Only with a common destiny can the world have a future (Wanghailou Special Article)

March 2013, 3, 23 a.m., Conference Hall, Moscow Institute of International Relations, Russia. Numerous lenses, focusing on the podium.

This was Xi Jinping's first major speech on his first foreign trip since becoming president of China, and it was highly anticipated.

"In this world, the degree of interconnection and interdependence of countries has deepened unprecedentedly, human beings live in the same global village, in the same time and space where history and reality converge, and have increasingly become a community of destiny between you and me."

Mankind is a "community of common destiny"! This major judgment put forward by Xi Jinping has been widely reported by the media of various countries and quickly spread to all parties in the world.

In the blink of an eye, 10 years have passed. It's been a very special 10 years.

Today's world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century. The historical trend of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results is irresistible, and the general trend of world multipolarization, economic globalization and democracy in international relations is irreversible. At the same time, traditional and non-traditional security challenges are intertwined, hegemonic and hegemonic acts are deeply harmful, and the recovery of the world economy is obstructed and long. The international community is anxious and desperately looking forward to a cooperative solution to defuse the crisis. People are more deeply aware of -

Peace, development, cooperation and win-win results will make the world vibrant;

Bullying, division, conflict, confrontation, this homeland is full of troubles.

Today's world is full of uncertainty. Mankind must eliminate the foggy interference such as hegemonism, the Cold War mentality, zero-sum games, and the superiority of civilization, and sail out of the historical channel as soon as possible. Xi Jinping's concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is the ideological navigation guide leading this voyage.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the UN is willing to work with China to advance the cause of world peace and development and realize the great ideal of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

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Truth can often be seen more clearly through the cleansing of time. The epochal value of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has been repeatedly confirmed in the past 10 years because of its insight into reality and foresight for the future.

Only with insight can we see the times.

Xi Jinping said, "We must gain insight into the times, grasp the general trend of the times, stand at the forefront of human development, actively explore major issues related to the future and destiny of mankind, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the global challenges facing the world today and the common problems facing mankind." ”

In this day and age, the world has never been more interconnected, and human beings have never been so interdependent. If the Suez Canal is blocked, the breakfast coffee of Europeans will be in a hurry; A heavy rainstorm in Southeast Asia, Latin American computer hard drives will rise in price; Thousands of parts for an aircraft, manufactured separately by enterprises in dozens of countries; When an earthquake occurs in a country, news and pictures can spread around the world in a few minutes; Now the new crown virus has forced the world to fight together...

It is precisely because we are all members of the global village and belong to the same community of common destiny, that it is impossible to solve the problems arising from the connection by severing the connection. All humanity must be seen as one in order to find the right way to respond.

Only with a vision can we grasp the future.

Xi Jinping has repeatedly used the metaphor of the "ship" to point out the way forward for mankind. In 2022, he stressed in a virtual conference of the World Economic Forum that "in the stormy waves of the global crisis, countries are not on more than 190 small boats, but on a large ship with a common destiny." Small boats can't withstand the wind and waves, and giant ships can withstand the stormy waves. ”

In the past 10 years, the world has changed and the roads are full of thorns. When all mankind works together to fight the epidemic, when the climate change conference achieves positive results, when the "Belt and Road" leaves "national landmarks", "livelihood projects" and "cooperation monuments"... The forward-looking concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has become clearer. Stephen Perry, chairman of the 48 Group Club in the UK, said, "Through this epidemic, we have deeply felt that no country can be left alone, and building a community with a shared future for mankind is the right choice to deal with the global crisis. ”

History has proved countless times that short-sightedness does not lead to long-term development, and only one's own selfish interests will lead to evil consequences. If the big ship of mankind wants to rush through the rapids and dangerous shoals of history, the only way to build a community with a shared future for mankind is to achieve win-win sharing.

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In ancient and modern China and abroad, people's yearning for a better world is connected to each other. The reason why the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind continues to resonate is that its direction is towards the "great harmony" of the world, and the path emphasizes the "commonality" of everyone.

"Datong" is the goal.

Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Palais des Nations at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, so that he painted what the world should look like - lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, clean and beautiful - this is the clear blueprint of a community with a shared future for mankind, which is the contemporary version of the ideal of "great harmony" for mankind.

Over the past 10 years, Xi Jinping has visited more than 40 countries, traveled to more than 70 countries on five continents, presided over and attended a series of major multilateral diplomatic activities at home and abroad, successively proposed the "Belt and Road" initiative, the global development initiative, the global security initiative and the global civilization initiative, promoted the construction of a new type of international relations, enriched the connotation and practical path of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, provided Chinese solutions for coping with changes in the world, times and history, condensed a broad international consensus, and gathered a strong global joint force.

"A world free from strife, where all nations develop and all people live happily is the common ideal of mankind." Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda believes that "turning ideals into reality requires politicians to be far-sighted and do their best to put them into action." China's proposal to build a community with a shared future for mankind is based on this line of thinking, and China has the ability to practice. ”

"Common" is the approach.

To move towards "Datong", there is a long way to go; Only "together" can we arrive. In Chinese's view, the true pursuit of world peace requires dialogue and consultation; To truly benefit the world, we should build and share together. As Xi Jinping said, "Prejudice and discrimination, hatred and war, will only bring disaster and suffering." Mutual respect, equal coexistence, peaceful development and common prosperity are the right path for mankind. ”

Over the past 10 years, the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for all mankind have become increasingly deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, inclusiveness, cleanliness and beauty has become the common pursuit of more and more countries. The international community is well aware that there is no superior country in the world, no one-size-fits-all model of national governance, and no international order in which one country has the final say. A world of unity rather than division, peace rather than turmoil is in the common interest of all humankind.

The world is the world of the people of the world, and the affairs of the world must be discussed and handled by the people of the world. The plan for a community with a shared future for mankind is "initiated by China" and is "all together". Pakistani President Alvi lamented: "President Xi Jinping's concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind is extremely important, and only through joint efforts can countries around the world solve the problems they face, such as the new crown epidemic, climate change and poverty." He said that China adheres to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and is leading the world to develop in a better direction.

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The charm of thought is often because it shines with the light of great personality. The reason why the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is that it reflects Xi Jinping's mind as a leader of a major country and a world-class leader who takes the interests of the world as the benefit and the heart of the people as the heart.

This mind is a big pattern that benefits the world.

Xi Jinping said: "We must transcend the boundaries of countries, nationalities, cultures and ideologies, stand at the height of all mankind, promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and jointly build the earth home on which we live." He has issued sincere invitations to the world on many international occasions: "Welcome all countries to take the 'free ride' of China's development", "Let the Chinese market become the world's market, a shared market, and everyone's market", "Everyone develops together is true development, sustainable development is good development"...

The facts are at hand. The Belt and Road Initiative launched by Xi Jinping 10 years ago has become a high-quality international public good jointly built by all parties and shared by the world. The China-Europe Express has operated 6,5 trains so far, which is the "steel camel team" connecting Asia and Europe; The China-Laos Railway has transformed Laos from a "land-locked country" to a "land-linked country"; The completion and opening of the Pelješac Bridge to traffic fulfilled the dream of the Croatian people connecting the territory of the north and the south...

John Allen, former Vice President of the United Nations Business Council, commented that the Belt and Road Initiative is a concrete embodiment of China's concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and a "magnificent turn" in the current stage of China's reform and opening up.

This feeling is a great ambition for life.

Xi Jinping once told Tanzanian President Hassan that "when China itself was still poor, we tightened our belts and helped our African brothers build the Tanzania-Zambia railway." Now that we have developed, we must help African friends achieve common development and build a China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era based on the concept of sincerity and sincerity. ”

Sincere words and real actions all bear witness to the original sincerity of China's original intention to seek common development with the world. From the Tanzania-Zambia Railway to the Yaji Railway and the Mongolian Railway, from the China-Cambodia Friendship Poverty Alleviation Demonstration Village to the provision of 1000,<> poverty alleviation training places to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries... William Jones, an expert on international issues in the United States, said: "China has played an important role in promoting poverty reduction in developing countries, and China's practical actions have won the respect of the people of these countries." ”

Now, the Chinese people have embarked on a brand-new path different from Western modernization by relying on independence, people's supremacy, peaceful development, openness and inclusiveness, and united struggle, rather than relying on war, colonization and plunder. Chinese-style modernization has provided new options for the modernization of all countries in the world and enlightened all countries, especially developing countries. Chinese hope and believe that more and more countries will embark on the road of modernization, which will make the dream of a community with a shared future for mankind a reality.

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The world is the world of peoples, and its destiny must be jointly controlled by all peoples. The reason why the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has profoundly affected the world is that it abides by the right path of innovation and conducts the right path, and the next road has become its own road.

This right path is in the common interests of the overwhelming majority of people in the world.

Xi Jinping said: "Promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind is not to replace one system with another, not to replace one civilization with another, but to have symbiotic interests, rights and responsibilities among countries with different social systems, different ideologies, different histories and cultures, and different levels of development in international affairs, forming the greatest common denominator for jointly building a better world." ”

For 10 years, the road has brought smiling faces on the Momirobi Railway, not the cries of refugee camps; It is a new factory that cuts the ribbon in the industrial park, not an enterprise that has fallen in the decoupling and broken chain; It is the sense of gain of some "land-locked countries" turned into "land-linked countries", not the tragic song of fate in which some countries have become "pawns"...

Therefore, British scholar Martin Jacques said: "China provides a 'new possibility' and opens up a new path of civilization development based on win-win cooperation and joint construction and sharing." This is a great initiative without precedent, and it is also a great creation that changed the world. ”

This avenue, people continue to join in, the avenue is getting wider and wider.

Over the past 10 years, the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has been written into the resolutions or declarations of the United Nations, BRICS and other international organizations. At the bilateral level, China resonates at the same frequency as many countries; At the regional level, multiple communities of common destiny are steadily advancing; At the global level, the global development community, the human security community, the human health community, the human and natural life community, the cyberspace community with a shared future, the nuclear security community with a shared future, and the maritime community with a shared future have emerged.

Some foreign observers commented: "While some countries beat their chests and shouted, China has put forward a real plan aimed at promoting human progress." The Global Development Initiative has received positive response and 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 Security Initiative has been appreciated and supported by more than 70 countries, and the recent dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Iran in Beijing has achieved important results, which has become a successful practice of the Global Security Initiative and won the unanimous welcome of the international community. At the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties just held, Xi Jinping proposed the Global Civilization Initiative, which was warmly endorsed by the participants in the dialogue and aroused widespread resonance in the international community.

The "Belt and Road" has changed from a blueprint 10 years ago to a real scene today, turning into practical results for the development of various countries and benefits for the people's livelihood. So far, it has attracted 3/4 of the world's countries to participate in it, driving nearly trillion dollars of investment, forming more than 3000,42 cooperation projects, creating <>,<> jobs for countries along the route, and lifting tens of millions of people out of poverty... In the real discussion, quantity, affection and righteousness, the road for the common development of all countries has been paved.

The more time passes, the more radiant that moment becomes. The concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has been put forward for a full 10 years. We see the power of ideas, and we hear the echoes of history -

Only when destiny is shared can the world have a future.

People want to have a stable income and a comfortable life, hope to have friends and good wine everywhere, and hope that the future of their children will be happier than today; No one wants to live in uncertainty, in poverty and backwardness, in a land shrouded in hostility and intimidation. This is the will of the people and the vision.

Xi Jinping said: "Building a community with a shared future for mankind is a beautiful goal, and it is also a goal that needs to be achieved by generations of relay running. "Now that the baton of history has been handed over to our generation, how can we deliver an answer that lives up to our descendants?

The world's tomorrow depends on our decisions today. We believe that as long as we uphold goodwill and sincere communication, no matter how big the conflict can be resolved, no matter how thick the ice can be broken; We hope that all countries will live in harmony and win-win cooperation, that the impetus for development will continue to flow and that the torch of peace will be passed on from generation to generation.

Chinese people are willing to join hands with the people of the world, always stand on the right side of history, stand on the side of human civilization and progress, and go to an eternal spring together on the marathon track of peace and development.