Liu Jieyi

Synopsis

Building a community with a shared future for mankind is rooted in the deep soil of Chinese civilization, enriching and developing Marxist theory of world history and community thinking, and achieving innovative development of international relations theory. This major concept faces the most important issues in the world today and puts forward clear proposals in international communication patterns, global governance, and cultural exchanges, achieving comprehensive and groundbreaking practical results.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has firmly grasped the development trend of China and the world, deeply pondered the future and destiny of humanity, proposed the major concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, provided Chinese plans for what kind of world to build and how to build it, pointed out the correct direction of the world's direction, and outlined the blueprint for human progress. Building a community with a shared future for mankind has significant theoretical value, profound global significance, and strong practical strength. Over the past decade, it has expanded from a Chinese initiative to an international consensus, transformed from a beautiful vision to rich practice, developed from a conceptual proposition to a scientific system, and has become a shining banner leading the progress of the times.

Has significant theoretical value

To build a community with a shared future for mankind, we should strive for the goal of building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, inclusiveness, cleanness and beauty, take the path of promoting global governance through consultation and sharing as the realization path, take the practice of common values for all mankind as the universal adherence, take the promotion of building a new type of international relations as the basic support, take the implementation of the global development initiative, the global security initiative, and the global civilization initiative as the strategic guidance, and take the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as the practice platform. As a scientifically complete and rich ideological system, the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind is rooted in the deep soil of Chinese civilization, enriching and developing Marxist theory of world history and community thinking, demonstrating profound insights into the trend of historical development and the laws of human social development, and achieving innovative development of international relations theory.

Enrich and develop Marxism. Marx and Engels proposed the theory of world history, stating that "the more thoroughly the primitive closed state of various ethnic groups is eliminated due to increasingly improved production methods, communication, and the natural division of labor between different ethnic groups formed through communication, the more history becomes world history.". They applied historical materialism to analyze the evolution laws of human social forms, depicted the future communist society with the "Free Man Union", and proposed the concept of community. These important statements laid the theoretical foundation for the proposal of the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "in this world, the degree of interconnection and interdependence among countries has deepened unprecedentedly. Human beings live in the same global village, in the same time and space where history and reality intersect, and are increasingly becoming a community of shared destiny with each other." The important discourse of General Secretary Xi Jinping deeply reveals that the interdependence of countries in the world and the close connection of human destiny are the inevitable results of human historical development, and it is a scientific judgment made by adhering to and applying Marxist standpoint and methods to our era. Building a community with a shared future for mankind, based on adhering to the Marxist theory of world history and the concept of community, has formed a more profound historical reflection on the future and destiny of humanity, and a more contemporary guidance on the direction of human progress, endowing Marxism with new historical and practical significance.

Inherit and promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The Chinese nation has always had the sentiment of "putting the world under heaven for the public" and the ideal of "achieving great harmony in the world", advocating for "harmony but diversity", "working together with one heart", and "establishing oneself as an expert". The CPC is a party that seeks happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. It is also a party that seeks progress for mankind and common ground for the world. The CPC has always taken it as its mission to make new and greater contributions to mankind. Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, our party has always been committed to safeguarding national interests and promoting human progress, forming a fine diplomatic tradition with cultural heritage and national character. Building a community with a shared future for mankind draws on the rich nourishment of China's excellent traditional culture, and adheres to the world feelings and broad global vision of the CPC people, which reflects the unique style of China's diplomacy, and demonstrates the responsibility and responsibility of the CPC to promote the cause of human progress.

Opening up new horizons for the development of international relations theory. Currently, there are profound changes in the international power balance, deep adjustments in the international system and order, deepening development of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and profound evolution of international political and social trends. In the ever-changing international situation, building a community with a shared future for mankind has pointed out the general direction of human development and progress, the general trend of shared destiny in the international community, the future of people around the world, and demonstrated wisdom and foresight in understanding the overall situation and laws. This major concept transcends conflict and confrontation with peaceful development, replaces absolute security with common security, abandons zero sum games with mutual benefit and win-win, prevents cultural conflicts through exchange and mutual learning, and protects the Earth's homeland with green development. It contains new perspectives on global governance, international order, security, civilization, ecology, and human rights, enriches China's theory of diplomacy as a major country with Chinese characteristics with new ideological content, transcends the traditional mold of Western international relations theory, and opens up a new realm of international relations theory development in the 21st century. It has significant and far-reaching significance for China's peaceful development and the prosperity and progress of the world.

Has profound global significance

The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind faces the most important issues in the world today, and puts forward clear proposals in international exchanges, global governance, and cultural exchanges, responding to the common demands of people of all countries for peace, development, and cooperation, demonstrating strong influence, vitality, and appeal.

Create a new pattern for international exchanges. Countries around the world have never been as interconnected, interdependent, and interdependent as they are today. To keep up with the trend of the times, we must abandon the old thinking and conventions of the Cold War and zero sum game, and create a new pattern of international exchanges. Building a community with a shared future for mankind advocates the establishment of a partnership pattern of equal treatment, mutual consultation and understanding, a security pattern of fairness, justice, co construction and sharing, an open, innovative, inclusive and mutually beneficial development pattern, a civilization exchange pattern of harmony but diversity, and an ecological pattern of respecting nature and green development. A "five in one" overall framework is formed in the aspects of partnership, security pattern, development prospects, civilization exchange, and ecological system, clarifying the path of equal treatment and mutual respect among countries, pointing out that unity and cooperation among countries are the only way to achieve sustainable development of civilization and the world, and promoting the construction of a new pattern of international exchanges.

Establishing new ideas for global governance. Building a community with a shared future for mankind advocates that all countries in the world share the same breath and destiny, adhere to true multilateralism, adhere to the global governance concept of consultation, construction and sharing, and jointly discuss international affairs and grasp the future and destiny of the world, promoting the development of the global governance system towards a more just and reasonable direction. World multipolarity and economic globalization are objective realities and inevitable trends in the development of human society. But as the world enters a new period of turbulence and change, unilateralism, protectionism, and Cold War thinking are rampant, and the process of world multipolarity and economic globalization is facing a series of difficulties and challenges. Facing the new situation and new problems of global governance, building a community with a shared future for mankind, advocating for an equal and orderly world multipolarity and inclusive economic globalization: advocating for the overall stability and constructive nature of the multipolarization process, adhering to the equality of all countries, opposing hegemonism and power politics, and effectively promoting the democratization of international relations; Advocating economic globalization should comply with the common requirements of all countries, especially developing countries, and solve the problem of imbalanced development between countries and within countries caused by global resource allocation, moving towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, and balanced direction, thus providing new ideas and solutions for global governance.

Provide new wisdom for the progress of civilization. The diversity of human civilization is a fundamental characteristic of the world and a source of progress for human society. Looking back at the history of human civilization development, the stage of great cultural exchange is often a period of prosperity and rapid social development for multiple civilizations, while the opposite is often a period of decline and social decline for civilizations. Civilized exchanges and exchanges are an inevitable path and strong driving force for maintaining world peace and promoting the development of human civilization. Building a community with a shared future for mankind advocates adhering to the civilization concept of equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness, and building an open and inclusive world. In March 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed the Global Civilization Initiative, further enriching the overall thinking on building a sustainable, peaceful and prosperous world. The Global Civilization Initiative points out the concepts, principles, and paths of exchange, mutual learning, and common development among different civilizations, echoing the common needs of the international community to enhance cultural exchange and dialogue, and promote cultural prosperity and development. It is a new important effort made by China to promote the progress of human civilization.

Has strong practical power

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the glorious banner of building a community with a shared future for mankind, China and other countries around the world have achieved mutual benefit and win-win results. China has always unified its own development with the world's development, combined the interests of the Chinese people with the common interests of people from all over the world, and made efforts to contribute to human peace and development, promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind to achieve comprehensive and groundbreaking practical results.

Widely consolidate international consensus. The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and its rich connotations, including the shared values of all mankind, true multilateralism, and the global governance concept of consultation, construction, and sharing, have been repeatedly included in resolutions or declarations of multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the BRICS countries, forming an increasingly broad and profound international consensus. The international community generally believes that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind goes beyond selfishness and protectionism, breaks the hegemonic thinking of individual countries, reflects China's unique views on the direction of human development, and is of great significance for promoting unity and cooperation among countries and creating a better future for mankind. From bilateral to multilateral, from regional to global, China actively constructs different forms of community with a shared future with multiple countries and regions, forming a vivid picture of countries and regions with different historical and cultural backgrounds, social systems, economic sizes, and development stages working together to build a better world.

Stimulate cooperation and win-win momentum. Building a community with a shared future for mankind provides ideological guidance and stimulates strong momentum for international cooperation in various fields. Jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative is a vivid practice of building a community with a shared future for mankind. It is a popular international public product and international cooperation platform that China provides to the world. China has signed more than 200 "Belt and Road" cooperation documents with more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations, and successfully held three "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit forums. The policy communication for co building the country continues to deepen, the connectivity of facilities continues to strengthen, trade flows continue to improve, funding flows continue to expand, and people to people connections continue to promote. Various cooperation projects have achieved tangible results, and the lives of the people in the co building country have been improved. To address the severe challenges facing global development, China has proposed the Global Development Initiative, providing another institutionalized platform for extensive cooperation among countries. The Global Development Initiative incorporates cooperation documents signed between dozens of countries and international institutions and China, and hundreds of cooperation projects have taken root, injecting strength into international cooperation, development, and prosperity, especially for developing countries. It vividly illustrates the pursuit of the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Gathering forces to tackle challenges. Currently, the world is facing severe and complex global challenges, with increasing deficits in peace, development, security, and governance. There are many imperfections and irrationality in the global governance system, and it is necessary to guide countermeasures with new concepts and coordinate actions with new plans. In response to major global challenges, China has proposed the construction of a community for human health, a community with a shared future in cyberspace, a community with a shared future in nuclear safety, a community with a shared future in the ocean, a community with a shared life between humans and nature, a community with a shared life on Earth, and other important concepts. Standing at the height of a shared future for all mankind, China is promoting consensus, coordinated action, and the establishment of mechanisms among countries, promoting the sharing of rights and responsibilities among countries, and opening up new cooperation models and gathering strong forces to address global challenges and solve global problems.