China fulfills responsibility by observing Asian security concept
By Ren Huanyu
Chinese President Xi
Jinping on June 15 attended the 5th summit of the Conference on Interaction and
Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and
delivered a speech titled Working Together for New Progress
of Security and Development in Asia.
In the speech, Xi
responded to profound topics such as the building of Asia and China’s future
efforts, pointing a clear direction for the future development of CICA, as well
as the peace and development of Asia and the world under current circumstances.
China, a founding member of CICA, has always taken an active part in forwarding the
CICA process.
When the 4th summit
of CICA was held in Shanghai in May 2014, President Xi articulated a
new vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security
and called for a security and development path that suits Asia and serves the
common interests of all, receiving active response from relevant parties.
China assumed the
chairmanship of CICA from 2014 to 2018, during which it broadened the approach
and content of cooperation, set up a Non-governmental Forum, Youth Council and
Business Council under the CICA framework, and enhanced CICA’s interaction with
other multilateral institutions such as the UN and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,
giving a considerable boost to CICA’s global standing.
Under joint efforts,
CICA released its cooperation potential and gradually deepened general
cooperation, prominently improving its participation and existence in global
and regional affairs. It has become Asia’s largest and most representative
security forum with the greatest number of participants, playing an active and
constructive role in advancing regional stability and prosperity.
Asia is one of the
most dynamic regions with great development potential. Asian countries also face some common challenges such
as inadequate political trust, uneven economic development and prominent
security and governance impediments. Its journey to lasting peace and common
prosperity will be a long and arduous one.
How will Asian
countries stay true to their goal, embrace the opportunities and address the
challenges together, and collectively work for new progress of security and
development in Asia?
President Xi made
statements at the Dushanbe summit that “Building an Asia where countries enjoy
mutual respect and trust is our common aspiration”, “Building a secure and
stable Asia is our common objective”, “Building a growing and prosperous Asia
is our common vision”, “Building an open and inclusive Asia is our common
pursuit”, and “Building a cooperative and creative Asia is our common need”.
His remarks
reflected the strong desire and common aspiration of the Asian people for
peace, stability and development, providing a guiding vision for the solutions
to the common challenges faced by Asia.
China champions and
firmly observes the Asian security concept. For a long time, it has been
enhancing dialogues and cooperation with each party step by step, and jointly
exploring the making of a code of conduct for regional security and Asian
security partnership plan, making Asian countries good partners of mutual trust
and equal cooperation.
China is committed
to developing good-neighborly and friendly ties with other Asian countries.
China has participated in the establishment
of such multilateral security and development mechanisms as CICA, the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and
supported the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation, the League of Arab States and other
organizations in playing their active roles, thus making an important
contribution to stability and prosperity in Asia.
“China will continue to
build peace, contribute to development and uphold order in the world, and work
for a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future
for mankind.” As a member of the Asian family and a responsible
major country in the global community, China once again made its solemn promise
at the Dushanbe summit.
China will stay
committed to peaceful development and reject a beggar-thy-neighbor approach, stay
committed to opening-up for win-win outcomes and share development
opportunities with other countries, and stay committed to
practicing multilateralism to safeguard the international order underpinned by
international law.
It demonstrated
China’s sense of responsibility to observe the Asian security concept under new
circumstances, and also sincere actions to promote the building of an Asian community
with a shared future.
The world is
undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Peace and development are the
general trend in today’s Asia, and development and prosperity conforms to
people’s aspiration. Taking the Dushanbe summit as a new starting point, China
will work with relevant countries to take the CICA process to a new level,
achieve new development, and join hands in a tireless pursuit of peace,
stability and prosperity and usher in a brighter future for Asia and beyond.
(Source: People’s Daily)
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