White paper released on China and the world in the new era
By Zhong Sheng
The State Council Information Office of China
published a white paper titled "China and the World in the New Era"
on Sept. 27, introducing China’s development achievements, paths and trend
concerned by the world in a systematic manner.
By expounding the relationship between China
and the world, the white paper guides people to view China from a broader
perspective and to better understand China’s interaction with the world.
The white paper points out that
China is a member of the world, and China's development is closely related to
the rest of the world. Over the past 70 years, the country has stood up, grown
rich and is becoming strong. Every achievement it has made justified its path
of independent development, and drew closer its relationship with the world.
China has become the world's second largest
economy, largest manufacturer, largest trader in goods, and second largest
consumer of commodities, which indicates China’s importance in the changing
global pattern.
How to perceive China’s path, understand
China’s development trend and conduct positive interaction with China has
become an important topic of the international society.
To understand that China is a member of the
world, one should see that the country has injected positive energy to global
peace and development. The country sticks to independent foreign policy of
peace, and follows the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (mutual respect
for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression,
non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit,
and peaceful coexistence).
Over the past 70 years, China has not provoked
a single war or conflict, nor invaded a single square of foreign land. China
has cut the size of its armed forces and taken active part in UN peacemaking
operations, consistently serving as a power of peace.
In pursuit of domestic construction and
reform, the country is further expanding opening-up and seeking common development.
Opening even wider to the world in the new era, China is making the cake of
global development larger and larger.
To understand that China
is a member of the world, one should also see that China’s development is
bringing opportunities to the world. China’s GDP accounts for nearly 16 percent
of the world’s total, contributing nearly 30 percent to the global economic
growth. The country’s development with higher quality will create better
opportunities for the world.
According to a McKinsey Global Institute
report, by 2040, the integration between China and the rest of the world is
expected to drive economic value of $22 trillion to $37 trillion, equivalent to
15 to 26 percent of global GDP.
Strengthened cooperation between China and other countries will create
enormous economic value.
To understand that China
is a member of the world, it’s important to see that the Chinese Dream shares
similar aspiration with the world.
Dreaming of prosperity and rejuvenation for their country, and
happiness for the people, the Chinese will contribute more energy to the
building of a better world.
The world is undergoing profound change unseen
in a century which brings not only risks and challenges, but also
opportunities. The
rise of China and other emerging market and developing countries helps
upholding the international system with the UN at its core and international
justice.
While seeking happiness for the people,
revitalization for the nation and common development for the world, China is
actively promoting the building of a new type of international relations and a
community with a shared future for mankind. It is also advancing the joint
construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and promoting a new model of
economic globalization.
The country is committed to expanding peaceful
and win-win development with other countries, and its wisdom, practices and
achievements have been broadly commended by the international society.
Looking back at the successes of the past
seven decades, the Chinese people are proud of all their achievements. But they
will not fall into complacency or stagnation.
In this new era, China will not waver in its
commitment to forging ahead on the path of socialism with Chinese
characteristics, pursuing mutual learning and mutually beneficial cooperation,
and working together with the rest of the world.
In the future, China will embrace the world in
a more open and inclusive manner, engage in more interactions with other
countries, and bring more progress and prosperity to itself and the rest of the
world.
As the white paper says, in the new era, China
and the world will share a better and brighter future.(Zhong Sheng is a penname
often used by People’s Daily to express its views on foreign policy.)
White paper released on China and the world in the new era
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