Firmly following the path of peaceful development (the prominent characteristics of Chinese civilization seen by the international community) World | China | Society
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the symposium on cultural inheritance and development that the outstanding peace of Chinese civilization fundamentally determines that China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order. It determines that China continues to pursue Civilized exchanges and mutual learning without cultural hegemony determine that China will not impose its own values and political system on others, and that China insists on cooperation and does not engage in confrontation, we will never engage in a small circle of "party and party.
A great country with a brilliant civilization history of over 5000 years, a nation with profound global sentiments and committed to making greater contributions to humanity, firmly standing on the correct side of history and the progress of human civilization, with the responsibility of maintaining world peace and promoting common development, constantly moving forward towards the bright prospect of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Chinese nation inherits and pursues the concept of peace, harmony, and harmony
Ninety thousand miles of Shenzhou brings peaceful winds, and five thousand years of civilization, music, and peace. Not long ago, the "Harmony and Coexistence - Palace Museum National Museum Collection Cultural Relics Joint Exhibition" jointly organized by the Palace Museum and the National Museum of China came to an end. The exhibition showcases over 400 exquisite cultural relics, exploring the historical origins of China's "harmony" culture through four integrated units: "harmony between heaven and earth," "harmony among nations," "harmony for the people," and "harmony among people.".
Chinese culture advocates harmony, and the Chinese culture of "harmony" has a long and rich history, embodying the cosmology of unity between heaven and humanity, the international view of harmony among nations, the social view of harmony but diversity, and the moral view of human harmony. The pursuit of peace, harmony, and harmony is deeply rooted in the spiritual world of the Chinese nation and deeply dissolved in the blood of the Chinese people.
China has always put forward the proverb "Although a country is large, if it is belligerent, it will perish.". Over 2000 years ago, the Chinese people opened the Silk Road, promoting equal and mutually beneficial cooperation and cultural exchanges between the East and the West. More than 600 years ago, Zheng He led the world's most powerful fleet on seven ocean voyages, visiting more than 30 countries and regions, sowing the seeds of peace and friendship, leaving behind beautiful stories of friendly exchanges with the people along the way. Over the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has never initiated a war or occupied any inch of land from other countries.
Brent Nkruma, Director of the Chinese Department at the University of Ghana, said that since ancient times, China has advocated peaceful development, not actively provoked conflicts, while adhering to an independent and independent development path, which is deeply felt by African people.
At present, the world is undergoing unprecedented changes and accelerating, entering a new period of turbulence and transformation. Peace and development are facing severe challenges.
China conveys its firm determination to adhere to the path of peaceful development to the world through practical actions——
From actively participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations to participating in international arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation processes; China has always adhered to the path of peaceful development, from making efforts to promote peace and promote talks to solve international hot issues, to proposing and implementing global security initiatives. No matter how the international situation changes or how China develops, it will never seek hegemony, expansion, or sphere of influence.
From putting forward the "the Belt and Road" initiative and building a popular international cooperation platform to launching the global development initiative, which has received support from more than 100 countries and international organizations, China has always adhered to the path of common development, pursued a win-win opening strategy, shared its own development experience and opportunities with all countries in the world, and welcomed all countries to take the "tailwind" of China's development to achieve common development.
From proposing a new concept of international relations based on mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation, to exploring a new path of national exchanges based on dialogue without confrontation and partnership without alliance, China has always adhered to the path of cooperative development, maintaining the international system centered on the United Nations, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter.
The former Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, said that China advocated building a community with a shared future for mankind, and proposed to jointly build the "the Belt and Road" initiative, the global development initiative, etc., which has contributed to maintaining multilateralism and promoting common development.
Eduardo Regarado, an expert on China at the Cuban Center for International Political Studies, believes that China's adherence to the path of peaceful development not only creates a favorable international environment for its modernization construction, but also has a significant impact on the development and progress of human society.
Strengthen mutual tolerance, learning, and exchange with countries around the world
In May this year, the China Asia Summit was held in Xi'an. The dialogue between a Kazakh singer and Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Jiuling spans time and space. Singers from China and the five Central Asian countries sang "Beauty and Harmony" in unison, echoing their voices for a long time. A literary performance showcases the grace and magnanimity of Chinese culture that embraces all rivers and embraces the world.
The prominent peacefulness of Chinese civilization fundamentally determines that China continuously pursues cultural exchange and mutual learning rather than cultural hegemony.
The diversity of civilizations is a fundamental characteristic of human society. Looking back at the evolution of human civilization, it is not difficult to find that if civilizations blindly adopt a confrontational attitude, they will only end up in a dead end and both sides will suffer. Only by choosing civilized dialogue can we have a smooth and correct path.
Chinese civilization is an open system formed through continuous exchange and mutual learning with other civilizations. Chinese civilization never pursues uniformity and uniformity, but seeks value exchange and spiritual harmony through advocating for a hundred flowers to bloom and a hundred schools of thought to contend. Promoting the concept of equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness, adhering to the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, and proposing that "building a community with a shared future for mankind is where the future of people around the world lies"... In the new era of China, the new connotation of "the world view" contained in Chinese culture is endowed with the concept of "the great road is for the benefit of the world". In March of this year, China proposed the Global Civilization Initiative, contributing new wisdom and strength to promoting cultural exchange and mutual learning, and advancing human civilization.
Hannes Ferner, Associate Professor at the School of Language and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria, stated that China has actively maintained exchanges with the outside world and promoted cultural exchange and mutual learning throughout its long history. Nowadays, China is an important force in promoting world multipolarity, actively drawing on advanced world experiences to promote its own development, and also creating various global public goods to promote common development.
Algerian Ambassador to China Rabesh said, "China believes that no civilization is superior to other civilizations. China highly respects Africa's needs and wishes, and is willing to help Africa in the way that Africans can best accept. China never interferes in the internal affairs of African countries and will not impose its own ideas on others."
China's cause is supported by people from all over the world, open to learning from the world, and a win-win cooperation with countries around the world. Regardless of the level of development, China humbly learns from the people of all countries around the world, strengthens mutual tolerance, learning, and exchange with other countries in a more open and inclusive attitude, and promotes the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind through practical actions.
Provide strong impetus for the common development of humanity
The accelerating evolution of the unprecedented great changes in the world today poses unprecedented challenges to human society, once again standing at a crossroads of where to go.
"Harmony leads to strength, isolation leads to weakness." No country can independently address the various challenges faced by humanity, nor can any country retreat to a self isolated island. China actively practices the concept of win-win cooperation and promotes the deepening of international cooperation. From promoting the joint construction of high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road" to promoting the establishment of multilateral institutions such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank; From adhering to the correct direction of economic globalization to uniting all countries to fight against the COVID-19 epidemic; From promoting the achievement of the Paris Agreement to address climate change, to promoting the formulation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and being the first to issue country plans, China has always placed its own development in the coordinate system of human development, and has always combined the interests of the Chinese people with the common interests of people around the world, continuously expanding mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries, and achieving common development and prosperity.
"While achieving rapid development on its own, China is doing its best to assist other countries in their development, achieve mutual benefit and win-win cooperation with other countries, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind," said Antonio Quiros, a professor at the University of Lisbon in Portugal.
There is no universally applicable development model in the world, and all parties should respect the diversity of world civilizations and development models.
China has a long and splendid civilization, while also pioneering the most magnificent modernization process in human history. Chinese path to modernization is a modernization that follows the path of peaceful development. Promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind is one of the essential requirements of Chinese path to modernization. China will hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, and seek its own development while firmly maintaining world peace and development, and better maintain world peace and development through its own development.
The president of Rossiyskaya Gazeta said that China's pursuit of modernization provides more new opportunities for countries to further deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and provides a strong impetus for the common development of mankind.
"A distinctive feature of Chinese path to modernization is to follow the path of peaceful development, which is worth learning from all countries in the world." Mongolian Prime Minister Aoyun Erdeng said that China has always firmly implemented the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, maintained the basic norms of international relations and international fairness and justice, respected the right of countries to choose their own development path and social system, and injected strong positive energy into world peace and development.
The great road is not alone, and everyone's actions go far. China has always adhered to the foreign policy purpose of maintaining world peace and promoting common development, and is committed to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. With a broader perspective, a more open mind, and a more positive attitude, China will work with the international community to fulfill its responsibilities for world peace and stability, and contribute to the prosperity and progress of humanity.
