Holding high the banner of a community with a shared future for mankind, stride forward
Wang Yi
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2021 is a year of historic significance for both China and the world.
This is a year in which the Chinese people strode forward bravely and made historical changes.We solemnly celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. Over the past 100 years, the party has led the people to paint a magnificent picture in the history of human development, and the Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, getting rich, and getting stronger. General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared that the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party comprehensively summarized the party’s major achievements and historical experience in a century of struggle and issued a loud call for a new journey and a new era of contribution. We calmly responded to the changes in the past century and the epidemic in the century, took new steps to build a new development pattern, achieved new results in high-quality development, and achieved a good start to the “14th Five-Year Plan”. More than 1.4 billion Chinese people have become more confident and self-reliant, and they have burst out their majestic power to build a modern socialist country.
This is a year of turbulent changes in human society, moving forward with heavy burdens, and experiencing the changes of the world.Looking at the world situation in 2021, the global epidemic has been turbulent and spreading, and the evolution of a century of changes has accelerated, and the world has entered a period of turbulent change. The impact of the epidemic has continued to ferment, the global economic recovery has been frustrated, the development difficulties have intensified, the North-South gap has widened, and new vulnerabilities, poverty belts, and turbulence have continued to emerge. Human society has encountered multiple crises, global governance has undergone profound changes, and the international order is facing severe challenges. All countries are exploring ways to deal with it, and mankind needs to make the right choice.
Standing at the crossroads of the times, we see two completely different orientations. One is to regain the Cold War mentality, provoke division and confrontation, and create group confrontation. The other is based on the common well-being of mankind, committed to unity and cooperation, advocating openness and win-win, and practicing equality and respect. The game and contest between the two orientations and the two major trends will profoundly affect the future of mankind and the earth.
On December 21, 2021, the first volume of the Malay version of the first volume of “Xi Jinping on State Administration” was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wei/photo
This is a year when China’s diplomacy has overcome difficulties, proactively forge ahead, and led the changes of the times.Under the firm guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s vision and leadership, China’s diplomacy upholds the world’s mind, practices the nation for the people, creates new opportunities amidst global changes, turns crises into opportunities amidst chaos in the world, and builds in struggle and cooperation. Favor the external environment. We always stand on the right side of history, on the side of human progress, on the side of international fairness and justice, and on the side of the vast number of developing countries. Adhere to cooperation, no confrontation, openness, no closure, mutual benefit and win-win, opposing zero-sum game, adhering to equal treatment, opposing power hegemony, and working with all peace-loving countries and people to push the wheel of human development toward A bright future is striding forward.
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Persist in climbing high and looking far, leading the right direction for the turbulent and transforming world.General Secretary Xi Jinping grasps the changes in the world, gains insight into the situation of the times, and puts forward a series of major initiatives such as building a community of human health and health, a community of human and natural life, and a community of global development, so as to advance with the times and expand the rich connotation of a community with a shared future for mankind. Heads of state diplomacy. In 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping met with foreign leaders and heads of international organizations 79 times, hosted and attended 40 important foreign affairs events by video, depicting a concentric circle of win-win cooperation, bringing together a powerful force for building a community with a shared future for mankind . From Latin America to the Middle East, from the BRICS countries to the United Nations, from ecological protection to digital governance, building a community with a shared future for mankind has made continuous positive progress in all directions and fields, glowing with the light of truth amidst major changes in the world, and written to the United Nations for the fifth consecutive year. The resolutions of the General Assembly have become a clear banner leading the trend of the times and the direction of human progress.
Adhere to the righteousness of the world and build an important consensus for maintaining the international order.Facing the contest between authenticity and false multilateralism, we hold high the torch of true multilateralism and solemnly commemorate the 50th anniversary of the restoration of New China’s legal seat in the United Nations. We clearly emphasized that there is only one system in the world, the international system with the United Nations at its core; there is only one order, which is An international order based on international law; there is only one set of rules, which are the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. We debunk the essence of all kinds of pseudo-multilateralism, oppose the “small circles” that engage in cliques under the banner of multilateralism, oppose the use of the so-called “rule-based order” to impose our own “family rules” on the international community, and oppose the use of ideology. Draw a line to divide the world, and firmly promote the democratization and rule of law in international relations. In response to the false proposition of “democracy against authoritarianism” concocted by individual countries, we explained the successful practice of people’s democracy throughout the process, guarded the true democratic spirit, advocated the correct concept of democracy, and promoted the turbulence in the international arena, distinguished right from wrong, and let the self-respect and superior.” Democracy” has emerged. Opposing the monopoly of the right to define democracy and opposing the division of the world by ideology is becoming the common voice of the people of all countries.
Demonstrate the responsibility of a major country and make a major contribution to the global fight against the epidemic.We hold the “steering wheel” of stable unity and cooperation, advocate global vaccine cooperation actions, and launch the “One Belt One Road” vaccine partnership initiative. We always stand in the first line of anti-epidemic cooperation, uphold the first attribute of vaccine public products, and act as a fair distribution of vaccines. The first echelon. We have moved the “blocker” of the immunization divide, and pledged the first to make the new crown vaccine a global public product, support the exemption of vaccine intellectual property rights, and start vaccine production cooperation with developing countries, and provide more than 2 billion doses to more than 120 countries and international organizations. Vaccines account for one-third of the total global vaccine use outside of China. Chinese vaccines have become the people’s vaccine, the world‘s vaccine, and the accessible vaccine. We sent “timely rain” to developing countries, announcing that we will provide another 1 billion doses of vaccines to Africa and another 150 million doses of vaccines to ASEAN countries. We will cooperate with 20 countries to produce vaccines on the spot. , Outperform the virus. We adhere to the “golden rule” of rectifying the source, oppose the politicization of traceability, and release the traceability report of the joint expert group with the World Health Organization, demonstrating an open and transparent attitude of cooperation. More than 80 countries around the world have written to the World Health Organization to oppose the politicization of traceability, and China’s 25 million Internet users have jointly issued an open letter calling on the World Health Organization to investigate Fort Detrick’s Biolab. The new crown virus is the common enemy of mankind, and the political virus is an accomplice of the raging epidemic. Both of these viruses will eventually be defeated by mankind.
Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China has demonstrated its responsibility as a major country, advocated global vaccine cooperation and made major contributions to the global fight against the epidemic. On September 29, 2021, Algeria and China’s joint production of the new crown vaccine project was officially put into production. The picture shows a staff member checking the produced new crown vaccine that day.Xinhua News Agency
Advocating openness and inclusiveness will provide a valuable impetus for economic recovery.Facing the rampant protectionism, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that openness and accommodation is the general trend. We must tear down walls instead of building walls, openness instead of isolation, integration instead of decoupling, and guide economic globalization toward a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced, and win-win direction. We seize the master key to development. General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly put forward the global development initiative, which aims to connect the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, promote the formation of joint forces among countries, and achieve stronger, green and healthy global development, and gain access to international organizations such as the United Nations. And the response support of nearly a hundred countries. We have promoted the entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Digital Economic Partnership Agreement, and took new steps in regional cooperation in the face of protectionist headwinds. We continue to expand high-level opening to the outside world, and share China’s opportunities with the world with a shorter negative list, a better business environment, and greater institutional opening. The 4th CIIE attracted nearly 3,000 companies from 127 countries and regions, and the number of countries and companies increased. We promote the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” to overcome difficulties, and the third “Belt and Road” construction symposium has drawn a new blueprint. The China-Europe Railway has become the “stable anchor” of the global supply chain, and the China-Laos Railway has helped Laos realize the “Land Union”. Long-cherished. With the joint support of 145 countries and 32 international organizations, the “Belt and Road” is becoming a “belt of prosperity” that benefits the world and a “road to happiness” that benefits the people.
The China-Europe Express has achieved thousands of trains per month and tens of thousands of trains per year, becoming the “main artery” of international trade running through the Eurasian continent. From January to November 2021, about 14,000 China-Europe freight trains will operate, a year-on-year increase of 20.3%. The picture shows on December 17, 2021, the China-Europe Express train departing from the Suifenhe Port shuttles through the Linhai Snow Plains.Qu Yiwei/Photo
Deepen strategic communication and continuously inject positive energy into the stable development of relations between major powers.The heads of state of China and Russia made 4 phone calls and video meetings and officially announced the extension of the “Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation”, giving new era connotations to the traditional friendship between China and Russia. The two sides promote common development through all-round and pragmatic cooperation, maintain world stability through high-level strategic coordination, and establish a model of great powers meeting and neighboring countries coexisting, and becoming the mainstay of international fairness and justice. General Secretary Xi Jinping had two phone calls and video meetings with President Biden at the appointment, and clearly put forward a strategic framework of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, so as to steer the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations. We have clarified the “three bottom lines” and made “two lists”, demanding that the United States must not challenge China’s roads and systems, must not obstruct China’s development process, and must not violate China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Ms. Meng Wanzhou, who had been illegally detained for more than a thousand days, returned home safely and vigorously performed justice. China-EU relations have made new progress in the face of challenges. General Secretary Xi Jinping held two video summits with the leaders of France and Germany, and the video summit between leaders of China and Central and Eastern European countries was successfully held. The China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement officially came into effect. The iconic projects of the “Belt and Road” are advancing steadily. China and the EU have achieved positive results in safeguarding multilateralism, strengthening global governance, and addressing climate change.
Persist in working hand in hand to seek common development and rejuvenation with neighboring countries and developing countries.Our consensus with neighboring countries on a shared destiny continues to deepen, and the road to building a beautiful homeland is getting wider and wider. General Secretary Xi Jinping and leaders of ASEAN countries jointly celebrated the 30th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations and announced that China-ASEAN relations will be upgraded to a comprehensive strategic partnership and a new leap in the relationship between the two sides will be achieved. The two sides reached a consensus on the docking of the “Belt and Road” construction and ASEAN Indo-Pacific prospects for key cooperation areas. The construction of the Lancang-Mekong economic development has been deepened, and the awareness of “drinking the same river and destiny is closely linked” is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Premier Li Keqiang attended a series of East Asia Cooperation Leaders’ Meetings to expand new spaces for cooperation in the digital economy, blue economy, and green economy. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization accepted Iran as a full member, and “China + Five Central Asian Countries” held the first offline meeting of foreign ministers. Maintaining the momentum of friendly cooperation with North Korea, South Korea, and Mongolia has become a positive factor in stabilizing the regional situation. The leaders of China and Japan reached a consensus on building a China-Japan relationship that meets the requirements of the new era. China and India have effectively managed and controlled local frictions in border areas, and are committed to improving and developing relations. Promote the establishment of a new mechanism for the neighboring foreign ministers’ meeting on Afghanistan, provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, and open the “pine nut air corridor” to benefit ordinary people in Afghanistan. Guide the A new regime to pursue a policy of tolerance, anti-terrorism, and good-neighborliness, and crack down on terrorist organizations such as the “Eastern Iraq Movement”. Support Myanmar and ASEAN cooperation to implement the “five-point consensus”, resolutely oppose improper external intervention, actively mediate to cool the situation, and encourage the restart of the democratic transformation process in Myanmar.
South-South cooperation closely follows the revitalization aspirations of developing countries and opens up vast new space. China-Africa cooperation has set off a new upsurge. General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and proposed the spirit of China-Africa friendship and cooperation of “sincere friendship, equal treatment, mutual benefit and win-win, common development, uphold justice, defend justice, adapt to the current situation, and be open and inclusive”. Explained the “four-point proposal” for building a China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era, and announced the “nine projects” for cooperation with Africa, setting a new milestone in China-Africa relations. China-Latin America relations continue to make steady progress. The third ministerial meeting of the China-Latin America Forum formulated a cooperation roadmap for the next three years. The high-quality co-construction of the “Belt and Road” has become more solid in Latin America. Cooperation in energy, power, transportation, and communications has continued to make progress. China-Latin America trade has made breakthroughs for four consecutive years. The US$300 billion mark, the establishment of China-Latin America relations in a new era of equality, mutual benefit, innovation, openness, and benefiting the people is speeding up. The China-Arab strategic partnership has reached a higher level. We put forward the “Five-Point Initiative to Achieve Security and Stability in the Middle East,” the four-point proposal for a political settlement of the Syrian issue, and the implementation of the Palestine-Israel “Two-State Plan”. The “China-Arab Data Security Cooperation Initiative” was issued with the League of Arab States to continuously enrich the connotation of the China-Arab community of shared future. We also held the China-Pacific Island Foreign Ministers’ Meeting for the first time, and reached important results such as the joint construction of an emergency material reserve, a poverty reduction and development cooperation center, and a climate change cooperation center. The emergency material reserve has been officially opened. Facts have proved that China will always be a staunch member of the camp of developing countries, and will always share the same destiny with the vast number of developing countries.
Dare to be good at struggle and build a strong line of defense for safeguarding national interests.In the face of various acts of infringement and bullying, we did not back down and fought resolutely, fully demonstrating the Chinese people’s self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-reliance, and demonstrating the Chinese nation’s ambition, confidence, and backbone. Regarding the Taiwan authorities’ “relying on the United States to seek independence” and individual countries “using Taiwan to control China,” they issued solemn warnings and carried out forceful countermeasures to deter “Taiwan independence” arrogance. The restoration of diplomatic relations with Nicaragua increased the total number of countries with diplomatic ties to 181, and the one-China structure of the international community has been consolidated. Invite people from various countries to visit Xinjiang to expose all kinds of lies and perjury with the truth. Effectively prevent external forces from interfering in Hong Kong affairs and consolidate Hong Kong’s posture of disorder and good governance. In the United Nations Human Rights Council and other multilateral arenas, we used positive and evil to showcase China’s human rights development achievements, and resolutely responded to using human rights to provoke incidents, and formed a strong momentum of support from nearly a hundred countries. The successful promotion of the UN General Assembly’s unanimous adoption of the Olympic truce resolution for the Beijing Winter Olympics jointly proposed by 173 countries, demonstrating the firm support of the international community for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
With the heart of “big country”, he will do his best to serve domestic development and practice diplomacy for the people.Successfully held the Hubei and Tibet global promotion conferences, supported the holding of international exhibitions such as the Service Trade Fair and the International Import Expo, and built a new bridge for the expansion and opening up of the region. Implement remote precision prevention and control to maintain the domestic anti-epidemic results, establish “fast channels” and “green channels” to smooth the domestic and international dual cycles, and actively help build a new development pattern. Promoting the “Spring Seed Operation” in countries around the world, assisting millions of compatriots in 180 countries to vaccinate against the new crown. The 12308 consular insurance hotline provides a 24-hour relief for overseas personnel, answering more than 500,000 calls, and embassies and consulates abroad have handled approximately 60,000 consular insurance cases. Carry out risk assessment and early warning services on a global scale, assist overseas corporate personnel to improve their security capabilities, promptly evacuate nationals from high-risk areas, properly handle major terrorist attacks, and spare no effort to rescue kidnapped persons. The “Chinese Consulate” APP is fully online, and the “Internet + Consular Service” comes to you through the cloud.
China’s diplomacy has moved forward amidst a century of changes, calmly and confidently in the game of great powers, and achieved a series of hard-won results. The fundamental reason lies in the guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thoughts. On the occasion of celebrating the centenary of the Communist Party of China, the “Outline for the Study of Xi Jinping’s Thoughts on Diplomacy” was published and the Xi Jinping Research Center for Diplomatic Thought was accelerated. Diplomatic practice in the past year has fully demonstrated that Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thought has achieved a high degree of unity between historical mission and the trend of the times, a high degree of unity between national spirit and internationalism, and a high degree of unity between Chinese style and world sentiment, always shining with the truth of Marxism. Promoting the ideological power of the times is the fundamental adherence to the long-term adherence to major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
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Changes in the world will not change the righteous way of the world; the sea is cross-flowing, and it is better to move forward through the waves.
The year 2022 is an important year for the profound development of the world and the coexistence of crises. It is also a crucial year for the Chinese people to march toward the second centenary goal. The diplomatic front will be more closely united around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and continuously strengthen the “four consciousnesses”, strengthen the “four self-confidence”, achieve “two safeguards,” and “two overall situations” in mind, and strive to serve the party. And the great cause of the country to create a more stable and favorable external environment.
The first is to cooperate fully with important events.The grand convening of the 20th National Congress of the Party is the top priority in the political life of the Party and the country in 2022. We will do a good job in external work in all directions, tell the story of the Chinese Communist Party, prevent and resolve external risks and challenges, and welcome the party’s 20th victory. The Beijing Winter Olympics is an ice and snow event that the whole world is looking forward to. We will carry forward the Olympic spirit of “Unity, Friendship, Fair Competition, and Mutual Understanding”, warmly welcome guests and friends from all over the world, oppose the politicization of the Olympics, and bring confidence and joy to the world with a simple, safe and exciting Olympic Games, and inject courage and strength. Heads of State diplomacy is the highest form of China’s diplomacy. We will focus on home diplomatic and multilateral summits such as the BRICS Leaders’ Meeting and the China International Import Expo. We will do a good job in political design and service guarantees, and give full play to the leading role of the head of state in diplomacy.
The second is to actively respond to the challenges in the post-epidemic period.The only way for the world to get out of the epidemic is to defeat the epidemic together. We will adhere to the main theme of unity and fight against the epidemic, and promote the construction of a human health community with strong epidemic prevention, cooperation and warmth. Actively promote vaccine upgrades and drug research and development cooperation, and take effective measures to bridge the immunization gap. Maintain the unity of the international community to fight the epidemic, improve global public health governance, build multiple lines of defense against the epidemic, and form an international joint force to respond to the pandemic.
The third is to promote the implementation of two major initiatives for development cooperation.The Global Development Initiative is a public product facing the world. We are willing to work closely with UN agencies and countries to fully align with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, promote cooperation in eight key areas, sing the concept of development priority, revitalize global development cooperation, promote global economic recovery, and help developing countries achieve Leaping Development. “One Belt One Road” is the largest platform for open cooperation. We will work with our partners to take “hard connectivity” as the direction, “soft connectivity” as the support, and “heart connectivity” as the link to promote the deepening and solidification of the high-quality co-construction of the “Belt and Road”.
The fourth is to expand and deepen global partnerships.We will deepen the side-by-side and back-to-back strategic cooperation between China and Russia, and firmly act as the pillar of global stability, the cornerstone of maintaining peace, and the responsibility of fairness and justice. Strengthen high-level strategic communication between China and the EU, adhere to the dominant aspect of dialogue and cooperation, set the tone for quasi-mutual benefit and win-win, and continue to be partners rather than rivals. Strengthen the integration and development with neighboring countries, comprehensively deepen the integration of interests and people-to-people bonds, and join hands to build a common homeland of peace, tranquility, prosperity, beauty and friendship. Resolutely be a sincere and reliable partner of developing countries, support countries in enhancing their independent development capabilities, and defend the legitimate development rights of developing countries.
Fifth, we are committed to correcting the chaos in Sino-US relations.2022 is the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s visit to China. Both China and the United States should regain their original intention of melting ice, implement the consensus of the two heads of state, follow the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, abide by the spirit of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, promote the return of the US policy to China to rationality, and promote Sino-US relations Return to the right track and jointly explore the peaceful coexistence of two big countries with different systems, different cultures, and different stages of development on this planet to benefit the two countries and the people of the world.
Sixth, firmly defend the core national interests.We will resolutely and vigorously fight any attempts to infringe upon China’s sovereignty, security, and development interests; we will resolutely and effectively fight back against any actions that harm the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese people. We never depend on others, never plunder others, and never accept any coercion and blackmail. Taiwan has always been part of Chinese territory. China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity cannot be violated. China’s overall national reunification is unstoppable. China’s will to oppose any act of creating “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan” is unshakable. .
Don’t be afraid of floating clouds to cover your eyes, but still calmly flying across chaotic clouds. The tide of the development and progress of human civilization is immense, and the pace of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable. In the new era and new journey, China’s diplomacy will be guided by Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thoughts, hold high the banner of building a community with a shared future for mankind, strive to create a new era of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, and continue to make greater contributions to serving national rejuvenation and promoting human progress!
Author: State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs