What did Xi say about Building Community with Shared Future for Mankind at 20th CPC National Congress
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened on Oct. 16. Xi Jinping delivered a report which summarized the work of CPC during the past five years and set the goal of the next five years. The full text of the report, which he made on behalf of the 19th CPC Central Committee, will be released after discussion by representatives attending the Congress. I will put the full text into my later newsletter when I get it. The following are some points got from his report on the opening ceremony.
There is a part in his report talking about “promoting world peace and development, and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.”
Xi said that at present, the changes of the world, the times, and the history are unfolding in an unprecedented way. On the one hand, the historical trend of peace, development, cooperation and win-win is irresistible. The aspirations of the people and the general trend determine the future of mankind will go towards brightness. On the other hand, hegemonic acts of bullying, exploiting the weak, and zero-sum games, do serious harm. The deficit in peace, development, security, and governance has increased. Human society is facing unprecedented challenges. The world is once again standing at the crossroads of history, and where to go depends on the choices of people of all countries.
He said that China always adheres to the foreign policy purpose of maintaining world peace and promoting common development, and is committed to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
In the report, he stated that China firmly pursues an independent foreign policy of peace, always takes its own position and policy according to the matter itself, upholds the basic norms of international relations, upholds international fairness and justice, firmly opposes all forms of hegemonism and power politics, opposes the Cold War mentality, and opposes Interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and oppose double standards. China will never seek hegemony and never engage in expansion.
He reiterated that China insists on developing friendly cooperation with other countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, promotes the building of a new type of international relations, deepens and expands the global partnership based on equality, openness and cooperation, and is committed to expanding the convergence of interests with other countries. Promote coordination and positive interaction among major powers, and promote the establishment of a major-country relationship featuring peaceful coexistence, overall stability and balanced development. Adhere to the diplomatic policy of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, inclusiveness, friendship and partnership with neighbors, and deepen friendship, mutual trust and integration of interests with neighboring countries. Uphold the principle of sincerity, amity, honesty and the right justice-benefits value to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with developing countries and safeguard the common interests of developing countries.
China adheres to the basic state policy of opening up to the outside world, firmly pursues an opening-up strategy of mutual benefit and win-win results, constantly provides new opportunities for the world with China's new development, promotes the building of an open world economy, and better benefits the people of all countries. China adheres to the correct direction of economic globalization, promotes trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, promotes bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation, promotes coordination of international macroeconomic policies, and jointly creates an international environment conducive to development. It opposes "building walls and fortifications", "decoupling and breaking supply chains", and opposes unilateral sanctions and extreme pressure. China is willing to increase resource investment in global development cooperation, devote itself to narrowing the gap between the North and the South, and firmly support and help developing countries to speed up their development.
China actively participates in the reform and construction of the global governance system, practices the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, adheres to true multilateralism, promotes the democratization of international relations, and promotes the development of global governance in a more just and reasonable direction.
Xi also said in the report that China has put forward a global development initiative and a global security initiative, and is willing to work with the international community to implement them. China sincerely call on all countries in the world to promote the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, to promote mutual understanding among people of all countries, to respect the diversity of world civilizations, to transcend the estrangement between civilizations, and let mutual learning of civilizations to transcend the clash of civilizations and the coexistence of civilizations transcends the superiority of certain civilization, and jointly respond to various global challenges. The Chinese people are willing to join hands with the people of the world to create a better future for mankind. ###