Details
The vision of a community with a shared future formankind constitutes an integral part of Xi Jinping Thoughton Socialism with Chinese Characteristies for a New Era,particularly Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy. It embodiesChinese wisdom in addressing contemporary internationalrelations in alignment with the prevailing trends of globalpeace and development, It represents China's proposal forimproving global governance and effectively respondingto the various challenges in the 2lst century. This vision isthe latest achievement of Marxism in the 2lst century in thefield of diplomaey. It not only inherits and innovates finetraditional Chinese culture but also promotes and developsthe diplomatic theory of the People's Republic of China. Itclarifies China's global diplomatic vision, resonates withthe common aspirations of people across all nations forpeace, development, and cooperation, and illuminates thefundamental way for resolving global problems.
About the Author
In December 2019,the Xi JinpingThought on Diplomatie Studies Center wasestablished by the Ministry of Foreign Affairsof the PRC, with the support of the ChinaInstitute of International Studies. It aims toeoordinate research resourees across the nationand conduct comprehensive, systematic,and in-depth studies, interpretations, andintroductions of Xi Jinping Thought onDiplomatic, Today, the center has become anauthoritative platform for research in the feld.
Afterword
Building a community with a shared future for mankind is not only an importantcomponent of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with (hinese Characteristics for a NewEra and a core concept of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, but also the goal Chinapursues in carrying out major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in thenew era, It is thus embodied in every aspect of China's diplomatic work. This majolconcept aims to build an open, inclusive, clean, and beauliful world that enjoys lastingpeace, universal security, and common prospcrity, It takes the promotion of globalgovernance based on extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits asthe path to its realization, the common values of all humanity as the universal principlethe construction of a new type of international relations as the basic support, theimplementation ofthe Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, andthe Global Civilization lnitiative as the strategic lead, and the high-quality developmentof the Belt and Road [nitiative as a platform for practice. It represents China's answer tothe question of “What kind of a world to build and how to build it," that is, a world inwhich all countries, big or small, are equal members of the international community thatshare benefits, rights, and responsibilities in international affairs and work together tomake the world a belter place,Comrade Wang Yi, member of the Political Burcau of the CPC Central Committecand Minister of Foreign Affairs, places great importance on the research, interpretation,and communieation of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, frequently giving importantinstructions on this work, The Party committee of the Ministy of Foreign Affairsmakes every effort to develop the Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy Research Center.with committee seeretary Qi Yu making multiple important plans for the research andinterpretation ofXi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy.
To strengthen systemic, theoretical research on Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacythe Research Center compiled this book, Xu Bu, the then secretary-general, led thewriting and editing work, and the then deputy secretary-general Yu Jiang organized the writing work and handled the revision work, Wu Xiaodan, Wang Wenqi, and ZhangWeipeng were in charge of the framework design and overall manuscript editing. Theauthors and the respective chapters they wrote are: Wang Tianling (Chapter l), ChenWenbing (Chapter I, Wu Xiaodan (Chapter ), Xu Bu (Chapter IV), Zheng Xuefang(Chapter V), Wang Wenqi (Chapter V), Li Pingyi (Chapter VI), and Yu Jiang (ChapterVIll). Shen Zhongming, Pang Shanshan, Zhang Yuhuan, Yang Shouzheng, RenHongyan, He Dan, Jia Ding, and Zhang Xin participated in the editing and proofreadingof this book, This book embodies their understanding of the theoretical system andconnotations of the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
Since its publication in January 2024, this book has been so well received by thereaders that China Intercontinental Press has decided to reprint it. In accordance with theguiding principles from the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committeeand the Central Conference on Foreign Affairs held at the end of 2023, the compilationteam revised the manuscript under the guidance ofChen Bo, current secretary-general ofthe Research Center, and deputy secretary-general Ren Hongyan, Wu Xiaodan and WangWenqi were responsible for fnalizing the manuscript and reviewing the book. ChapterI and Chapter V were revised by Zhang Yuhuan and Zhang Weipeng respectively withthe authorization of their original authors, while the remaining chapters were revised by their original authors.The Policy Planning Department of the Ministry of Foreign Afairs did a lot of coordination and revision work for the publication of this book, and relevant departmentsof the Ministry provided valuable suggestions. China Intercontinental Press offeredstrong support in the editing and publishing process.
We would like to express our gratitude to the relevant departments and colleaguesfor their contributions to this book.
The Compilation Team
February 2025