Wang Dong: The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is a correction of the imbalance in global development

Beijing, 3 Mar (ZXS) -- Wang Dong: The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is a correction of the imbalance in global development

China News Agency reporter Li Jingze

Development is the eternal theme of human society and the key to solving various problems and realizing people's happiness. At a time when the global development process is suffering a serious impact, how to promote global development and "leave no country or anyone behind" has become a topic of the times. Ten years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping's concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind was regarded by the international community as a systematic solution for China to eliminate the global development deficit.

Wang Dong, a long-term professor at the School of International Relations of Peking University and executive director of the Sino-foreign People-to-People Exchange Research Base of Peking University of the Ministry of Education, pointed out in an exclusive interview with China News Agency that over the past 10 years, China's promotion of building a community with a shared future for mankind and shaping the "development concept" of common development with the world is a correction of the problem of global development imbalance, which is of more practical significance at present.

Correcting the imbalance of development, the concept of community highlights practical significance

Wang Dong believes that the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind transcends the boundaries of nations and countries, regards the entire human race as an organic whole, and is the overall consciousness of the people of all countries in the world based on "mankind has only one earth, and all countries live in one world".

The century-old changes superimposed on the century epidemic have made people have a deeper understanding of this concept. In the past 10 years, the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has been written into important documents of multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and the SCO. UN Secretary-General António Guterres put it bluntly, "The purpose of our practice of multilateralism is to build a community with a shared future for mankind." ”

Wang Dong pointed out that the international community is increasingly aware that the future and destiny of every country are closely linked, and only by adhering to the concept of unity and cooperation and common development and taking the road of joint consultation, joint construction, sharing and win-win results can we create the future together.

Today, compared with 10 years ago, global development problems are on the rise. The new crown epidemic has swallowed up the world's development achievements for many years, the global economic recovery is fragile and weak, and some countries have politicized and marginalized development issues, engaged in "small courtyards and high walls" and extreme sanctions, artificially creating division and confrontation, resulting in huge difficulties in global development. According to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme, more than 90% of countries around the world are affected by multiple crises and face development difficulties.

In this context, Wang Dong believes that analyzing the crux of common development highlights the practical significance of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. Specifically, promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind is a correction of the imbalance of global development, which is conducive to breaking the paradox of cooperation, building a new type of international relations, and breaking down the barriers and disputes between countries by advocating "world benefit sharing".

The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has been implemented in the field of development

The pursuit of common development has always been the meaning of building a community with a shared future for mankind. Wang Dong pointed out that over the past 10 years, China has had benign interaction with the world, so that the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has been implemented in the field of development, and it has continuously realized the common development of itself and the world.

For itself, China has completed the goal of poverty alleviation on schedule and built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. Nearly 1 million rural poor people have been lifted out of poverty, contributing more than <>% to global poverty reduction, which not only boosts their own confidence in development, but also contributes to accelerating the global poverty reduction and development process.

In the world, China aims to build a community with a shared future for mankind and contribute to global development. As an important starting point for building a community with a shared future for mankind, the Belt and Road Initiative has driven nearly trillion US dollars of investment in the past 10 years, created 42,4000 jobs for countries along the route, helped nearly <> million people lift themselves out of poverty, and greatly promoted global development.

Wang Dong said that under the framework of the "Belt and Road", China and countries along the route have promoted the construction of partnerships with high quality, continuously innovated cooperation concepts, enriched cooperation content, gathered consensus on global cooperation, and set a practical model for promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

"The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind guides the practice of common development in the world, and common development is an important way and purpose to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind." Wang Dong said that the two complement each other and constitute the internal logic and endogenous driving force for China's continuous promotion of building a community with a shared future for mankind and promoting global common development.

China will play a more important role as a leader in building a community with a shared future for mankind

The outside world has noticed that from proposing the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind to promoting the implementation of international public goods such as the "Belt and Road", China is both the initiator and practitioner of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. In Wang Dong's view, China will also play a more important role as a leader in the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Under the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, China focuses more on the core contradictions and key issues in the development of all countries in the world, and provides the international community with new public goods - global development initiatives. The initiative proposes eight key areas of cooperation to provide a feasible path to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the past year and a half, the initiative has received support from more than 100 countries and many international organizations, including the United Nations, and nearly 70 countries have joined the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative.

"The Global Development Initiative is another vivid practice of China's leadership in promoting the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind in the global development field." Wang Dong said that this initiative starts from China's own development governance experience and provides a more targeted "solution" to the problem of global development inequality and imbalance - developing countries can translate the initiative into their own development policies according to specific national conditions and improve their own development governance.

In addition to continuously launching public goods, China will also promote the deep integration of building a community with a shared future for mankind with its own development. For example, Wang Dong pointed out that the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China regards the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind as one of the essential requirements of China's modernization. On the road to realizing Chinese-style modernization, China will continue to uphold the development concept of common development, be willing to share its experience in modernization, continue to help more countries achieve their respective development goals, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. (End)