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BANDING TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY

A decade ago when leadership of the its public debut at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the world speculated about how the most populous nation and second largest economy would reach out to the a world in the midst of turmoil and transformation.

CPC Central Committee, introduced China’s vision of fostering a new type of international relations with win-win cooperation at the core and the notion of building a community with a shared future for humanity. In the following years, Xi proposed a host of major initiatives and proposals, including the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the upholding and promotion of the common values of humanity, the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global Security Initiative (GSI) and the Global Civilizations Initiative (GCI). The core message of these initiatives is that countries are interdependent, humanity has a shared future, and the international community must become united for cooperation.

Over the years, under President Xi’s leadership, China has been committed to the path of peaceful development, and devoted itself to addressing global challenges, facilitating win-win cooperation, promoting greater democracy in international relations, and making the global governance system more just and equitable. The building of a community with a shared future for humanity has evolved into a vision with global significance, received warm response from the wider international community and has been exerting positive and far-reaching influence on contemporary international relations.

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