Insisting on promoting the building of a community of human destiny is the core and essence of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s diplomatic thought in the new era of the Supreme Leader. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, guided by promoting the building of a community of human destiny, China’s theoretical and practical innovations in foreign work have achieved a series of major achievements, and its international influence, appeal and shaping power have been further improved, making new and significant contributions to world peace and development. The 85 important speeches and articles of the Supreme Leader in the book "On Persistence in Promoting the Building of a Community of Human Destiny" profoundly expounded the background, great significance, rich connotation and realization path of building a community of human destiny. Facing the changing international situation, studying these important expositions seriously is of great significance for us to better coordinate the two overall situations at home and abroad, firmly grasp the main line of serving national rejuvenation and promoting human progress, promote the building of a community of human destiny, strive to create a new diplomatic situation for a big country with China characteristics, and create favorable conditions for building a well-off society in an all-round way and then building a socialist modern power in an all-round way.
First, deeply understand the background and great significance of promoting the construction of a community of human destiny.
The community of human destiny, as its name implies, means that the future and destiny of every nation and every country are closely linked. We should share weal and woe, and strive to build our planet, where we were born and raised, into a harmonious family, and turn the yearning for a better life of people all over the world into reality. This simple idea, which comes from profound answers to a series of questions about the world and the times, embodies the profound thinking of the Supreme Leader on the future and destiny of China and mankind, and has profound historical background and far-reaching historical significance.
Building a community of human destiny profoundly reveals the relationship between contemporary China and the world, and reflects the urgent need to realize the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream. The trend of the world is vast. If you follow it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will die. China’s 40-year reform and opening up has provided people with many precious inspirations, the most important of which is that a country and a nation must advance in the logic of historical progress and develop in the trend of the times if they want to revitalize. 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 increasingly become a community of destiny in which you have me and I have you. Facing this trend, every country and every nation must rethink and answer the question of the relationship with the world. The integrated world is there, and whoever rejects it will be rejected by the world.
Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of China people in modern times. Now, China has entered a critical stage to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is particularly important for us to understand the general trend of world development and keep up with the trend of the times. How to position our relationship with the world and how to keep up with the times is a question that we must think deeply and answer. Comrade Supreme Leader’s idea of building a community of human destiny has greatly deepened our understanding of this issue.
In the opening chapter of this book, the Supreme Leader clearly pointed out that world prosperity and stability are opportunities for China, and the development of China is also an opportunity for the world. We should take a world view, better unify domestic development with opening up, link China’s development with world development, combine the interests of the people of China with the common interests of people of all countries, continuously expand mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries, participate in international affairs with a more positive attitude, jointly meet global challenges and strive to contribute to global development. In the volume of this book, the supreme leader comrade still emphasizes grasping the general trend of historical progress, putting himself in, looking at problems in China’s relationship with the world, figuring out China’s position and role in the evolution of the world pattern, and scientifically formulating China’s foreign policies. Throughout the book, the supreme leader comrades face the new changes in the relationship between China and the world in the new era, plan the overall situation at home and abroad, and comprehensively plan the strategic thinking and strategic layout of all-round opening up.
Comrade Supreme Leader’s important exposition clearly shows that promoting the building of a community of human destiny is not a diplomatic rhetoric, but an inherent requirement for realizing the Chinese dream, which is the proper meaning of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and clearly reflects the global vision of contemporary the Communist Party of China (CPC) people and China’s world mind of unifying its own development with that of the world.
Building a community of human destiny has profoundly clarified China’s consciousness and self-confidence in taking the road of peaceful development, responded to the concerns and expectations of the international community, and embodied China’s responsibility and responsibility as a great power. With the rapid development of China, some people in the world are worried that China will take the road of "national power will dominate", and some people put forward the so-called "China threat theory", thinking that the development of China is bound to be a "threat", and even portrayed China as a terrible "mephistopheles", as if China would absorb the soul of the world one day. Although this argument is like a fable, unfortunately, some people enjoy it. Some of these public opinions are due to ignorance or misunderstanding of China, some are due to anxiety, and some are due to deep-rooted prejudice. How does China develop? What kind of country will China be when it develops? This has become a question that we must answer on the road to national rejuvenation. In order to establish China’s image in the world, and let the world know and understand China, China must have its own characteristics of great power diplomacy, and must put forward a convincing concept of foreign work on the basis of summing up practical experience.
Many speeches by the supreme leader comrades included in "On Persistence in Promoting the Building of a Community of Human Destiny" are all responding to this question in different ways. It is in the process of constantly answering this question that the supreme leader comrades put forward and deepened their understanding of building a community of human destiny, enriching and developing this important concept of foreign work. The idea of building a community of human destiny, with the new idea of win-win cooperation instead of the zero-sum game and the old idea of winner takes all, you lose and I win, has more closely linked the dreams of the people of China with those of other countries. China’s foreign policy objective of safeguarding world peace and promoting common development has become clearer and more deeply rooted in people’s hearts, which has made the world better understand China and brought China closer to the center of the world stage.
Building a community of human destiny has profoundly answered the question of "What kind of world to build and how to build it", contributed China’s wisdom to the better development of the world and pointed out the way forward. Mankind is in a period of great development, great change and great adjustment. World multipolarization and economic globalization have developed in depth, social informationization and cultural diversity have continued to advance, countries are interconnected and interdependent, and the global destiny is closely related to each other. The trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win is even stronger. At the same time, mankind is also in an era of endless challenges and increasing risks. The world economic growth is weak, the financial crisis is lingering, the development gap is becoming increasingly prominent, and fighting against each other occurs from time to time. The cold war mentality and power politics are lingering, and non-traditional security threats such as terrorism, refugee crisis, major infectious diseases and climate change continue to spread. No country can stay out of it and no country can deal with it alone. "This is the best time and the worst time". The world is full of uncertainty, and people are both looking forward to and confused about the future. What’s wrong with the world? What shall we do? This is a question that the whole world is thinking about. "What kind of world to build? How to build this world? " Become the question of the times. It is in the face of such questioning that the supreme leader comrades stand at the height of the development process of human history and take responsibility as leaders of great powers to correctly grasp the profound changes in the international situation.The concept of building a community of human destiny is expounded in depth. This concept concentrates the wisdom of Chinese excellent traditional culture, such as national unity, self-mastery, harmony among all nations, and great harmony in the world. It embodies the common value pursuit of all mankind, such as peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom, and brings together the greatest common denominator that people all over the world yearn for peace, development and prosperity, which points out the direction for the development and progress of human civilization.
Second, accurately grasp the rich connotation of building a community of human destiny
The connotation of building a community of human destiny is very rich. To sum up, it is "building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, tolerance, cleanliness and beauty" proposed in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The speeches made by the Supreme Leader at the United Nations Headquarters and at the high-level dialogue meeting between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the world’s political parties focused on the comprehensive and systematic explanation of these five aspects.
To build a world of lasting peace, we must respect each other and negotiate on an equal footing, resolutely abandon the cold war mentality and power politics, and take a new path of state-to-state exchanges of dialogue without confrontation and partnership without alliance. Peace is the common aspiration and lofty goal of mankind. Under the background of the cold war confrontation between East and West, the so-called "big family", "group politics" and "sphere of influence" failed to handle the relations between countries, but brought contradictions and intensified the situation. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that the future and destiny of the world must be shared by all countries. Mutual respect, equality, peaceful development and common prosperity are the right ways in the world. All countries in the world should jointly safeguard the international order and system centered on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, actively build a new type of international relations centered on win-win cooperation, and jointly advance the lofty cause of world peace and development. Great powers should respect each other’s core interests and major concerns, control contradictions and differences, and strive to build a new relationship of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation; Big countries should treat small countries equally, and don’t be overbearing and buy and sell; No country can wage war at will or undermine the international rule of law.
To build a world of universal security, we must persist in resolving disputes through dialogue, resolve differences through consultation, make overall plans to deal with traditional and non-traditional security threats, and oppose all forms of terrorism. In the era of economic globalization, the security of all countries is interrelated and affects each other. No country can seek its own absolute security on its own, and no country can reap stability from the turmoil of other countries. The Supreme Leader first proposed and comprehensively expounded the common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concept at the AsiaInfo Shanghai Summit in 2014. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed: In the face of increasingly complex and comprehensive security threats, it is impossible to fight alone, let alone blindly believe in force. We should abandon the cold war mentality and group confrontation, oppose the practice of sacrificing the security of other countries for our own absolute security, create a fair and just security pattern of joint construction and sharing, and achieve universal security.
To build a world of common prosperity, we must help each other in the same boat, promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, and push economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction. Development is the top priority, which is applicable to all countries. The common development and prosperity of all countries are the pursuit of building a community of human destiny. On Persistence in Promoting the Construction of a Community of Human Destiny, the most discussed manuscript is development. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that development is the key to solve all problems. We should adhere to the concept of hello, I am good for everyone, promote open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win economic globalization, and create good conditions for the common development of all mankind. Countries should help each other in the same boat, not beggar-thy-neighbor. We should respect the social system and development path independently chosen by all countries and respect each other’s core interests and major concerns. It is necessary to uphold the rules of the World Trade Organization, support an open, transparent, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system and build an open world economy.
To build an open and inclusive world, we must respect the diversity of world civilizations, transcend the barriers between civilizations, learn from each other, and coexist with each other. The diversity of civilizations is the basic feature of human society, and the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations is the driving force to promote the progress of human society and the link of world peace. Comrade Supreme Leader’s speech at UNESCO headquarters focused on the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations, emphasizing that civilization is like water, moistening things silently. We should promote mutual respect and harmonious coexistence among different civilizations, seek wisdom and nutrition from different civilizations, provide spiritual support and spiritual comfort for people, and work together to solve various challenges faced by mankind.
To build a clean and beautiful world, we must adhere to environmental friendliness, cooperate to deal with climate change, and protect the earth’s homeland on which human beings depend. The earth is the common home of mankind and the only home of mankind so far. In the foreseeable future, all human beings will live on the earth. Comrade Supreme Leader’s speech at the Paris Conference on Climate Change clearly shows the image of China as a responsible big country. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed: We should take good care of the earth’s homeland together, for ourselves and for future generations. We should adhere to the concept of coexistence between man and nature, treat the ecological environment like life, be awed by nature, respect nature, conform to nature and protect it, jointly protect the irreplaceable earth home, jointly heal the scars of the ecological environment, jointly create a harmonious and livable human home, let the natural ecology recuperate, and let everyone enjoy green water and green mountains.
Third, actively promote the diplomacy of a big country with China characteristics and promote the building of a community of human destiny
Building a community of human destiny is a historical process, which can’t be accomplished overnight, nor can it be smooth sailing, and it needs long-term and arduous efforts. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that the key to building a community of human destiny lies in action. China will always be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of the international order. The people of China are willing to work with people of other countries to actively develop global partnership, promote the building of a community of human destiny and jointly create a better future for mankind.
Adhere to the path of peaceful development and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests. If a country wants to develop and prosper, it must grasp and conform to the general trend of world development. In today’s world, the old road of colonialism and hegemonism is not only impassable, but also bound to hit the wall. Represented by his speech at the Kohlberg Foundation in 2014, the Supreme Leader repeatedly expounded the issue of China’s unswerving path of peaceful development, pointing out that taking the path of peaceful development is China’s response to the international community’s concern about China’s development trend, and it is also the confidence and consciousness of Chinese people to realize their own development goals. What China needs most is a harmonious and stable domestic environment and a peaceful and peaceful international environment. Any turmoil and war are not in the fundamental interests of the people of China. The people of China don’t accept the logic that "a strong country will dominate", and China’s development from a poor and weak country to the second largest economy in the world depends not on foreign military expansion and colonial plunder, but on the people’s hard work and peace maintenance. China will unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development. No matter how far China develops, China will never seek hegemony, expansion or sphere of influence.
Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized that we should stick to the path of peaceful development, but we must never give up our legitimate rights and interests or sacrifice the core interests of the country. Any foreign country should not expect us to trade our core interests, nor should we expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that harms China’s sovereignty, security and development interests. China follows the path of peaceful development, so do other countries. Only when all countries follow the path of peaceful development can countries develop together and live in peace.
Adhere to the basic national policy of opening to the outside world and promote the construction of an open world economy. A strong country can be full of confidence and openness, and openness promotes a strong country. The achievements of China’s reform and opening up since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China have fully proved that opening up is an important driving force for China’s economic and social development. Faced with the twists and turns in economic globalization in the post-international financial crisis era, protectionism and inward-looking tendencies are on the rise, and the multilateral trading system is challenged by shocks, the speeches made by the top leaders on safeguarding free trade and advocating the development of an open world economy have left a deep impression on the world at the annual G20 leaders’ summit, the APEC business leaders’ summit, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2017 and other important occasions. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that opening up is the fundamental way to achieve national prosperity. It is China’s strategic choice to pursue a win-win opening-up strategy and constantly create a more comprehensive, in-depth and diversified opening-up pattern. If we want to maintain sustained and healthy economic development, we must establish a global vision, more consciously coordinate the two overall domestic and international situations, comprehensively plan an all-round opening-up strategy, and go to the world with a more proactive attitude. We must unswervingly develop global free trade and investment, promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment in the process of opening up, and take a clear-cut stand against protectionism. We will increase our assistance to developing countries, especially the least developed countries, and help narrow the development gap between North and South.
Adhere to the concept of global governance, and actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system. With the development of the times, profound changes have taken place in the balance of international power, global challenges are increasing day by day, and the existing global governance system is becoming more and more unsuitable. The voice of the international community for reforming the global governance system is getting louder and louder, and it has become the consensus of most countries to establish international mechanisms, abide by international rules and pursue international justice. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has conducted collective study on global governance twice. The Supreme Leader delivered an important speech, pointing out that it is everyone’s business in the international community to promote the reform of global governance system, and we should adhere to the principle of mutual consultation, joint construction and sharing, so that the ideas on the reform of global governance system can be transformed into consensus and concerted action. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed: we should advocate the democratization of international relations, adhere to the equality of all countries, big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor, support the United Nations to play an active role and expand the representation and voice of developing countries in international affairs. China will continue to play the role of a responsible big country, actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, and constantly contribute to the wisdom and strength of China.
Manage the relations among major powers well and build a framework of relations among major powers with overall stability and balanced development. Great powers have greater responsibility for regional and world peace and development. In the manuscripts such as Building a New-type Great Power Relationship between China and the United States, Speech at the European Institute in Bruges, and Creating a Better Tomorrow for Sino-Russian Relations, the Supreme Leader expounded the proposition of actively developing a new-type great power relationship with the United States, developing a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Russia, and developing a partnership of peace, growth, reform and civilization with Europe. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: China attaches great importance to the status and role of major powers, devotes itself to developing all-round cooperative relations with major powers, strives to build a framework of relations among major powers with overall stability and balanced development, and takes the road of peaceful development together.
Adhere to the concept of sincerity and tolerance, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with neighboring countries. A good neighbour is better than a brother in the next village. China has the largest number of neighboring countries in the world. No matter from the geographical position, natural environment or mutual relationship, the surrounding area is of great strategic significance to our country. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee specially convened a symposium on peripheral diplomatic work, and the Supreme Leader delivered an important speech, highlighting the important role of the periphery in China’s overall development and diplomacy, and giving a comprehensive and systematic explanation on the significance, strategic objectives, basic principles and policy concepts of doing a good job in peripheral diplomatic work. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed: China places its periphery at the top of the overall diplomatic situation, regards its periphery as a place to settle down and the foundation of development and prosperity, and regards it as its own responsibility to promote peace, stability and development in its periphery. It adheres to the concept of being sincere and accommodating, adheres to the policy of being a good neighbor and partner, and adheres to the policy of being good-neighborly, secure and rich. It welcomes neighboring countries to take the "express train" and "free ride" in China.
Adhere to the correct concept of justice and benefit and the true concept of sincerity, and strengthen unity and cooperation with developing countries. The vast number of developing countries are our natural allies in international affairs. Being a reliable friend and sincere partner of developing countries forever is the foundation of China’s foreign policy, and it will never change in the past, present and future. Speech at Nyerere International Convention Center, China — Speaking at the meeting of leaders of Latin American and Caribbean countries, speaking at the Asian-African leaders’ meeting and other manuscripts, Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: China is the largest developing country in the world and will continue to stand with the vast number of developing countries. At present, the vast number of developing countries are faced with the common mission of accelerating development and improving people’s livelihood. They should warm up and help each other, actively carry out cooperation in various fields and realize our respective development blueprints. In carrying out cooperation with developing countries, China will adhere to the correct concept of justice and interests, find out the common ground and intersection of interests, give consideration to justice and interests, be generous and integrate interests, be principled, stress faithfulness, attach importance to affection, promote justice and cultivate morality, and do not engage in winning and losing, and I will take care of each other’s interests in some specific projects and deepen pragmatic cooperation with developing countries.
Fourth, actively promote the "Belt and Road" international cooperation and build a practical platform for building a community of human destiny.
The road to simplicity is the most important thing. To promote the building of a community of human destiny, we can’t just stay in ideas. China is an advocate and an active practitioner of building a community of human destiny. In 2013, while proposing to build a community of human destiny, the Supreme Leader proposed to jointly build the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in his speeches in Kazakhstan and Indonesia, that is, the "Belt and Road Initiative". The Supreme Leader has made profound exposition on many occasions on building the "Belt and Road" into an important practical platform to promote the building of a community of human destiny.
Moving towards a community of human destiny is the original intention and the highest goal of the "Belt and Road" construction. The "Belt and Road" construction is an important measure for China to implement all-round opening up under the new historical conditions, which meets the endogenous requirements of China’s economic development. The Belt and Road Initiative originated in China, but belongs to the world. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out in his opening speech at the Roundtable Summit of the Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum and in his speech at the 31st collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee: We put forward the Belt and Road Initiative to inherit and carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road, combine China’s development with the development of countries along the route, and combine the Chinese dream with the dreams of people of all countries along the route. Within the framework of international cooperation in building the Belt and Road Initiative, All parties adhere to the principle of cooperation, joint construction and sharing, work together to meet the challenges facing the world economy, create new opportunities for development, seek new impetus for development, expand new space for development, achieve complementary advantages, achieve mutual benefit and win-win, and constantly move toward the community of human destiny. This is my original intention of proposing this initiative and the highest goal I hope to achieve through this initiative.
Insist on discussing, building and sharing, and build the "Belt and Road" into the most extensive international cooperation platform that conforms to the trend of economic globalization. The "Belt and Road" construction meets the development needs of China, countries along the route and the region, conforms to the common interests of all parties concerned and conforms to the trend of regional and global cooperation. Therefore, once put forward, the outside world has a great response, and all parties are responding. But some people have doubts about this. Comrade Supreme Leader profoundly expounded the principle of cooperation, co-construction and sharing at the joint welcoming banquet of the local government of Washington State and American friendship groups, Boao Forum for Asia and other occasions, pointing out that the purpose of our promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative, the establishment of the Silk Road Fund and the propose to create Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is to support the common development of all countries, not to seek political spheres of influence. The construction of the "Belt and Road" adheres to the principle of mutual cooperation, joint construction and sharing, not closed, but open and inclusive; It’s not a solo by the China family, but a chorus of countries along the route. The construction of the "Belt and Road" is not to replace the existing regional cooperation mechanisms and initiatives, but to promote the development strategies of countries along the route to achieve mutual docking and complementary advantages on the existing basis. China doesn’t play the small abacus of geo-game, close the exclusive circle, and do not buy and sell beyond others. The "Belt and Road" construction is rooted in the historical soil of the Silk Road, focusing on Asia, Europe and Africa.Open to all friends at the same time. Whether from Asia, Europe, Africa or America, they are all partners in international cooperation in the construction of the "Belt and Road". The construction of the "Belt and Road" will be discussed by everyone, and the achievements of the "Belt and Road" construction will be shared by everyone. These important expositions have pointed out the direction for the construction of the "Belt and Road" and further enriched the connotation of building a community of human destiny.
Promote the construction of the "Belt and Road" to go deep, steady and far-reaching, and inject strong impetus into building a community of human destiny. Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized that the "Belt and Road" construction is not an empty slogan, but a tangible and tangible practical measure that will bring tangible benefits to regional countries. The core connotation of the "One Belt, One Road" initiative is to promote infrastructure construction and interconnection, strengthen economic policy coordination and development strategy docking, promote coordinated development and achieve common prosperity. Under the impetus of the Supreme Leader, in the past five years, the "Belt and Road" construction has gradually changed from concept to action, from vision to reality, and the construction has achieved fruitful results. Policy communication has been deepened, facilities connectivity has been strengthened, trade flow has been improved, capital financing has been expanded, and people’s hearts have been promoted. China has formulated a vision and action document to promote the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Silk Road Fund has been established, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has officially opened. More than 100 countries and international organizations around the world actively support and participate in the "Belt and Road" construction, and important resolutions such as the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council have also been included in the "Belt and Road" construction. In May 2017, China successfully hosted the "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit forum.It marks that the "One Belt, One Road" initiative has entered a new stage from concept to action, from planning to implementation. At this meeting, the Supreme Leader further pointed out that it is necessary to take advantage of the situation and follow the trend to build the Belt and Road into a road of peace, prosperity, openness, innovation and civilization.
Comrade Supreme Leader’s important exposition on persisting in promoting the building of a community of human destiny has lofty ideas, rich connotations and profound thoughts. It is a concentrated expression of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s China wisdom and China’s plan for seeking peace and development for mankind and solving human problems, and has far-reaching world significance and extensive world influence. At present, China is in the best period of development since modern times, and the world is in a great change that has never happened in a hundred years. The two are intertwined and agitated. The world we live in is full of hope and challenges. We should study these important expositions of the Supreme Leader, comprehensively implement Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", resolutely safeguard the core position of the CPC Central Committee and the whole party, resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, improve the ability to coordinate the two overall situations at home and abroad, ensure the implementation of the CPC Central Committee’s foreign policy and strategic deployment, and constantly promote the construction of human destiny for realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. (Smell)
