General Secretary Xi Jinping Calls on World Political Parties to Build a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind

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General Secretary Xi Jinping Calls on World Political Parties to Build a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind

CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping states in his speech at the opening ceremony of CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting in Beijing on Dec. 1, 2017 that the CPC is willing to work with other political parties around the world to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and create a better world.

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Building a community with a shared future for mankind

General Secretary Xi Jinping said the initiative of building a community with a shared future for mankind is being transformed from a concept into action. "I'm delighted to see that the friendly cooperation between China and other countries is increasingly expanding and the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is gaining support and endorsement from an increasing number of people." Xi said.

The Belt and Road Initiative is the practice of the concept, Xi added, the initiative has become a huge cooperation platform for countries concerned to realize their common development.

Proposed by Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative aims to build trade and infrastructure networks connecting Asia with Europe and Africa via land and maritime routes.

In the speech, he said building a community with a shared future for mankind is in essence to connect the prospects and destinies of every nation and country closely together, share weal and woe, and turn planet Earth into a harmonious family.

He pointed out efforts shall be made to build a safe world free of fear, adding a country cannot gain its security at the cost of others'. Threats facing other countries may be challenges to ourselves.

"Facing increasingly complicated and integrated threats, we shall not fight alone, nor shall we worship military force," he said, adding all countries should pursue a new concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security.

All countries should create fair, just and shared security to jointly eliminate the root cause of war and rescue people from pains brought about by war, he stated.

In the meantime, countries should also strive to eliminate poverty and promote common prosperity, Xi Jinping cited challenges such as the North-South development gap, poverty, hunger and digital gap.

The old-school winner-takes-all mentality and beggar-thy-neighbor approach would not only block the doors of others, but also barricade one's own path. "They would erode a country's own roots for growth, and impair the future of whole humanity," he emphasized.

The world should push for an economic globalization that is more open and inclusive, more balanced, more equitable and beneficial to all, to bring prosperity to all countries and create comfortable lives for children worldwide, he noted.

Xi Jinping went on to stress the significance of an open and inclusive world, urging the world to break cultural barriers and let all kinds of civilizations exist and grow in harmony.

Laying emphasis on the building of a clean and beautiful world with picturesque scenery, he called for efforts to ensure coexistence between man and nature, cherish the environment as we cherish our own lives, respect and protect nature, and safeguard the irreplaceable planet Earth.

New Model of party-to-party relations

General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to develop a new model of party-to-party relations, in which political parties seek common grounds while shelving differences, respect and learn from one another. Political parties of different countries should work together for an international network of cooperation and exchange in various forms and at multiple levels, he said.

With an open vision and broad mind, the CPC is willing to carry out dialogues, exchanges and cooperation with peoples and political parties of other countries, he noted. In the next five years, the CPC would like to invite 15,000 members of foreign political parties to China for exchanges, Xi said.

He also suggested that the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting be institutionalized and developed into a high-level political dialogue platform of broad representation and international influence.

China will not "export" Chinese model

General Secretary Xi Jinping said the CPC would neither import foreign models of development nor export the Chinese model. "We will not ask other countries to copy the Chinese practice," he added.

He reiterated that the CPC strives for both the well-being of the Chinese people and human progress.

Therefore, besides taking care of China's internal matters, the CPC will create opportunities for the world through China's development, said Xi Jinping.

The CPC, as the biggest political party in the world, will also explore the law of social development for humanity and share it with other countries, according to Xi.

Noting that one of the founding missions of the CPC, established in 1921, was to end the plight of the country which had suffered long period of war and to ensure the people's survival, Xi stressed that the CPC knows deeply the value of peace and holds firm resolve in maintaining peace, and that the CPC will, as always, contribute to world peace.

To date, China has dispatched over 36,000 peacekeeping personnel and the country is acting as a major peacekeeping force and contributor of funds for UN peacekeeping missions.

He pledged that no matter what stage of development China reaches, it will never seek hegemony or engage in expansion.

The CPC will continue working for common development around the world and contributing to exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations of the world, Xi said.