People’s Daily： Promoting the Construction of a Strategic Community of Destiny between China and Vietnam
Original title: Promoting the construction of a strategic community of destiny between China and Vietnam
——写在中共中央总书记、国家主席最高领袖对越南进行国事访问之际
“越南—中国，山连山、水连水”，“共饮一江水，早相见、晚相望，清晨共听雄鸡高唱”。
中越是山水相连、唇齿相依的社会主义邻邦，也是具有战略意义的命运共同体。建交73年来，由两国老一辈领导人亲手缔造和精心培育的传统友谊开花结果，并在“长期稳定、面向未来、睦邻友好、全面合作”十六字方针和“好邻居、好朋友、好同志、好伙伴”精神的指引下取得长足发展。
今年是中越建立全面战略合作伙伴关系15周年。中共中央总书记、国家主席最高领袖即将对越南进行国事访问。中越领导人加强战略沟通，为新时代中越关系擘画蓝图、引领定向。面对日益严峻复杂的国际形势，中越两国秉持平等互利、团结互信、合作共赢精神，携手合作、共谋发展，必将更好造福两国人民，必将为变乱交织的世界注入更多稳定性。
密切沟通 常来常往
作为好邻居、好朋友、好同志、好伙伴，中越两国前途相关、命运与共。
近代以来，中越两国都经历了从任人欺凌走向民族独立、从闭关锁国走向改革开放、从贫困落后走向繁荣富强的艰辛历程。
The Chairman of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out that in the face of the ever-changing international situation and arduous and arduous domestic development tasks, the two countries should not forget the traditional friendship, remember the common ideal and mission, work together to take the socialist road, build a strategic community of destiny, and ensure that the relations between the two countries are always on the fast track of mutual benefit and win-win development.
On October 31, 2022, the golden hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was solemn and warm. On the huge red background board, the pattern of "Friendship Medal" was particularly eye-catching. In front of the background board, the national flags of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Vietnam, communist party, party flag and China and Vietnam are arranged neatly.
In the sound of ceremony, witnessed by guests from both China and Vietnam, General Secretary of Supreme Leader solemnly hangs a medal for General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong. The audience applauded warmly.
In his speech, the Supreme Leader General Secretary pointed out that the "Friendship Medal" represents the friendly feelings of the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China towards General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong and the Vietnamese people, symbolizes the deep friendship of "comrades and brothers" between China and, and contains the ardent hopes of the two parties and the two peoples for a better future.
In his reply, General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong said that this lofty honor reflects the deep friendship of the Party, Government and people of China to the Party, Government and people of Vietnam and all previous leaders of Vietnam, including me, and is also a great encouragement for Vietnam’s long-term commitment to Vietnam-China friendship. I am very honored to accept this lofty honor, and will continue to adhere to the socialist road with the Vietnamese people in my post, constantly consolidate and deepen the friendly relationship between Vietnam and China, and jointly realize a brighter future.
正如胡志明主席所说，“越中情谊深、同志加兄弟”。中越传统友谊是由毛泽东主席、周恩来总理、胡志明主席等双方老一辈领导人亲手缔造的，是两党两国和两国人民的宝贵财富。
多年来，两党两国最高领导人通过多种方式保持密切沟通，就引领中越关系发展达成许多重要共识，不断为两国关系注入新的内涵：
——2015年11月，中共中央总书记、国家主席最高领袖访问越南，这是中国党和国家最高领导人时隔近10年再次访越，并实现了两党两国最高领导人年内互访。最高领袖总书记密集会晤越南党和国家领导人，谈双边关系，谈党的建设，谈治国理政，谈传统友谊，谈务实合作。双方就当前形势下两党两国的共同利益、共同挑战、共同需要、共同任务达成高度共识，新形势下中越全面战略合作伙伴关系的内涵不断丰富；
— — On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2017, Ruan Fuzhong visited China for the first time after becoming the general secretary of the Twelfth Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The general secretaries of the two parties in China and Vietnam make friends with tea, talk about friendship and discuss the current situation. After the tea ceremony, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presented a copy of President Ho Chi Minh’s 1942 handwritten Chinese poem "Walking" to General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong, expressing the hope that the two countries will work together for win-win cooperation.
— — In November 2017, after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader was invited to visit Vietnam. In Ho Chi Minh’s former residence in full of green, where ancient trees are secluded, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader had a talk with General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong, promising not to forget the "initial heart" of the traditional friendship between China and Vietnam. In front of the tall house in Ho Chi Minh’s former residence, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader personally sent a national gift to General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong — — 19 issues of People’s Daily. Sixteen yellowed newspapers were reported by President Ho Chi Minh during his visit to China in 1955. The third issue of the newspaper with ink fragrance was reported by General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong during his visit to China in January 2017. On the side of the meeting table at the central station of the Viet Cong in Hanoi, there are seven Viet Cong members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee sitting side by side with General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong. General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong explained that during the visit of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, Vietnam arranged different Viet Cong members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee to accompany him to attend the event to ensure that everyone could hear important guidance;
— — In 2022, General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong was invited to lead the Vietnamese leader to visit China as the first head-level delegation after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, thus fulfilling the promise made to the Supreme Leader General Secretary to make China his first visit to the country after his re-election as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. At the welcoming banquet, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader introduced to General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong the comrades of the new Politburo Standing Committee in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Ruan Fuzhong extended heartfelt congratulations to the members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, saying that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam is willing to work together with the new leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to promote the friendly cooperation between the two parties and the two countries to achieve new results and reach new heights;
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The top leaders of the two parties and countries in China and Vietnam often visit their neighbors’ homes and comrades’ homes, which has become a much-told story in today’s international relations:
— — From the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to the former residence of Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, the top leaders of the two parties and countries met friends for three times, talked about friendship, talked about ideals and discussed the current situation, which pointed out the direction for the two countries to hand in hand to inherit the traditional friendship and jointly lead China-Vietnam relations to achieve greater development.
— — The top leaders of the two parties and countries exchanged greetings during the Spring Festival and exchanged historic visits several times. The broad consensus reached has been transformed into fruitful results of exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, which fully shows that China and Vietnam’s socialist neighbors are comrades with high mutual trust, mutually beneficial and win-win partners and friends who know each other and know each other.
Both China and Vietnam are advancing their respective socialist modernization undertakings, both regard Sino-Vietnamese relations as the priority direction of their respective foreign policies, and both regard each other’s development as their own development opportunities. "China regards Vietnam as the priority of China’s neighboring diplomacy. Vietnam regards developing relations with China as a strategic choice and a top priority. " The two countries clearly defined Sino-Vietnamese relations in the joint press communique issued in June this year.
"The Vietnamese and Chinese parties share the same ideals and beliefs, and their future and destiny are related. They are all leading their respective countries in socialist construction." Feng Youfu, former executive vice chairman of the Theoretical Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has co-chaired many theoretical seminars between the two parties in China and Vietnam. He said that the socialist cause of Viet Nam and China is unprecedented, and it is necessary to constantly explore and innovate. Deepening the exchanges between the two sides in managing the party and politics is conducive to promoting strategic communication and mutual learning, and is conducive to developing and realizing the strategy of rejuvenating the country and the road to strengthening the country that suits their respective national conditions.
Work together for common development.
The Chinese and Vietnamese people live next to each other. In ancient times, they learned from each other, and now they have a career of rejuvenation and prosperity.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "The sustained, healthy and stable development of Sino-Vietnamese relations conforms to the fundamental interests of the two parties, the two countries and the two peoples, and is conducive to the prosperity and development of the socialist cause, regional and world peace and stability, and development and prosperity."
The two economic and trade cooperation zones located in the north and south of Vietnam are becoming a vivid portrayal of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road Initiative" and the accelerated docking of "two corridors and one circle". Driving about 50 kilometers southwest from Ho Chi Minh City along the expressway, modern factories have sprung up, and many Chinese-funded enterprises have taken root here. As one of China’s state-level overseas economic and trade cooperation zones, Longjiang Industrial Zone has attracted a total investment of US$ 1.8 billion from settled enterprises, creating about 30,000 local jobs. In China Viet Nam (Shenzhen — In the economic and trade cooperation zone, manufacturing enterprises such as electronics, machinery and electronics have developed rapidly, which has led to the employment of 15,000 local employees and become a high-quality park representing the level of "Made in China".
In recent years, the development strategies of China and Vietnam have been continuously linked, providing inexhaustible motive force for Sino-Vietnamese cooperation in economy, trade, investment and infrastructure construction. High-level officials of the two countries have maintained regular communication on expanding and deepening pragmatic cooperation in various fields from a strategic perspective, and established a high-level, inter-departmental coordination and docking mechanism such as the bilateral cooperation steering committee and a counterpart cooperation mechanism for various departments.
The economies of China and Vietnam are highly interrelated and complementary, and their interests are increasingly closely integrated. China has been Vietnam’s largest trading partner for many years. Viet Nam is China’s largest trading partner in ASEAN and the fourth largest trading partner in the world. The bilateral trade volume has exceeded 200 billion US dollars for two consecutive years. From January to October this year, the bilateral trade volume between China and Vietnam reached US$ 185.1 billion, and small-scale border trade and border people’s mutual market became increasingly active. Facing the similar opportunities and challenges brought by economic globalization and regional economic integration, China and Vietnam should jointly build the Belt and Road with high quality, strengthen the docking of development strategies, give play to complementary advantages, accelerate pragmatic cooperation in infrastructure, smart customs, green energy and other fields, and inject strong impetus into the development of China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership at a higher level under the new situation.
China and Vietnam have strengthened cooperation in the fields of railway connectivity and key minerals, and worked together to create a mutually beneficial, win-win, stable and smooth industrial chain supply chain system. On August 2 this year, an international freight train with a running distance of about 2,700 kilometers stopped at Anyuan Station in Hanoi, Vietnam, and transported hundreds of tons of goods, opening up new channels for high-quality products of the two countries to enter each other’s markets more conveniently. The interconnection of infrastructure such as land, sea, air and network between the two countries has been improved day by day, and the construction of railways and highways has been accelerated. The two sides have continuously upgraded and opened border crossings, and announced the launch of the pilot construction of smart ports in September this year.
From a distance, it looks like a silk hanging from the sky, and from a close view, it looks like a flying bead splashing jade — — This is the admiration of tourists who have enjoyed Detian (Banyue) Waterfall. In September this year, the Sino-Vietnamese Detian (Banyue) Waterfall Cross-border Tourism Cooperation Zone started trial operation. Tourists from both countries can experience a five-hour cross-border tour in the cooperation zone and feel the visual impact brought by the first transnational waterfall in Asia and the fourth largest waterfall in the world in all directions. This cooperation not only integrates the cross-border tourism resources of the two countries for the first time and realizes joint development, but also becomes a new achievement of cross-border cooperation between China and Vietnam, which is a great achievement for China — ASEAN cooperation and high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" have explored a new path.
China, Viet Nam and other socialist countries, based on their own reality and conforming to the trend of the times, have successfully explored the road of modernization in line with their own national conditions, and socialism is increasingly full of vitality. Deepening cooperation and joint development between China and Vietnam will bring tangible benefits to the two peoples and help promote regional peace, stability and prosperity.
Deep friendship has been passed down from generation to generation.
Before the Millennium Xiongguan Friendship Pass on the Sino-Vietnamese border, the kapok tree bloomed with bright red flowers, which witnessed the bustling scene of border people, businessmen and tourists between the two countries, and also showed that the traditional friendship between China and Vietnam will surely cross the long river of history and last forever.
In August this year, General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong inspected the Friendship Pass and planted a friendship tree. He pointed out that there is only Vietnam-China friendship in the world — The Friendship Pass Port is named after the word "friendship", which embodies the special traditional friendship between the Vietnamese and Chinese people of "comrades plus brothers". "The continuous development of Vietnam-China relations fully conforms to the wishes of the Vietnamese people. I believe that through joint efforts of both sides, the two countries ‘ Comrades plus brothers ’ The friendship will be deeper and deeper. "
Today, the world is facing a great change that has never happened in a century, and Sino-Vietnamese relations have also entered a critical period of connecting the past with the future. It is in the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples to realize Sino-Vietnamese friendship for generations, and it is also the common aspiration of the two peoples.
Youth is the future of the country and the hope of the nation. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "I hope that young friends will be the inheritors and successors of the friendship between the two countries for generations, make contributions to building a community of destiny between China and Vietnam, and pass on the friendship between China and Vietnam from generation to generation." General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong said: "I hope that the young people of the two countries will have close exchanges, enhance understanding and inherit friendship, and become an important force for creating a better future between Vietnam and China." The top leaders of the two parties and countries have placed the future and hope of Sino-Vietnamese friendship on the youth of the two countries.
"The Venus red flag and the five-star red flag complement each other inside and outside the venue, and 500 young representatives from Vietnam and China have gone from unfamiliar to familiar, sharing friendship and talking about the future." Recalling the scene in November 2015 when General Secretary of Supreme Leader and General Secretary Ruan Fuzhong met with Chinese and Vietnamese youth representatives attending the 16th China-Vietnam Youth Friendly Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnamese youth Tao Wenxin is still vivid. By participating in exchange activities and deeply understanding the history of traditional friendship between the two countries, he realized that the younger generation should inherit this precious friendship. "We young people are duty-bound to be the inheritors of Vietnam-China traditional friendship, the promoters of Vietnam-China friendly cooperation and the builders of Vietnam-China relations in the future." Tao Wenxin said.
"Vietnamese singer Du Qinghua also won the monthly championship in China CCTV’s" Avenue of Stars "program." On the eve of his visit to Vietnam in 2017, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader mentioned this detail in his signed article, which made Du Qinghua unforgettable. As a participant and beneficiary of Sino-Vietnamese cultural exchanges, Du Qinghua studied in Guangxi and Beijing for seven years. During her study in China, Du Qinghua participated in the recording of several China TV programs, and after returning to China, she brought China’s outstanding songs such as Ballet in Spring to the Vietnamese art stage. Beautiful melodies and beautiful voices have continuously brought the spiritual distance between Chinese and Vietnamese audiences closer. Du Qinghua said confidently: "I will bring more excellent China songs to Vietnam, and I will also introduce Vietnam’s rich folk song resources to China to contribute to enhancing the friendship between the two countries."
From Hanoi in the scorching sun to Harbin in the freezing snow, Vietnamese youth Chen Rujue studied for a master’s degree and a doctor’s degree at Northeast Forestry University in China. The enthusiasm of the school teachers and classmates made this Vietnamese youth feel warm. After completing her studies and returning to Vietnam, Chen Ru decided to set up her own Chinese training institution to help more Vietnamese young people realize their dream of learning Chinese and studying in China. Up to now, more than 2,000 Vietnamese students have passed the corresponding Chinese proficiency test after studying here. He also helped more Vietnamese students to apply for further studies in China.
On November 1st this year, Hekou Yao Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, across the river from Laojie Province, Vietnam, held a three-person basketball match at the Happy Village Sports Carnival on the border of Yunnan Province. Chinese and Vietnamese youths made new friends through basketball. They also went deep into border villages and towns to feel the charm of traditional sports of China ethnic minorities such as crossbow shooting, gyro, flower climbing pole and autumn grinding, and learned more about China through participation and experience.
On the same day, China sang a song together — The ASEAN Youth Film and Television Song Festival was held in Hanoi. About 400 people, including young students from China and Vietnam, sang a song with classic film and television works as the media. The theme songs of China’s films In the Mood for Love, Butterfly Lovers, Big Fish Begonia and Vietnamese classic folk songs such as My Home is in Yunshan are melodious. Accompanied by the theme song of the popular China costume drama Chu Qiao Chuan, the dance team of Vietnam National Song and Dance Theatre danced gracefully. The Vietnamese New Vibrant National Orchestra plays &hellip, a classic track in China movies such as "Men Be Self-reliant" with Chinese and Vietnamese national instruments; … Ruan Jinyong, vice president of Hanoi University, said in his speech that Vietnam and China are connected by mountains and rivers and have the same culture. Young and middle-aged Vietnamese learn from each other’s excellent art and culture by exchanging film and television songs of the two countries, which will contribute to friendly exchanges between young and middle-aged Vietnamese, strengthen mutual understanding between the two peoples and promote the development of bilateral relations.
From the friendly meeting between Chinese and Vietnamese youths attended by thousands of people, to the China-Vietnam Youth Gala attended by nearly 10,000 youth representatives, to the fact that more and more young people of the two countries choose to learn each other’s languages, travel and study in each other’s countries, and love the film and television variety works of each other’s countries, the channels for youth and humanities exchanges between the two countries have been continuously broadened, and the scope of exchanges has become wider and wider.
Facing the future, the people of the two countries will further deepen their understanding of each other’s countries, enhance their understanding of the history of Sino-Vietnamese friendship, and deeply understand the historical and contemporary implications of Sino-Vietnamese relations, such as hands and feet, pestle and mortar, roots and stems, and brothers and younger brothers, and realize a stronger sense of gain and happiness from them.
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History and reality have proved that China and Vietnam are not only friendly neighbors linked by mountains and rivers, but also a community of strategic destiny. More than ever, the two countries need to help each other and move forward hand in hand.
At present, Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, Vietnam’s reform and opening up is in a critical period, and Sino-Vietnamese cooperation is facing a key historical opportunity. It is believed that General Secretary Supreme Leader’s visit will surely stabilize the political direction for the future development of Sino-Vietnamese relations, enrich the connotation of cooperation, continuously expand the socialist cause, protect the dividends of regional peace and development, and promote the construction of a strategic community of destiny between China and Vietnam.