective of man and nature, the ocean and human beings are a community of life that coexists in harmony.
Nature is the cradle of all living things. As an important part of nature, the ocean is the largest ecosystem on earth and the mother of life.
Without the ocean, there would be no life.
Humans are born and prospered by the sea.
The ocean has nurtured human civilization and is the source of life, the living space, the treasure house of resources, and the lifeblood of transportation.
Only by respecting nature, conforming to nature, protecting nature, caring for and protecting the ocean like protecting eyes, and realizing harmony between human beings and the sea, can human beings ensure and promote their own sustainable development.
From the perspective of human beings, human society has formed a community of interests, security, responsibility, and culture because of the ocean.
As a major channel connecting the world as a whole, the ocean is a link rather than a barrier for human society to communicate, communicate, connect and integrate.
As the common wealth of mankind, marine resources and interests should also be shared by all mankind.
The connectivity, openness, and sharing of the oceans connect human society into a whole with shared environment, shared interests, and connected destiny. At the same time, it also brings security risks and common responsibilities that all countries need to share.
For example, ranging from the marine ecological environment, maritime trade, and maritime transportation, to as small as a merchant ship sailing at sea and its crew and cargo, all carry the interests of different countries and different subjects.
For another example, marine pollution in the waters under the jurisdiction of a country may also bring disaster to the surrounding area and even pollute the high seas. Overfishing of a country in its exclusive economic zone may lead to the reduction of fishery resources in neighboring countries.
In the face of global threats to maritime security, human society can only resolve risks and overcome challenges by sharing responsibilities and helping each other in the same boat.
In addition, in the long-term practice of developing and utilizing the ocean, human beings have gradually formed the spiritual core of openness and tolerance, daring to be the first, advocating freedom, revering nature, and praying for peace, which are shared and recognized by different regions and different ethnic groups. "Cultural genes" have effectively promoted the exchange and integration with the world culture.
Strengthening global ocean governance
Building a community with a shared future for the oceans aims to jointly build an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful ocean with lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity.
This important concept has rich connotations and far-reaching implications, involving marine politics, marine security, marine economy, marine culture, marine ecological environment and many other fields.
Work together to maintain ocean peace and tranquility.
President Xi Jinping pointed out that the peace and tranquility of the ocean is related to the safety and interests of all countries in the world, and it needs to be jointly maintained and cherished.
The Chinese people love peace, yearn for peace, and unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development.
In today's world, peace is still the greatest common interest of the international community and the greatest common aspiration of people of all countries.
Peace, tranquility and good order are the basic goals and important cornerstones of building a community with a shared future for the ocean.
To build a community with a shared future for the oceans, we must adhere to equal consultations, improve crisis communication mechanisms, strengthen regional security cooperation, and properly handle differences through peaceful means on the basis of respecting historical facts and international law. We should jointly maintain ocean peace and tranquility.
All countries should abandon the Cold War mentality of zero-sum game, jointly hold high the banner of multilateralism, defend the international system with the United Nations at its core, maintain the maritime order based on international law, apply international rules equally and in good faith, and respect the reasonable maritime interests of all parties. , adhere to equal consultation, dialogue rather than confrontation, partnership rather than alliance, and work together to deal with various negative factors that threaten and undermine peace.
Adhere to resolving disputes through negotiation, enrich and improve the mechanisms and means for maintaining maritime peace, eliminate the root causes of maritime wars and conflicts, and jointly maintain a peaceful time that is more precious than gold.
Jointly address maritime security threats.
President Xi Jinping pointed out that China firmly pursues a defensive national defense policy and advocates the establishment of a new security concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable.
At present, the connotation of maritime security has expanded unprecedentedly.
Security threats such as pirate attacks, maritime crimes, marine disasters, and the spread of epidemics have posed severe challenges to coastal countries and even all mankind.
Only by strengthening cooperation, helping each other and helping each other can all parties safeguard common interests and ensure maritime security.
To build a community with a shared future for the oceans is to jointly respond to maritime security threats under the guidance of a new security concept that is common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable.
Adhere to common security, respect and accommodate the reasonable concerns of all parties for maritime security, and cannot sacrifice the security of other countries to seek our own security.
Adhere to comprehensive security, comprehensively consider the historical latitude and latitude and actual situation of maritime security issues, and adopt a multi-pronged approach to comprehensively implement policies and address both the symptoms and the root causes.
Adhere to cooperative security, promote maritime security through dialogue and cooperation, strengthen communication, seek common ground while resolving differences, enhance mutual trust, reduce misjudgment, expand areas of cooperation, innovate cooperation methods, and seek peace and security through cooperation.
Adhere to sustainable security, focus on deepening the integration of interests through common development, eliminate conflicts and disputes through the integration of interests, and achieve a benign interaction between security and development.
Jointly promote the prosperity and development of the ocean.
President Xi Jinping pointed out that, at present, the market, technology, information, culture and other cooperation with the ocean as the carrier and link are getting closer and closer. China's proposal to jointly build the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road The development of the blue economy promotes the integration of marine cultures and jointly enhances the well-being of the ocean.
The world is connected by oceans, developed by connectivity, and prosperous by development.
The ocean carries the most active part of international trade and is the support and link for the sustainable development of the world economy.
To build a community with a shared future for the oceans is to take the joint construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road as a practical platform, with key projects as the traction, to strengthen maritime connectivity and economic policy coordination, to promote the high-quality development of the marine economy, to cooperate in the development and utilization of marine resources, and to enhance the marine environment. The level of industrial cooperation ensures the free flow of marine resources, commodities, personnel and technologies, and realizes the complementary advantages of countries along the route, so as to jointly get rich from the sea.
At the same time, maritime economic cooperation should be strengthened, security problems caused by poverty should be solved through development, and illegal and criminal activities such as piracy attacks and maritime terrorism should be eliminated from the root cause.
Jointly promote the integration of marine cultures.
President Xi Jinping pointed out that building a maritime power is an important part of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
To build a marine community with a shared future and accelerate the construction of a marine power, all parties need to work together to promote the integration of marine cultures.
Ocean culture embodies the spirit of openness, does not stand still, and is willing to accept new things; embodies the spirit of tolerance, recognizes diversity and difference, can seek common ground while reserving differences, gather similarities and resolve differences; embodies the spirit of exploration, has the courage to face challenges, is not afraid of difficulties, bold innovation , dare to take the road that no one has traveled before; it embodies the spirit of solidarity. In the face of stormy seas, everyone can work together and stand together through thick and thin, so as to overcome difficulties and move forward together.
These spirits have been internalized into a common spiritual foundation and an indispensable emotional bond for building a community with a shared future for the ocean.
To build a community with a shared future for the ocean is to advocate that the sea is inclusive and inclusive, build an open circle of friends with an inclusive mentality, overcome the trap of civilizational conflict, and abandon ideological disputes, so that people of all countries can know each other, meet each other, and integrate through the ocean, so that the ocean culture can be exchanged. Integration and exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations have become a driving force for the progress of human society and a bond for maintaining world peace.
Jointly protect the marine ecological environment.
President Xi Jinping emphasized that we should care for the ocean as we treat life.
China fully participates in the formulation and implementation of marine governance mechanisms and related rules within the framework of the United Nations, and implements the goals of sustainable marine development.
China attaches great importance to the construction of marine ecological civilization, continuously strengthens the prevention and control of marine environmental pollution, protects marine biodiversity, realizes the orderly development and utilization of marine resources, and leaves a blue sea and blue sky for future generations.
Faced with the deteriorating marine environment and increasingly fragile marine ecosystems, countries increasingly need to work together to respond, attach great importance to marine environmental protection and ecological civilization construction, establish international mechanisms, abide by international rules, and strengthen global ocean governance. Governance to reduce the "tragedy of the commons".
To build a community with a shared future for the oceans is to uphold the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, adhere to the principle of consensus through consultation, and faithfully interpret and apply relevant international rules in good faith. In the fields of negotiating international instruments on biological diversity and combating illegal fishing activities, we will introduce reasonable, balanced and practical institutional arrangements to safeguard the common interests of countries and the overall interests of the international community, promote the green transformation of marine development and utilization, and promote sustainable marine development.
Building a new international maritime order
The important concept of building a community with a shared future for the ocean is the ideological program and action guide for building a maritime power in the new era, promoting international maritime cooperation, improving global ocean governance, and guiding and shaping a more just and reasonable new international maritime order.
Building a community with a shared future for the ocean conforms to the general trend of the times.
This important concept carries the rational thinking of joining hands to build a beautiful home for mankind, and scientifically answers the question of how mankind can jointly cope with global challenges, jointly maintain universal security, jointly promote prosperity and development, and jointly control the destiny of the world under the background of the changing times. , calibrated the correct course of promoting multilateralism and defending the multilateral system, and responded to the general appeal of the international community to use the ocean to protect the ocean.
In particular, the important concept of building a community with a shared future for the ocean abandons the logic of "law of the jungle", "freedom for the strong" and "winner takes all" advocated by Western countries' ocean views, and advocates the basic norms of international law that "countries are equal regardless of size, strength or weakness". On this basis, fully respect the sovereignty, security and rights and interests of all countries in the ocean, adhere to openness and inclusiveness, mutual benefit and win-win, and universal security. forward-looking thinking, broad vision and deep feelings.
Building a community with a shared future for the ocean has contributed Chinese wisdom to maintaining ocean peace and prosperity.
This important concept provides a deep insight into the severe challenges facing global ocean governance, interprets the harmonious symbiosis between humans and the ocean from a new perspective, and advocates mutual respect in politics, mutual trust and cooperation in security, mutual benefit and win-win in economy, and co-construction and sharing in governance. It provides China's proposition and China's plan for countries to cooperate and work together to solve overall and fundamental issues in the fields of marine security, marine development, marine ecological environment protection, etc. The responsibility and sincere willingness of a major country to maintain maritime peace and security and promote maritime prosperity and development have enhanced China's right to speak in global governance and international maritime affairs.
Building a community with a shared future for the ocean once again demonstrates China's determination and will to pursue the path of peaceful development.
At present, China's role in global development is increasing day by day. The construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road has continued to deepen and solidify. The surrounding sea-related cooperation has been widely carried out. sexual effect.
We are more able than ever to work with countries around the world to address global challenges and promote common development and progress.
At the same time, we must also see that a small number of countries intervene in and use disputes over maritime rights and interests to sow discord between China and neighboring countries.
President Xi Jinping put forward the concept of building a community with a shared future for the oceans. It is China's solemn declaration once again that China adheres to the path of peaceful development, firmly pursues a defensive national defense policy, and does not follow the evil path of national hegemony and maritime hegemony. It shows that China holds high the banner of multilateralism and seeks By advocating the concept of peace, adopting cooperation methods, and using legal means to resolve conflicts and disputes, jointly safeguard maritime peace, jointly build maritime order, and jointly promote maritime prosperity. Create a favorable external environment for China's peaceful development.
(Lv Xianchen author unit: Naval Academy)