Walking hand in hand on the road, commentator: answering the questions of the times

The best way to commemorate history is to create new history. On the 28th, a commemorative meeting for the 70th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence was held in Beijing. President Xi Jinping attended the commemorative meeting and delivered an important speech, comprehensively expounding the spiritual connotation and contemporary value of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, pointing out the direction for building a community with a shared future for mankind in the great changes that have not been seen in the world for a century, and sending out a strong voice of the times for the "Global South" to create a better future with the people of all countries in the world. The speech is far-sighted and rich in connotation, and is of great and far-reaching significance for us to draw on the historical wisdom of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and gather consensus and joint efforts to solve the challenges of today's world.

"All beneficial ways go with the times." 70 years ago, facing the important proposition of "handling relations between countries, jointly maintaining world peace and tranquility, and promoting development and progress of all mankind", Chinese leaders first fully proposed the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence: mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence. Over the past 70 years, the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence have transcended time and space, transcended barriers, and have become more resilient and more popular over time. They have become open, inclusive, and universally applicable basic norms of international relations and basic principles of international law. They have set a historical benchmark for international relations and international rule of law, provided correct guidance for the establishment and development of relations between countries with different social systems, gathered a strong force for the unity, cooperation, and joint self-reliance of developing countries, contributed historical wisdom to the reform and improvement of the international order, and made an indelible historical contribution to the cause of human progress.

The baton of history is running forward one after another, and the cause of human progress is moving forward one step at a time in answering the questions of the times. Based on the objective reality that the destinies of countries are intertwined and shared, President Xi Jinping conforms to the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win, and focuses on the historical trend of world multipolarization and economic globalization. He puts forward the important concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and gives a new answer to "what kind of world to build and how to build this world". This is the best inheritance, promotion and sublimation of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence under the new situation. From the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, what has been consistent is the innovative exploration of relations between countries, the unswerving commitment to world peace and development, and the unremitting pursuit of a fair and reasonable international order. Over the past 10 years, the building of a community with a shared future for mankind has expanded from a Chinese initiative to an international consensus, from a beautiful vision to rich practice. It has set a new model of equality and coexistence, opened up a new realm of peace and progress, enriched the new practice of development and security, added stability and positive energy to a world full of changes and chaos, and strongly promoted the world towards a bright future of peace, security, prosperity and progress.

The future of mankind is bright, but the bright future will not come automatically. Faced with the historical choice of peace or war, prosperity or recession, unity or confrontation, we need to carry forward the spiritual connotation of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence more than ever before and work tirelessly towards the lofty goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind. President Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly that we must uphold the principle of sovereign equality and advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world; we must consolidate the foundation of mutual respect and jointly safeguard the "golden rule" of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries; we must realize the vision of peace and security and build a more balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture; we must gather the power to build prosperity together and let the people of all countries share the fruits of development; we must uphold the concept of fairness and justice and practice true multilateralism; we must show an open and inclusive mind and promote tolerance and mutual learning among various civilizations. A series of Chinese propositions reflect in-depth thinking on the future and destiny of mankind, contain solutions to major challenges in today's world, and provide ideological guidance and action guidelines for building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Building a community with a shared future for mankind is a great cause that cannot be separated from the support and participation of all progressive forces in the world. Looking around the world, the "Global South" has grown in strength and now accounts for more than 40% of the world economy, playing a vital role in promoting human progress. Standing at a new historical starting point, the "Global South" should work together with a more open and inclusive attitude, jointly become a stabilizing force for maintaining peace, jointly become the backbone of open development, jointly become a force for the construction of global governance, and jointly become a force for promoting mutual learning among civilizations, and take the lead in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. From the establishment of the "Global South" Research Center to the launch of the "Global South" Youth Leaders Program; from supporting agricultural development in the "Global South" to the willingness to negotiate free trade arrangements with more "Global South" countries, the series of measures announced by President Xi Jinping have demonstrated China's firm determination to always share the same destiny with all southern countries and promote the development and revitalization of the "Global South", injecting strong impetus into the unity and cooperation of the "Global South".

"The way of the great principles is that the world is for all." From advocating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, from implementing the global development initiative, the global security initiative, and the global civilization initiative to the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", China has demonstrated with practical actions that China's determination to follow the path of peaceful development will not change, its determination to cooperate with other countries in a friendly manner will not change, and its determination to promote common development in the world will not change. Follow the path and you will succeed. Taking the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the publication of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence as a starting point, adhering to the original intention of equality, mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence, promoting the spirit of global solidarity, and moving forward hand in hand with courage and perseverance, we will surely jointly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and create a better future for human society!