The Impact of“Belt Road Initiative”for a Community of Shared Future for Mankind

The“Belt and Road Initiative”is a major theoretical innovation of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.It is not only a flagship public good for China’s participation in global governance,but also is an important platform for us to build a community of shared future.With this initiative,the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is linked to the wonderful dreams of the peoples all over the world in pursuit of development and prosperity and has far reached strategic significance.

International Chinese Language Education and Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind

Human society is now confronted with a variety of threats.Given that,the idea and initiative of building a community of shared future for mankind is positively echoed by people around the world.Accordingly,international Chinese language education should play an active role in building a community of shared future for mankind,which is determined by the mission and nature of this educational cause.The idea of building a community of shared future for mankind points a right way for the development of international Chinese language education,injects new vigor to this cause,and also creates a more friendly and favorable external environment.International Chinese language education should help facilitate the building of a community of shared future for mankind and contribute Chinese wisdom to the common progress of mankind in the new era.

A Pluralistic Approach to Human Rights in a Community of Shared Future for Mankind

'A community of shared destiny for all mankind' has its own inherent logic, structure and development path, and a pluralistic concept of human rights is a key factor to achieve its four core goals: equality, cooperation, security and inclusiveness. A pluralistic concept of human rights and the ideal of a community of shared future for all mankind overlap on certain values and interests, as well as power and cultural attributes. It means that a pluralistic approach to human rights is indispensable to the establishment of a community of shared future for all mankind. Meanwhile, this new view of human rights embodies mutual respect and support for the inherent inevitability among different countries, shared responsibility, and pursuit of common development.

A Community of Shared Future for Mankind——The Contemporary Development of the Social Foundations Theory of International Law

In the traditional understanding,the social basis of the emergence and existence of international law can be summed up as an international society in which interstate conflict and cooperation and interests and contradictions coexist.In recent years,the term“international community”has been widely used in national practice and academic discourse.Many scholars believe that the development of interstate relations indicates that the international community is being transformed into a global international community.The concept of“a community of shared future for mankind”reflects China’s new understanding of the social foundations of international law.It introduces Chinese traditional culture into global governance,develops Marxist theory on the community,is concerned both for mankind as a whole and for individuals,highlights the ultimate issues of the international community,and emphasizes the international community’s union of diversity and interdependence.The idea of“a community of shared future for mankind”is of great significance for the theory and practice of international law;it reflects the emergence of methodological holism,the response of international law to the questioning of its legitimacy,and the trend toward hierarchical systematization in international law.The concept of“a community of shared future for mankind”is of great value to China’s participation in the reform of the global governance system.It will help promote appreciation of the relations between China and the world,enhance China’s international discourse power and discourse force,and promote the rule of law in international relations that China advocates.

Jointly building a community of shared future for all mankind

The world is facing serious dilemmas in its push for further growth,such as insufficient impetus to drive economic growth,the gap between rich and poor,the prevalence of protectionism and global governance that needs to be improved.The question remains:How to work together to promote common prosperity and inject new impetus to boost sustained economic growth?

China's renewed perception of global environmental governance

China's idea of a community of a shared future for humanity(CSFH)has become the guiding principle and norm to be further embedded and integrated into the country's approach to environmental governance.Under the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals,China strongly emphasizes the implementation of its national strategy to mitigate the global climate crisis,and construct international environmental institutions by advocating fair cooperation resulting in mutual gain.China's role as a responsible major country is expected to be more proactive in international process.In particular,the concept of CSFH exerts positive,far-reaching impacts on the greening of the Belt and Road Initiative and the construction of solid South-South relations.Based on the renewed perception,China shall undertake its responsibilities in the reform of the global environmental governance system by leading multilateralism to strengthen the capacity of relevant international institutions such as the UN.Driven by China's political will,this concept reflects China's more confident attitude toward global environmental governance.Most profoundly,mainstreaming the vision of CSFH will elevate China's role to a new level in the coming years in terms of norm creation in international environmental institutions.

南非峰会与金砖合作新愿景

Despite increasing factors contributing to global security instability and an uncertain outlook for the global economy’s overall recovery and the politicization and securitization of the economic and trade sectors,the BRICS countries have consistently adhered to their original intention of safeguarding the interests of developing countries.The mechanism’s resilience has withstood the test.BRICS have also achieved historic growth,ushering in a new era of transformation and upgrading.Standing at a new starting point,the internal and external development momentum of BRICS countries is synchronously enhanced.The BRICS countries will continue to explore new models for the collective and sustainable rise of developing and emerging economies and promote economic development and achieve common security.China actively practices the BRICS spirit,working with BRICS member countries to strengthen practical cooperation and more effectively implement the BRICS Action Plan,enhance and improve the global governance system,and jointly build a community of shared future for mankind.

The Economics of China’s Opening Up:Developing an Economic Theory That Explains China’s Achievement

Research on the construction of a theory for China’s open economy should break through the limitations of mainstream Western international economics.Firstly,we need to reveal the laws revolving around"three relationships and six threads"that governed China’s incremental process of trade liberalization.Secondly,we need to summarize China’s experience of the way new technologies,including the Internet,digital technologies and artificial intelligence(AI)have fostered and reshaped the position of small and mediumsized enterprises(SMEs)as micro-actors,providing us with new advantages in international competition.Thirdly,we need to analyze the new win-win mode of the international division of labor over land and sea established under the guidelines of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),as well as a new concept of pluralist balance in the international economy marked by a close connection between trade surplus and foreign investment.Fourthly,under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s important discourses,we should offer a rationale for the Chinese scheme of global economy governance within the community of shared future for mankind.