Leading the way forward in the great changes in the world -- A summary of the diplomacy of Chinese heads of state in 2002

The coming 2020 is destined to be remembered by history in a special way.

This year, the outbreak of new crown pneumonia suddenly, to the world all-round impact. President Xi Jinping has carried out intensive head-of-state diplomacy with the global vision and mission of the leaders of major powers, building a global consensus on the fight against the epidemic, promoting international cooperation and contributing to China's strength.

This year, the international pattern has accelerated its evolution, and mankind is once again standing at the crossroads of its future and destiny. In response to the changes of the times and the world, President Xi Jinping has taken a long view, put forward China's plan and China's proposition around where mankind will go, conform to the trend of historical progress and lead the right way forward.

Leading international cooperation to fight the epidemic

Deepening the Global Partnership Network

In November, the first batch of sheep donated by Mongolia arrived in Wuhan, which "swiped" the Chinese Internet for a while. "The true feelings are all in the tea". The people of Hubei "returned the gift" with tea and anti-epidemic materials, making a good story of "sheep come to tea" and helping each other.

People will not forget that on February 27 this year, President Xi Jinping held talks with Mongolian President Battulga in the Great Hall of the People. At that time, the Chinese government and people were making every effort to combat the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, and President Xi Jinping introduced the situation and measures of prevention and control of the epidemic in China during the talks, saying that China would continue to strengthen cooperation with countries, including Mongolia, to jointly and effectively respond to the epidemic and safeguard regional and global public health security.

It was after this meeting that President Batulga handed over to President Xi Jinping the certificate of Mongolia's gift of 30000 sheep to China on the spot.

Over the past year, with the diplomacy of the head of state as the lead, with unity and anti-epidemic as the main line, China's diplomacy for the country, responsible for the world, so that the world can feel the broad and grand international vision of this oriental power and self-confidence and calm style.

"Major infectious diseases are the enemy of all mankind";

"Solidarity and cooperation are the most powerful weapons in the fight against the epidemic";

"When China's new crown vaccine is developed and put into use, it will serve as a global public good and make China's contribution to achieving the accessibility and affordability of vaccines in developing countries";

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He made one visit, received visits and attended seven ceremonial events in China, spoke 80 times with foreign leaders and heads of international organizations, and attended 22 important diplomatic events in an innovative way of "cloud diplomacy." President Xi Jinping, as a leader, promoted international cooperation and demonstrated his determination and courage at a time of crisis.

In order to meet the urgent needs of the world, China has provided financial support to WHO and the United Nations Global Humanitarian Response Plan for the COVID-19 Epidemic; organized hundreds of cross-border video expert meetings to unreservedly share anti-epidemic experience with other countries; joined the COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Plan to promote equitable global vaccine distribution with practical actions; and fully implemented the G-20 Debt Mitigating Initiative, the repayment of principal and interest on the relevant debts of 23 developing countries due from May 1 to the end of this year was suspended, with an amount of US $1.353 billion.

Under the personal deployment of President Xi Jinping, China launched the largest global humanitarian operation since the founding of New China, providing anti-epidemic assistance to more than 150 countries and 10 international organizations, sending 36 medical expert groups to 34 countries, and giving full play to the advantages of countries with the largest medical material production capacity, providing more than 200 billion masks, 2 billion protective clothing and 0.8 billion testing kits to all countries.

It is not only responsible for the safety and health of its own people, but also responsible for global public health. "What China is doing is the right thing. This is what we want to unite-unite, unite, unite." WHO Director-General Tan Desai commented.

In the process of joining hands to fight the epidemic, the friendship between the Chinese people and the people of other countries has been further sublimated.

The heads of state of China and Russia have made four calls, leading the continuous improvement of the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between China and Russia in the new era. The two countries have become an important force in maintaining the stability of the global strategic pattern. The leaders of China and the EU agreed to strengthen communication, coordination and cooperation, deepen mutual trust and jointly cope with global challenges. In the face of the grim situation of Sino US relations, China continues to be committed to developing non conflict, non confrontation, mutual respect and win cooperation with the United States, at the same time, we will firmly defend our sovereignty, security and development interests. Over the past year, China has continuously promoted the establishment of an overall stable and balanced development framework for major-country relations, injecting certainty into the international situation in a period of turbulence and change.

He exchanged letters with President Bhandari of Nepal, jointly announcing the latest elevation of Mount Everest; conferring the the People's Republic of China "Medal of Friendship" on Empress Dowager Moninitle of Cambodia; visiting Myanmar on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar, pushing the relations between the two countries into a new era of building a community of destiny between China and Myanmar, and writing a new chapter in the millennium of friendship between China and neighboring countries.

To hold a special summit with African leaders on China-Africa solidarity to fight the epidemic, to consolidate and strengthen the tradition of China-Africa friendship and mutual assistance, and to inject strong positive energy into China-Africa and international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic; to send a congratulatory letter to the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, stating that China and the Arab States need to strengthen cooperation more than ever ...... Even in Latin America, thousands of miles away, President Xi Jinping is on his mind and speaks to the heads of heads of 10, to discuss the cooperation between China and the anti-epidemic. In the past year, under the leadership of the head of state diplomacy, China's unity and cooperation with developing countries have withstood new tests and showed a new atmosphere.

Sharing opportunities for open development

Contribute to world economic recovery

On the morning of December 12, the X8015/6 train carrying Japanese goods left Wuhan Wujiashan Station for Duisburg, Germany. The China-Europe Express (Wuhan) shipped Japanese goods to Europe for the first time. Wuhan, the city that first reported the new coronary pneumonia epidemic to the world, is now bursting with vitality again, setting up a new international transit channel for sea-rail transport.

Seven years ago, President Xi Jinping put forward the "Belt and Road Initiative" initiative with a view to achieving win-win and shared development; seven years later, when the global economy fell into the worst recession since World War II, the cooperation in jointly building "Belt and Road Initiative" showed full resilience. it has become an important platform for China to create new opportunities for development, seek new driving forces for development, and expand new space for development.

Trade and investment have risen against the trend, China-Europe trains have set up a "life channel" for cooperation in the fight against epidemics, and a number of major projects such as the China-Laos railway and the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway are steadily advancing ...... In the face of the challenge, for the people of the countries along the route, the "Belt and Road" is water and electricity, is a scarce anti-epidemic material, is a secure job, is a more promising tomorrow.

"Under the new development pattern, China's foreign cooperation will continue to deepen and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results with other countries in the world." On November 19, President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the APEC Business Leaders Dialogue, systematically explaining the profound connotation and world significance of China's new development pattern.

"Mutual benefit and win-win", the world has heard the firm voice of China and seen solid Chinese actions.

The door is opening wider and wider, and China is committed to sharing opportunities with the world--

Against the background of the epidemic, the Service Trade Fair, the Canton Fair, the Fair and the East Fair arrived as promised; signed the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, actively considering joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement; creatively set up "fast channels" for Chinese and foreign personnel exchanges and "green channels" for material transportation; fully implement the Foreign Investment Law and its implementing regulations, and further reduce the negative list of foreign investment access; the expansion of the pilot free trade zone and the implementation of the overall plan for the construction of Hainan free trade port......

A series of pragmatic and powerful measures demonstrate China's courage and determination to further expand its opening up.

China, a middle-income group with a 1.4 billion population and over 0.4 billion, is expected to import more than 22 trillion US dollars in the next 10 years. It is committed to making its own market a world market, a shared market and a market for everyone, so as to inject strong impetus and confidence into the recovery of the world economy.

"China will play a locomotive role in the recovery of the world economy." Rudolf Minsch, chief economist at the Swiss Economic Association, said.

In response to new opportunities and new situations, China is committed to promoting green development and guarding the blue planet--

"This epidemic is a crisis, but we must have the courage to seize new opportunities in the crisis and open up new situations in the changing situation." On June 11, in a telephone conversation with Philippine President Duterte, President Xi Jinping gave a dialectical view of the impact of the epidemic.

What kind of development should be followed in the post-epidemic era? President Xi Jinping has pointed out that "humankind needs a self-revolution" and that we can no longer "follow the old path of demanding but not investing, development but not protecting, and utilization but not repairing", but "promote a 'green recovery' of the post-epidemic world economy '".

At the general debate of the 75th UN General Assembly, President Xi Jinping proposed that China will increase its national independent contribution and adopt more powerful policies and measures. Carbon dioxide emissions will reach a peak by 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. At the Climate Ambition Summit more than two months later, President Xi Jinping further made the following statement: "By 2030, China's carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will drop by more than 65% compared with 2005, the proportion of non fossil energy in primary energy consumption will reach about 25%, the forest stock will increase by 6 billion cubic meters compared with 2005, and the total installed capacity of wind power and solar power generation will reach more than 1.2 billion kilowatts.

This is China's conscious action to promote high-quality development and accelerate green transformation, as well as its responsibility to promote global climate governance.

"We will do what we say!" President Xi Jinping's words are extremely powerful.

"In the process of development, China promotes the development of green economy and invests in new science and technology, so that the vast number of developing countries can see that development and environmental protection can coexist." Mauricio Santoro, an international relations expert at the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, said.

Hold high the banner of multilateralism

Stand firmly on the right side of history

As 2020 draws to a close, the neo-coronary pneumonia epidemic is still causing hundreds of thousands of infections and tens of thousands of deaths worldwide every day.

At the same time, unilateralism, protectionism, and bullying are on the rise. People are worried about whether the world will return to the era of relying on fists to speak, hegemonism and power politics.

What's wrong with the world? What about us?

"The baton of history has been passed on to our generation. We must make a choice worthy of the people and history." At the UN rostrum, President Xi Jinping made an appeal to world leaders.

To promote the building of a new type of international relations and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, President Xi Jinping stands at the height of the development and progress of human society, combines China's development with the development of the world, combines the interests of the Chinese people with the common and fundamental interests of the people of the world, and constantly gathers the greatest common divisor for the people of all countries to build a better world.

Identify the direction and guide the right path of peaceful development and win-win cooperation--

At present, the global pandemic of neo-coronary pneumonia and the unprecedented changes in the world in a century are influencing each other, but the theme of the times of peace and development has not changed, and the expectation of people of all countries for peaceful development and win-win cooperation has become stronger.

Those who observe the trend are wise.

From advocating "practicing the concept of people first and life first", "cooperating to meet challenges is the only choice for the international community", "global governance should adhere to the principle of joint consultation, co-building and sharing", "big countries should look bigger", to proposing "unilateralism has no way out", "opposing the politicization and labeling of the epidemic, jointly resisting the" political virus "and" using the epidemic to engage in "de-globalization ', in the end, it will only harm the common interests of one's own country and all countries" ...... Over the past year, on multilateral occasions such as the United Nations, the G20, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the BRICS and APEC, President Xi Jinping has clearly put forward what China stands for, what it opposes and what it cooperates with, and has conveyed to the world China's profound thinking on maintaining world peace and stability and promoting change in the global governance system in a multilateralist Chinese expression.

Start and act, and firmly support multilateralism with practical actions--

"There is only one system in the world, that is, the international system with the United Nations as the core; there is only one set of rules, that is, the basic norms of international relations based on the Charter of the United Nations." On September 23, President Xi Jinping made it clear when meeting with UN Secretary-General Guterres.

The epidemic has magnified the problem of inadaptability and mismatch in the global governance system. This is where all parties should think about how to improve it, and it is by no means a reason to overthrow it and start over again.

We will actively promote the establishment of a global humanitarian emergency warehouse and hub in China, announce the establishment of the third phase of the China-FAO South-South Cooperation Trust Fund, support the United Nations in establishing a global geographic information knowledge and innovation center in China, and establish an international research center on big data for sustainable development, committed to extending the China-United Nations Peace and Development Fund for five years after its expiration in 2025, and to contributing another $10 million to UN Women over the next five years ...... As the second largest contributor and contributor to peacekeeping operations in the United Nations and the largest contributor among the permanent members of the Security Council, China continues to take the initiative to support multilateralism and promote the cause of international peace and development with solid actions.

As Guterres said: "With China's support, the United Nations can better perform its duties."

With a long-term view, we will continue to make new progress in building a community with a shared future for mankind--

In March 2013, at the Moscow Institute of International Relations, President Xi Jinping proposed to the international community for the first time that the world "is increasingly becoming a community of destiny in which you have me and I have you"; seven years later, an epidemic has made the world more aware of the community of human destiny.

In a condolence message to French President Macron in March this year, President Xi Jinping proposed to build a human health community; within the framework of the SCO, he proposed to build a "health community", "security community", "development community" and "humanistic community" Major initiatives; at the APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting, systematically explain the building of an Asia-Pacific community of destiny that is open and inclusive, innovative growth, connectivity and win-win cooperation ...... At the intersection of the future and destiny of mankind, the concept of a community of destiny is further enriched and deepened.

At the national level, China and more and more friendly partners have built a bilateral community with a shared future; at the regional level, all parties have reached a consensus on building a community with a shared future in neighboring, Asia-Pacific, China-ASEAN, China-Africa, China-Arab, and China-Latin America; In the global field, China's initiative to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace, nuclear safety, oceans, and health has been actively echoed......

"We will defeat the virus together, and the concept of a community of human destiny will help us." Vladimir Beechelica, a well-known Russian scholar, wrote in the article.
The history of the development of human society is a history of constantly overcoming various challenges and difficulties.

By practicing the concept of a community of human destiny with practical actions, we will surely usher in a brighter tomorrow!

 

Source: People's Daily-People's Daily