Building a community of human destiny is an important idea and initiative put forward by the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core to coordinate the two overall situations at home and abroad, and an important part of the CPC Central Committee’s new ideas, new ideas and new strategies for governing the country. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: "In today’s world, countries are interdependent and share weal and woe. We must inherit and carry forward the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, build a new type of international relations with win-win cooperation as the core, and build a community of human destiny. " The concept of a community of human destiny is rooted in the long-standing Chinese civilization, which conforms to the common aspirations of the international community for peace, development and cooperation, and points out the direction and path for all countries to jointly deal with many global challenges. We should profoundly grasp its connotation and requirements and make unremitting efforts to build a community of human destiny.
Promote a high degree of integration of interests of all countries
Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: "Mankind has become a community of destiny in which you have me and I have you, with highly integrated interests and interdependence." This important conclusion profoundly shows that the community of human destiny is first and foremost a community of interests. Countries and regions in the world have extensive common interests. Only by transcending the zero-sum game and realizing the co-construction and sharing of interests can we lay a solid foundation for building a community of human destiny.
In today’s world, the in-depth development of economic globalization has a profound impact on the world development process. Under this general trend, countries all over the world are interconnected, interdependent, cooperative and promoting each other to an unprecedented extent. At the same time, all countries in the world also face some global challenges, and no country can stay out of it and be immune to it. It can be said that the interests of all countries in the world are highly integrated, showing a situation of one glory and one loss. At present, economic globalization is also facing some problems in its in-depth development. All countries in the world must dare to take responsibility, face up to problems, find ideas and methods to solve problems, and actively guide the direction of economic globalization. Comrade Supreme Leader has repeatedly stressed that the open door of China will never be closed, and the people of China welcome people from all countries to take the "express train" and "free ride" developed by China with open arms. This responsibility of China has effectively promoted the high integration of interests of all countries. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has further deepened its opening to the outside world, and free trade has flourished. The open, transparent, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system has activated the "spring water" of the global economy, provided a vast market, a large amount of capital, rich products and valuable opportunities for cooperation for all countries in the world, provided an important impetus for global economic, trade and investment growth, and made outstanding contributions to building a mutually beneficial and win-win global value chain.
Practice has proved that the development of China is an opportunity for the world. At present, China is the largest and fastest growing consumer market in the world, the most favored investment destination and the largest foreign exchange reserve country. In 2016, China’s outbound travel reached 122 million, and its foreign direct investment was 170.1 billion US dollars, making it the largest trading partner of more than 120 countries and regions. Since the outbreak of the international financial crisis in 2008, China has maintained the stability of the world economy with its own economic growth, and its contribution rate to the world economic growth has remained above 30% annually. It can be said that maintaining the stability and growth of the world economy and promoting the common development of a large number of countries is a clear manifestation of China’s efforts to promote a high degree of integration of interests of all countries and to build a community of human destiny.
Promote multicultural exchanges and integration
Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: "In today’s world, human beings live in a world composed of different cultures, races, colors, religions and different social systems, and people of all countries have formed a community of destiny in which you have me and I have you." Culture is the bridge and link between people. To build a community of human destiny, we need to promote multicultural exchanges and integration on the basis of respecting and maintaining cultural diversity.
Cultural exchange and blending is an important spiritual support for the development and progress of human society. Only by strengthening exchanges and mutual learning can different cultures prosper and develop in promoting the progress of human society and safeguarding world peace. Throughout the history of world development, it is impossible for any country or nation to completely lose or get rid of its own cultural traditions, and it is also difficult to accept externally imposed cultures. In the new historical period, the way to develop world culture is to build a community of human destiny as the basic value orientation, adhere to exchanges and mutual learning, promote cultural exchanges that are harmonious but different and eclectic, and promote the sustainable development of human civilization.
Practice has proved that culture is colorful because of communication and enriched because of mutual learning. Cultural exchange and mutual learning is an important driving force to promote the progress of human civilization and the peaceful development of the world. Every culture has its own value, its unique charm and profound connotation, and it is the spiritual treasure of mankind. Human history is a magnificent picture of the exchange, mutual learning and integration of different cultures. Diversity brings communication, communication breeds integration, and integration produces progress. To build a community of human destiny, we should respect the diversity of cultural development and promote the exchange, dialogue, peaceful coexistence and harmonious symbiosis of different cultures.
Create a platform for common development
"Cang Li knows the etiquette." Development is the eternal theme of human society and the fundamental guarantee for building a community of human destiny. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: "All countries, big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor, are equal members of the international community and should participate in decision-making, enjoy rights and fulfill obligations on an equal footing." Building a community of human destiny means that all countries in the world are subjects of equal development and mutual respect, and must transcend unilateralism and achieve common development.
Common development is true development, and sustainable development is good development. The key to China’s development lies in a development path suitable for China’s national conditions, which is a road to seek common development through opening up. For example, since the Belt and Road Initiative was put forward more than three years ago, China has signed cooperation agreements with more than 40 countries and international organizations to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative, and more than 100 countries and international organizations have expressed their willingness to support and participate. The circle of friends of the Belt and Road Initiative is rapidly expanding, and the global attention is rapidly increasing. The steady and healthy development of China’s economy has provided a strong impetus for the development of the world economy. The common development and joint development of China and a large number of countries have made the world economy more balanced and stable.
Practice has proved that only development can guarantee the basic rights of people of all countries and satisfy their eager yearning for a better life. At present, we must adhere to fair development and make development opportunities more equal, so that all countries can be participants, contributors and beneficiaries of world development; Adhere to open development, oppose all forms of protectionism, achieve mutual consultation, joint construction and sharing, so that more and better development results can benefit people of all countries; Adhere to all-round development, make the development foundation more solid, strive to achieve coordinated development of economy, society and environment, and realize the sustainable development of the world and the all-round development of people. Under the new situation, only by building a common development platform can we inject a steady stream of power into building a community of human destiny.
Create a fair, just and shared security pattern.
There is only one earth for mankind, and all countries coexist in one world. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: "There is no absolute safe paradise in the world, and the security of a country cannot be based on the turmoil of other countries, and the threat of other countries may also become a challenge for the country. If there is a problem with the neighbor, you can’t just think about tying your own fence, but you should help. " To build a community of human destiny, we must adhere to common governance and create a fair and just security pattern of joint construction and sharing.
History is the best textbook, the best nutrient and sobering agent. History has repeatedly explained that the world is safe when countries are at peace, and the world is chaotic when countries are fighting. The two world wars in the 20th century and the Cold War, which lasted for more than 40 years, brought great damage to world peace and development, and the lessons were painful and profound. History tells us that countries should treat each other as equals, depend on each other as lips and teeth, engage in dialogue without confrontation, partner without alliance, refrain from being overbearing and buying and selling, and rationally control contradictions and differences; Do not arbitrarily promote the escalation of contradictions, do not arbitrarily undermine the international rule of law, and do not arbitrarily open Pandora’s box; Adhere to the principle of "co-education without harming each other", establish a security partnership with the same breath and common destiny, surpass the "Thucydides Trap", and strive to make the fields of deep sea, polar regions, outer space and the Internet a new frontier for cooperation, rather than an arena for mutual wrestling.
Practice has proved that security should be universal, equal and inclusive. All countries have the right to participate in regional and even world security affairs on an equal footing, and they also have the responsibility to safeguard world security. They should turn world diversity and differences among countries into vitality and motivation to promote world security cooperation. In today’s world, security issues are extremely complex, and traditional security threats and non-traditional security threats are intertwined. All countries in the world should establish a new concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, comprehensively consider the historical latitude and longitude and the actual situation of world security issues, make overall plans and comprehensive policies, and coordinate and promote world security governance; Adhere to peaceful settlement of disputes and promote the security of countries and regions; Focus on the common security interests of all countries, seek peace through cooperation, promote security through cooperation, and accelerate the construction of a safe community.
Establish a win-win partnership.
In today’s world, countries are more interconnected and interdependent than ever before. Humans live in the same global village, in the same time and space where history and reality meet, and their interests blend and they share the same safety and security. No country can be immune to it, and no country can win the world. Cooperation and win-win is an inevitable choice. Adhering to win-win cooperation and building a cooperative community are the basic requirements for building a community of human destiny.
Since the end of the Second World War, the successful experience of mankind in resolving differences of interest through cooperation shows that cooperation has become a rational choice for all countries in the world. China, which has established multi-level, wide-ranging and all-round cooperative relations with other countries in the world, adheres to the belief that cooperation is the only correct choice to realize interests, advocates and actively promotes the building of a community of human destiny, and is committed to promoting the sublimation of cooperative relations between countries. At present, the cloud of the international financial crisis has not dispersed, local wars and conflicts have occurred from time to time, and non-traditional security threats such as terrorism, refugee crisis and climate change have continued to spread. Faced with these problems, if we raise the banner of protectionism and pursue a narrow strategy of self-protection, we will inevitably lead to accumulated contradictions and deepening crises, and ultimately endanger the overall situation of world peace and development.
Practice has proved that as long as all countries in the world hold high the banner of win-win cooperation, uphold the win-win thinking that "everyone is really good", take into account the development demands of other countries when pursuing their own interests, and promote the common development of all countries in their own development, we can build a community of human destiny on the basis of establishing a more equal and balanced new global development partnership.
(The author is Han Qingxiang, Secretary General of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theoretical System Research Center of the Central Party School)