Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 3 Title: Yi Xing Road is wide – China on the new journey will make greater contributions to human development and progress

Xinhua News Agency reporters, Han Liang, Zhao Yan, Liu Pinran

This is Container Terminal 3 at the Port of Piraeus in Greece (taken on February 19, 2022).Xinhua News Agency (COSCO Shipping Port Piraeus Terminal Co., Ltd. Photo)

Thousand miles of mountains and rivers are new, and Yixing Avenue is wide. When the New Year’s sun shines on the corners of the world, history begins a new writing. Ancient and new China has embarked on a new journey full of dreams and glory.

The successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has drawn a grand blueprint for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the comprehensive promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and has also issued a call to the world to jointly walk the road of the world and create a better future.

In the new era, China is working with other countries to build a community with a shared future for mankind and write a new chapter in the development and progress of human civilization.

Open up broad prospects for global development

The model of the "Fuxing" EMU – this is one of the gifts given to Prime Minister Prayuth Prayuth by the Chairperson of the Supreme Leader during his visit to Thailand in November 2022. The rich national gift reflects the great power mind of China to share development opportunities with the world and promote prosperity and rejuvenation. It is also a vivid witness of the Chinese path to modernization to benefit the world and benefit mankind.

After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held, "Chinese path to modernization" became a hot word in the international community. Through this window, the world listened to the footsteps of China’s national rejuvenation in the new era.

"We will use the Chinese path to modernization to promote the overall progress of mankind, bring new opportunities to the world with China’s new development, and provide more stability and certainty to the turbulent world." "China will adhere to peaceful development, open development, and win-win development. It will be a participant and promoter of global development, and work with other countries to achieve common development." From bilateral meetings to the multilateral stage, the President of the Supreme Leader explained to the world the rich connotation and global significance of the Chinese path to modernization.

"The Chinese path to modernization is admirable" "China is an important force in promoting the future development and prosperity of the world" "There is no upper limit for cooperation with China"… During the exchanges and interactions with the Supreme Leader, many national leaders have updated their understanding of China’s high-quality development, have more recognition of the Chinese path to modernization, and have more expectations for the new opportunities brought by China’s development.

In the past decade, China’s contribution to the world has continued to increase, with the total economy accounting for more than 18% of the world economy and the average contribution rate to world economic growth reaching 38.6%. Facing the future, China’s development express will continue to move forward, providing strong momentum for the recovery of the world economy.

Over the past year, the Global Development Initiative has taken root. More than 100 countries and international organizations, including the United Nations, have supported the initiative, nearly 70 countries have joined the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative", 32 important measures have been steadily advanced, and the Global Development Promotion Center has been established, vividly practicing the concept that "common development of all countries is true development". After nine years of hard work, the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road Initiative" has yielded fruitful results and become a popular international public goods and international cooperation platform.

Outside the venue of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), the mascot "Jinbao" of the China International Import Expo prepares to welcome guests from all over the world (photo taken on November 4, 2018).Xinhua News Agency reporter, Chen Fei

This is the heart of openness and integration. The CIIE, Canton Fair, Service Trade Fair, and Consumer Expo welcomed guests and friends from all over the world. The construction of the Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port was solidly advanced, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was implemented with high quality, and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement were continuously promoted… China promotes cooperation through openness and seeks development through cooperation, demonstrating its sincerity and responsibility in promoting the construction of an open world economy.

Visitors visit the China Service Trade Achievement Exhibition at the National Convention Center of the Service Trade Council (photo taken on September 5, 2022).Photo by Hao Zhao, Xinhua News Agency reporter

This is the pursuit of harmonious symbiosis. At the second phase of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, under the impetus of the Chinese presidency, all parties adopted the "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" to draw a blueprint for global biodiversity conservation. From building a beautiful China to building a beautiful planet together, China pursues the development of harmonious symbiosis between man and nature, promotes the transformation of green development mode, and walks side by side with other countries on the road of high-quality development.

This is the scene of the opening ceremony of the second phase of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal, Canada (December 7, 2022).Photo by Ren Pengfei, Xinhua News Agency reporter

Since you think of people, you have more; since you think of people, you have more. The Chinese path to modernization is getting wider and wider, expanding the way for developing countries to move towards modernization, profoundly rewriting the course of world history, and contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the cause of human peace and development. Ethiopian scholar Belhutesfa said that the Chinese path to modernization "inspires the world" and has inspiration and reference significance for other developing countries to find a development path that suits them.

Injecting harmony into a turbulent world

When the New Year’s bell rings in 2023, the Ukrainian crisis remains unresolved. This "largest military conflict in Europe since the 21st century" has become the "gray rhino" of regional security, causing deep impact on the global security landscape and international order.

At present, the giant ship of human society is struggling to cross the waves of the epidemic of the century, and it is also facing countercurrent reefs such as geopolitical conflicts, hegemonic powers, high inflation, and energy shortages. Looking at the world, peace or war? Unity or division? Cooperation or confrontation? It concerns the future of mankind and concerns common well-being.

In April 2022, the Chairperson of the Supreme Leader put forward the Global Security Initiative for the first time at the Boao Forum for Asia, proposing China’s plan to cope with international security challenges and achieve long-term stability in the world, which received a positive response from the international community. Today, more than 70 countries have responded to and expressed support for the Global Security Initiative.

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that China has always adhered 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.

"Taking the path of peaceful development is a strategic choice made in accordance with the fundamental interests of the Chinese people" "We firmly stand on the right side of history, hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, and seek our own development while firmly safeguarding world peace and development, and better safeguard world peace and development through our own development". The President of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly stated China’s firm determination to take the path of peaceful development on major international occasions.

"In today’s turbulent world, security and stability are precious," said Chen Gang, assistant director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has declared to the world that China will continue to adhere to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and promote the implementation of the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative, which will help promote the healthy development of relations between countries.

Officers and soldiers of the Chinese peacekeeping force pass through the viewing platform after receiving honors in the camp of the Chinese peacekeeping force in the village of Sinya in southern Lebanon (July 1, 2022). The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) awarded all 410 officers and men of the 20th batch of Chinese peacekeeping forces to Lebanon the United Nations "Peace Medal" on the same day in recognition of their outstanding contributions to peace and stability in southern Lebanon.Photo by Liu Zongya, Xinhua News Agency reporter

As a major country with the best record on peace and security, China is the only country that has enshrined "adhering to the path of peaceful development" in its constitution. It is the only country among the five nuclear-weapon states that has committed not to be the first to use nuclear weapons. It is also the country that sends the largest number of peacekeepers among the permanent members of the UN Security Council. From firmly upholding the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, to always advocating and promoting the peaceful political settlement of international disputes, China has always taken a firm position in safeguarding world peace.

China adheres to true multilateralism, adheres to fairness and justice, promotes the better functioning of multilateral mechanisms such as the World Trade Organization and APEC, expands the influence of cooperation mechanisms such as the BRICS countries and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and enhances the representation and voice of emerging market countries and developing countries in global affairs.

In the face of individual countries’ eagerness to "build walls and forcefully promote" decoupling and breaking chains, "China has always advocated openness and integration, and enhanced unity and cooperation; in the face of hegemonism, unilateralism, protectionism and other practices, China has taken a clear stand against it internationally, unswervingly supported and promoted world multi-polarization and democratization of international relations, and promoted economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction with practical actions.

This is the wind turbine of the Zanatas wind farm in Kazakhstan (September 13, 2022). The Zanatas 100 trillion wind power project is the largest wind power project in Central Asia cooperated by China and Kazakhstan.Xinhua News Agency (photo by Dmitry Vasilenko)

Adhering to the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, adhering to the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, practicing a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concept, and promoting the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, ********* and freedom for all mankind… At the moment when the world situation is turbulent and changing, these ******* wisdom and ******* solutions with a global vision and strategic vision are helping the world break through the "conflict-based governance concept" and inject positive energy of harmony and symbiosis into the improvement of global governance.

Luis Delgaro, director of academic research at Venezuela’s Centre of Advanced Studies on the Development of Emerging Economies, said: "China is committed to promoting harmonious coexistence among countries, promoting cooperation and development, and is a beacon of hope in the current uncertain world."

Exploring a bright future for human civilization

This is in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, the first train from Mombasa arrived at the Nairobi South Station of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway (taken on May 31, 2017). The Mombasa-Nairobi Railway, built by a Chinese company, was completed and opened to traffic on the same day. In the past five years, the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway has sent 7.785 million passengers, and the maximum daily passenger volume has exceeded 10,000.Photo by Chen Cheng, Xinhua News Agency reporter

"Only by converging into a great river, struggling to split the mountains and cut the soil, can we hope to run to the sea"… Recently, the TV drama "Mountain and Sea Love", which tells the story of poverty alleviation in China, has been broadcast in many Arab countries one after another. The tenacious will and survival wisdom of the Chinese people to fight poverty reduction have resonated widely in the Arab world.

From the mutual translation and broadcasting of film and television works to the exchange of experience in governing the country, from the development and cooperation of the sea of stars to the dream journey of hand in hand towards rejuvenation, the two civilizations of China and Arab countries have continued to know and cherish each other for thousands of years, and share the same destiny. They have established a model of different systems and civilizations meeting each other halfway and achieving each other, and have also brought inspiration to the harmonious coexistence and tolerance of human civilization.

How to find a way for different civilizations and people of all countries to coexist harmoniously is an issue that the Supreme Leader Chairperson has always been concerned about. At the end of 2022, the Supreme Leader Chairperson will attend the "Three-Ring Summit" between China and Arab States, Zhonghai and China and Saudi Arabia to write a new chapter in China-Arab relations, promote the mutual learning between China and Arab civilizations into a new realm, and contribute to the construction of a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind.

In March 2013, the Chairperson of the Supreme Leader first proposed to promote the "establishment of a new type of international relations with win-win cooperation as the core" at the Moscow Institute of International Relations in Russia, calling on the international community to establish a sense of a community with a shared future of "you have me, I have you". Over the past decade, China has always adhered to the principle of dialogue rather than confrontation, and partnership rather than alliance.

Fireworks are set off over the Cambodian National Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (December 18, 2021). On the same day, the Cambodian National Stadium project assisted by the Chinese government and undertaken by the Chinese construction joint stock company was officially opened.Xinhua News Agency (photo by Sovanara)

From China-Pakistan, China-Laos, China-Cambodia and other bilateral communities with a shared future to the Asia-Pacific, China-ASEAN, China-Central Asia, Central Africa, China-Arab States, and China-Latin America communities with a shared future, "building a community with a shared future for mankind" has become a key word to explain China’s foreign policy and a "password" to understand how China gets along with the world.

This is the Rio Converter Station of the second phase of the Meishan Hydropower Station transmission project in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro (November 6, 2019). The second phase of the Meishan Hydropower Station transmission project was independently won the bidding by the State Grid of China to transport clean hydropower from northern Brazil to the southeast, creating an "electric highway" for Brazil.Xinhua News Agency (State Grid Brazil Holding Company photo)

Before and after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was successfully held, the Supreme Leader and Chairperson attended five multilateral summits, held bilateral meetings with leaders of more than 40 countries, and carried out a series of bilateral and multilateral activities on the international stage, leading a new chapter in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.

The footsteps of the wind and dust, the tireless rush, the tolerance of the sea, the feelings of the whole world. Deepen and expand the global partnership of equality, openness and cooperation through candid exchanges, gather the joint forces of common development in one cooperation document after another, answer the questions of the times while walking again and again, contribute to solving global challenges, and inject stable confidence and strength into the turbulent world.

The vigorous diplomatic practice has won friends all over the world, and has shown the world that China has opened up a new path of mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation; it seeks to promote the common interests and overall well-being of all mankind; and it explores the future of civilization with the United States, the United States, and the world.

"As long as we share the world’s great roads, all countries can live in harmony, cooperate for win-win results, and work together to create a better future for the world." The words of the Supreme Leader reflected the call of the times and sounded the clarion call for action.

Tozik, a former Belarusian deputy prime minister, said China had put forward important initiatives such as the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the "Belt and Road Initiative" based on a deep understanding of the development status and laws of human civilization in the 21st century. "This is a sincere appeal from a great country. All countries should help each other and build a homeland together."

After the baptism of wind and rain, through the waves of time, the world has more deeply recognized that building a community with a shared future for mankind is the future of people all over the world, and "the only future for mankind on this planet".