Why Xi Jinping first mentioned the Global Civilization Initiative
Beijing, 3 Mar (ZXS) -- At the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties held on 17 March, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and state president, put forward the Global Civilization Initiative for the first time.
After providing the world with the two major public goods of the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative, why did Xi Jinping propose the Global Civilization Initiative? The analysis believes that it may have a threefold meaning.
On March 3, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping attended a high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties in Beijing and delivered a keynote speech entitled "Hand in Hand on the Road to Modernization". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen
First, it is an inevitable requirement for modernization.
With the theme of "The Road to Modernization: The Responsibilities of Political Parties", Xi Jinping elaborated on Chinese-style modernization and proposed a global civilization initiative. In his keynote speech entitled "Hand in Hand on the Road to Modernization," he said that today, when the future and destiny of all countries are closely linked, the inclusive coexistence and mutual learning of different civilizations play an irreplaceable role in promoting the process of modernization of human society and prospering the hundred gardens of world civilization.
According to statistics, in Xi Jinping's speech, "civilization" is one of the keywords that appears the most.
Talking about the relationship between civilization and modernization, Wang Xuebin, director of the Chinese History Teaching and Research Office of the Department of Culture and History of the Central Party School (National Academy of Administration) and secretary-general of the Chinese Civilization and China Road Research Center, pointed out that modernization is a stage that every country must go through, and to take the road of modernization, we must not only have endogenous innovative power, but also constantly learn from the experience of others. "He is the stone of the mountain, and he can attack the jade. Exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations are an inevitable requirement of modernization. ”
China also considers its modernization in the dimension of human civilization, and regards "creating a new form of human civilization" as one of the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization.
Sun Xingjie, professor of the School of International Relations of Sun Yat-sen University, pointed out that mankind has entered the era of globalization, all civilizations have entered the same time and space, and the formation of consensus through exchanges and dialogue has become an inevitable and necessary path for global civilization, and will also help promote mutual understanding, closeness and common progress among the people of all countries in the process of modernization of human society.
The second is the latest expression of China's outlook on civilization.
Comprehensively promoting national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, and what kind of posture China will take to interact with the outside world is still a concern for the world. The proposal of the Global Civilization Initiative is also another concentrated explanation and expression of China's concept of civilization to the world.
In his speech, Xi Jinping elaborated on the global civilization initiative with four "common", the core essence of which includes: jointly advocating respect for the diversity of world civilizations, jointly advocating the promotion of the common values of all mankind, jointly advocating attaching importance to civilization inheritance and innovation, and jointly advocating strengthening international people-to-people exchanges and cooperation.
Sun Xingjie believes that this initiative is both historical and inherits the idea of inclusiveness and self-improvement that Chinese civilization has always emphasized; It is also realistic, organically integrating a series of civilization views expressed in China in the new era.
In recent years, Xi Jinping has repeatedly expressed China's view of civilization on different occasions, such as the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, the Boao Forum for Asia, and the APEC Business Leaders Summit, leaving a series of impressive expositions: "Civilization is only the difference between Ziyan and Red, but there is absolutely no difference between high and low", "Diversity is the basic feature of the world, and it is also the charm of human civilization", "There are more than 200 countries and regions, more than 2500,70 ethnic groups, and more than <> billion people on this planet, and it is impossible to figure out the same color"... When proposing the global civilization initiative this time, Xi Jinping once again said that "one flower alone is not spring, and a hundred flowers bloom in the spring garden".
Sun Xingjie believes that the Global Civilization Initiative answers the world's concerns about where China is heading on the new journey, and China will remain committed to promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and promoting the progress of human civilization.
The third is to use the Chinese plan to dispel the myth of civilization.
Like the grim situation facing the world in terms of development and security, there are also some deviations in the understanding of civilization in the world today. Some countries and politicians advocate the "theory of clash of civilizations" and "the theory of racial superiority", in an attempt to create more prejudice, estrangement and hatred.
In this context, the Global Civilization Initiative is also regarded as a Chinese solution to dispel the myth of civilization.
In the proposal, Xi Jinping stressed from both positive and negative aspects that it is necessary to "transcend civilizational barriers with civilizational exchanges, transcend civilizational conflicts with mutual learning among civilizations, and transcend civilizational superiority with civilizational tolerance", and "do not impose one's own values and models on others and do not engage in ideological confrontation".
"The Global Civilization Initiative will help countries open their minds, exchange and learn from each other with high quality and benign results, and break the myth of the so-called 'clash of civilizations' in the West in this very delicate and risky era." Wang Xuebin said.
This initiative has also received support from the international community. For example, Senator Mushahid Hussein, Senator of the Pakistan Muslim League (Sharif) and chairman of the Senate Defense Committee, told the media that the West's choice to exaggerate the "clash of civilizations" argument and blindly elevate the discourse system of its own civilization is both arrogant and easy to trigger conflict and confrontation. On the contrary, China respects political parties and organizations with different ideals and is willing to promote cooperation through dialogue and mutual understanding on an equal footing.
"China's efforts play a constructive role in promoting world peace and development, providing new options for human socio-economic development, and creating a new form of inclusive human civilization." Hussein said.
Some commentators also believe that from the Global Development Initiative, to the Global Security Initiative, to the Global Civilization Initiative, the world has also seen an increasingly confident and influential China, contributing wisdom to achieving fairer and more just global governance. (End)