Gather up the Consensus of World Political Parties and Build a Better World

By Song Tao



Gather up the Consensus of World Political Parties and Build a Better World

By Song Tao

Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China (CPC) in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting is the first such a high-level meeting with various world political parties since its founding, and is also an in-depth candid dialogue by world political parties leaders for the first time around the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and building a better world related to the major issue of future human destiny. Comrade Xi Jinping delovered a keynote speech at the Meeting. Inspirational and visionary as well as rich in content, the speech further elaborates and deepens the Chinese stance and preposition on the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and building a better world, provides a basic guideline and action orientation for constructing a community with a shared future for mankind, and working together to build a better world. The speech, with the era as the background and based on reality, has strong political, ideological, and strategic guidance, demonstrates the firm determination and unremitting efforts of the Communist Party of China to strive for the cause of human progress, and has won unanimous praise and high evaluation by the various world parties and the international community. In the CPC diplomatic work for the current and future period, we must deepen our understanding and implementation of this speech spirit, push forward the great cause of building the community with a shared future for mankind and constructing a better world to become deep and solid, steady and sustainable.

Profoundly delineate the inner connection between attainment of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and construction of a community with a shared future for mankind

In his speech, comrade Xi Jinping systematically expounds the important issue of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and integrates the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with the common dream of peoples of the world for a better future.

The speech holds high the great banner of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and stresses that the destiny and future of each and every nation and country are interlocked. So we should stick together through thick and thin and endeavor to build this planet of ours into a harmonious big family and realize mankind’s longing for a better life. China must run its own house well, which in itself is a contribution to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. Meanwhile we must also see that China’s development will create more opportunities for the world, and will draw on our own practices to explore the law governing the evolution of human society, and share with other countries what we have learned.

Thorough review of the human history, the future and destiny of the Chinese people and the peoples of all countries in the world are never linked together as closely as today. The Chinese dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is deeply rooted in the great historical practice of building a community with a shared future for mankind. The great historical practice of building community with a shared future for mankind is also interlocked with the grand cause of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era not only provides an action plan for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also provides an important guide for building a community with a shared future for mankind. The grand cause of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great journey to build a community with a shared future for mankind will get more closely interdependent and march on hand in hand.

Prominently stress the significance and impact of constructing a community with a shared future for mankind under the new situation

Comrade Xi Jinping's speech from broader perspectives and higher dimensions, standing on the magnificent coordinates of the development of human civilization, has a profound insight into the mega-trend of the world today, and profoundly explains the great significance and far-reaching impact of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

The speech emphasizes that mankind has created splendid civilizations over the past several thousand years, however, has also experienced untold sufferings and paid dear costs. Today, thanks to the rapid progress of science and technology, we the human beings are connected as never before. Meanwhile, we also face global challenges unprecedented in terms of number, dimension and severity. This presents mankind with two choices. One is vicious competition or even armed conflict for power and self-interest .The other is for us to rise to challenges through global collaboration. The Chinese nation tells the world with the national experiences and awareness that countries may have differences and even encounter problems with each other, which is to be expected. But we should not forget that we all live under the same sky, share one and the same home planet and belong to one and the same family. Only as peoples across the world should be guided by the vision that all the peoples under the heaven are of one family, embrace each other with open arms, enhance mutual understanding, and seek common ground while setting aside differences and should endeavor to build a community with a shared future for mankind, can a brighter prospect for mankind be pioneered.

For thousands of years across the vast landmass in the world, comrade Xi Jinping uses a few words to clearly and profoundly outline the historical and era background of initiating to build a community with a shared future for mankind. In today's world, political multi-polarity, economic globalization, social information and cultural diversity are deepening, and the interdependence of countries of the world is enhanced. In the meantime, de-globalization, protectionism and populism are generating a great clamor, while the fragmentation, alliance and extremism are increasingly rear their heads. Looking forward to the future, the human race is at the crossroads of where to go. Whether to take the beaten track and repeat the mistakes of the predecessors, or to break a new trail and write a new chapter becomes a strategic choice for the world. "A just cause should be pursued for the common good". To solve these problems, we must seize the general trend of world development and human progress, seize the common pursuit of people for better life and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.. In a down–to-earth manner, Comrade Xi Jinping's speech shows the CPC’s obligation and responsibility, and depicts a brand new bright prospect for the tomorrow of mankind and the future of the world.

Clearly point out that the great cause of building a community with a shared future for mankind has made positive progress

The great practice of building a community with a shared future for mankind has set sail. China is working together with other countries to transform this vision into reality, and has made important and positive progress.

China's friendship and cooperation with other countries has been expanding. The idea of building a community with a shared future for mankind has gained increasing support, and more steps are being taken to pursue this concept. The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative is a vivid practice for building a community with a shared future for mankind. Over a span of the past four years, the Belt and Road Initiative has grown into a major platform of cooperation for countries concerned to attain common development. Comrade Xi Jinping stresses that so long as we share this goal, plan together, work together, move toward it step by step, day by day, we will surely succeed in building a community with a shared future for mankind.

In 2013, comrade Xi Jinping first proposed the idea to build a community with a shared future for mankind. After more than 4 years of development, an outline of the community has gradually emerged, and the framework of the community is becoming clearer. Under the guidance of the principles to build new-type international relations, building a bilateral community with a shared future for mankind between China and countries concerned has steadily advanced, and building a regional community with a shared future for mankind with Asia, Africa, Latin America and Arab has been developing vigorously. Under the guidance of global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, China actively pushes forward pragmatic cooperation in various fields and moves towards building interest communities, responsibility communities and governance communities. Especially driving by the Belt and Road Initiative, building a community with a shared future for mankind has taken real steps, more and more countries take the ride on the fast development train, having yielded early harvest fruits. Building a community with a shared future for mankind conforms to the development needs of the history and era, conforms to the common expectation of the peoples all over the world, and is the common denominator of politics of the world political parties. As long as peoples of all countries work together, certainly little by little, and we are confident in achieving this goal.

A systematic interpretation of the relationship between building a community with a shared future for mankind and creating a better world

Building a community with a shared future for mankind is the only way to build a better world. A community with a shared future for mankind is to closely connect future and destiny of every nation and every country, and transform people's yearning for a better life into a reality in the world.

Comrade Xi Jinping in his speech depicts a paradigm of a better world from the following four perspectives, and systematically elaborates how to realize these ideals. Firstly, we should endeavor to build a world of universal security free from fear. We should adopt a new thinking on common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security and our goal should be to build together a new security architecture that is equitable, fair and beneficial for all, and that is jointly contributed and shared, so that the sunshine of peace will radiate across the Mother earth and everyone can live in tranquility and harmony. Secondly, we should endeavor to build a world of common prosperity free from poverty. We should work to deliver benefits to all, and promote win-win economic globalization that is more open, inclusive, beneficial and balanced, and enable all countries to benefit from development and all people to lead decent lives. Thirdly, we should endeavor to build an open and inclusive world free from isolation. We should always bear in mind that the world is a colorful place and that civilizations are diverse; and should work together to bring down cultural barriers on the ground, reject prejudices that stand in the way of human interactions, and eliminate cultural bias that prevents people from engaging with one another. We should see that different civilizations coexist in harmony and that all people enjoy cultural nourishment. Fourthly, We should endeavor to build a green, clean and beautiful world, ensure harmony between human and nature, and cherish the environment as dearly as we cherish our own lives, heal wounds inflicted on the ecosystem and environment, and build a harmonious and livable home for mankind.

The great historical practice to promote building of a community with a shared future for mankind has set sail, which needs a clear-cut road map and a compass. Comrade Xi Jinping in his speech fully answers the major issues on what kind of a better world to build, and how to build a better world, and has drawn the blueprint and planned path for the construction of a community of a shared future for mankind. From a more long-term and more macro perspective, a community with a shared future for mankind and a better world are complementary to each other. The construction of a community with a shared future for mankind is advanced in the vivid practice of collectively building a better world, and the arrival better world also means the final formation of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Actively advocate world political parties to jointly make greater contributions to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind

Comrade Xi Jinping's speech closely links the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind with the role and responsibility of world political parties, and raises ardent expectations of them, and proposes to jointly work for the great cause of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Comrade Xi Jinping points out that all political parties should move with the tide of the times, gain a keen appreciation of the underlying trend of human progress, meet people’s common aspirations, and in the course of constructing a community with a shared future for mankind should aim high and see far, and fulfill responsibilities, should keep in mind people’s aspirations, and adopt concrete and practical execution plans accordingly, gather up consensus and pool strength, as well as should actively explore the building of a new type of party-to-party relations that seeks to expand common ground while reserving differences, enhances mutual respect and mutual learning, and build a multi-form, multi-level international network for party-to-party exchanges and cooperation. We call on world political parties to work with us to advance world peace, contribute to global development, and uphold international order, and create more cooperation opportunities for the world and promote common development and prosperity for all. China proposes that the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting be institutionalized as a platform for high-level political dialogue with broad representation and international influence.

Political parties are the core of the political life of all countries, the leadership of national development and the key force to advance human civilization and progress. In the great cause of building a community with a shared future for mankind, political parties should be the forerunners in the forefront of the times and lead the direction of history. Today's world pattern and development pattern are changing, and the political parties pattern is also brewing important changes. All political parties of various countries should take the overall and long-term views based on themselves and the present reality, stand at the height of human development, conscientiously shoulder the mission entrusted by the times, and open up a new path for the progress of human civilization. Political parties of various countries should be good at collecting folk wisdom, absorbing wisdom from all walks of life, drawing strength from international wisdom, endeavoring to learn from the masses, and reaching out to the world, providing good ideas for the progress of human civilization. All parties of various countries should mobilize all force, pool talents together with different ideologies, from different disciplines and sectors in different nations, with one heart and one mind through thick and thin, gather up the majestic strength to promote the progress of human civilization.

Solemnly declare that the CPC makes unremitting efforts for the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind

Comrade Xi Jinping's speech clearly points out that the CPC will, as always, continue to uphold world peace and tranquility, to promote the common development for all, and to contribute to mutual enrichment among civilizations. This again shows the solemn commitment of the CPC to world peace and development.

China does not intend to “import” models from other countries, nor does it want to “export” the Chinese model, still less will it ask other countries to copy the Chinese practice. The CPC strives for both the wellbeing of the Chinese people and human progress. Xi Jinping states that everything we Chinese communists are doing is to better the lives of the Chinese people, renew the Chinese nation, and promote peace and development for mankind

In turmoil is shown the true character of a hero. The CPC is the largest political party in the world. As Comrade Xi Jinping says, the CPC must act in a way as a big party should. The CPC, rooted in great practice, closely linked to the rhythm of the era and pooling collective wisdom, has increasingly become the most important force for stability and certainty in the world, bringing a warm braze to and injecting strong impetus into the progress of human civilization and world peace and development. The CPC's international influence, inspiration and leadership are constantly improving. More and more force in the world get united under the great banner of building a community with a shared future for mankind. The CPC will work with political parties and peoples all over the world to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and to build a better world hand in hand. As a functional department of the CPC's diplomatic work, we will, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, further strengthen political guidance for the international community, make friends all over the world, strive for understanding and support, and constantly create a new situation in the CPC's diplomatic work, so as to make greater contribution to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and construction of a community of a shared future for mankind.

(Abridged translation of the article in People’s Daily, 8 December 2017, p.7)

Song Tao, Minister of the IDCPC at the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting