Original title: Join hands to create a better future for humanity
Workers’ Daily – chinagong.com reporter Yin Xuemei and Zheng Li
This morning, at the Press Center of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Shen Beili, Deputy Minister of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and Ma Zhaoxu, Member of the Communist Party of China held the fourth press conference. Party and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, two representatives of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, focused on “Xi Jinping’s thinking on diplomacy drives Chinese characteristics” The theme of “Forward development of large-scale diplomacy powers “presented the relevant situation to Chinese and foreign journalists and answered journalists’ questions.
At the press conference, Ma Zhaoxu stressed that China always adheres to the foreign policy purpose of maintaining world peace and promoting common development, and is committed to promoting community building with a shared future for humanity. Chinese people are willing to join hands with the people of the world to create a better future for humanity.
Diplomacy from major countries with Chinese characteristics achieves all-round successrevolutionary historical conquest
Ma Zhaoxu presented the important advances made in Chinese diplomacy over the past decade under the leadership of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy in five respects.
Over the past 10 years, the Party’s centralized and unified leadership in foreign affairs has been greatly strengthened. The Central Committee of the CCP has strengthened the high-level design and strategic planning for external work, the general coordination of external work by the Party has been consolidated, and the system and mechanism of external work has been further improved.
Over the past 10 years, the full, multi-level and three-dimensional diplomatic layout has been increasingly improved. The total number of countries that have established diplomatic relations with China has increased from 172 to 181, and the number of partnerships with countries and regional organizations around the world has increased from 41 to 113.
Over the past 10 years, national sovereignty, security and development interests have been vigorously safeguarded. In the face of external containment, repression and unreasonable interference, we have launched a bold, firm and powerful struggle. The international community’s adhesion to the one-China model is more consolidated. Effectively prevent outside forces from interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs. He subsequently defeated the anti-Chinese forces to attack and defame my country, and defended national interests and national dignity.
Over the past 10 years, my country’s international influence, charisma and power to shape have been greatly enhanced. We have participated in global governance with unprecedented breadth, depth and intensity and have become the pillar of multilateralism. Domestic court diplomacy has been splendid, China’s plans have attracted a lot of attention, and China’s image as a large responsible country has become more popular with the people.
In the last 10 years it has become more effective and effective at the service of the economic and social development of the country. China has signed 19 free trade agreements with 26 countries and regions to promote the implementation of the regional comprehensive economic partnership. The joint construction of the “Belt and Road” attracted the active participation of 149 countries and 32 international organizations and a large number of historical projects such as the China-Laos Railway and the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway were solidly advanced.
China has always been committed to promoting community building with a shared future for humanity
In answering what China’s global goal is, Ma Zhaoxu stressed that the purpose and goal of China’s foreign policy are very clear, namely to maintain world peace, promote common development, and promote community building with a shared future for humanity.
“Building a community with a shared future for humanity is the future of people around the world.” But Zhaoxu said China insists on promoting community building with a shared future for humanity with practical action. Under the personal guidance and promotion of Secretary General Xi Jinping, building a community with a shared future for humanity has made substantial progress in all fields and in all directions, from country to region, from bilateral to multilateral. The main initiative to jointly build the “Belt and the road” proposed by Secretary General Xi Jinping has become a popular international public product and international cooperation platform; Secretary General Xi Jinping proposed the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative, which injected great support to keep world peace and promote common development new momentum.
But Zhaoxu said that we will stand firmly on the right side of history, we will stand on the side of the progress of human civilization, we will hold up the banner of peace, development, cooperation and benefit for all, we will seek our development by firmly safeguarding world peace. and development, and to make our development better protect world peace and development.
Shen Beili introduced that the CCP’s foreign exchanges have several characteristics: first, “broad”, insisting on making friends and forming good bonds and conducting broad exchanges with political parties, political organizations, social groups, etc .; second, “sincere”, insisting on sincere and touching, touching, touching, making new friends, never forgetting old friends, making good friends, treating parties in power, participating parties and opposition parties as equals; the third is “alive”, insisting on transcending ideological differences, and opposing any form of “new cold war” and ideological confrontation, establishing and developing relations with all foreign political parties willing to join our party.
Currently, the Communist Party of China maintains various forms of links with more than 600 political parties and political organizations around the world. Shen Beili said the Communist Party of China will continue to carry out in-depth exchanges of experience in state governance with foreign political parties, jointly strengthen its own construction, improve governance capabilities, better benefit people and work together to create a political party. contributions to the development of human civilization.
Chinese diplomacy is the diplomacy of the people
But Zhaoxu said that safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests is the starting point and goal of my country’s foreign affairs, and it is also the sacred mission of Chinese diplomacy. Under the strong leadership of the CCP Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping in the center, my country has maintained strategic determination, carried forward the fighting spirit, firmly safeguarded national dignity and fundamental interests, and firmly grasped the initiative. on development and security.
But Zhaoxu said we firmly pursue an independent foreign peace policy. We are not afraid of power, we support justice and resolutely oppose all forms of hegemonism and power politics. Our determination to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and safeguard the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation is unwavering and rock solid. In the new journey, Chinese diplomacy will continue to carry forward the fighting spirit, improve combat capacity and always be at the forefront of safeguarding national interests and national dignity.
“Chinese diplomacy is the diplomacy of the people.” But Zhaoxu claimed that the diplomatic front has always maintained the true nature of popular diplomacy, practiced diplomacy for the people, made every effort to do good diplomatic work that the people were satisfied with, and firmly safeguarded their rights and interests. legitimate rights of Chinese citizens and legal entities abroad.
“When the epidemic hit, we insisted on putting people first and life first. We distributed ‘Spring Festival packages’ and ‘health packages’ to overseas countrymen in more than 170 countries and helped over 4.6 million overseas Chinese citizens to be vaccinated through the “Miao Spring Campaign.” 10 In recent years, it has organized and implemented nearly 20 emergency evacuations of Chinese citizens overseas and handled more than 500,000 cases of consular protection involving millions of Chinese citizens, “said Ma Zhaoxu.
(China Industrial Network, Beijing, October 20)
