Translated by Claude, edited by Sinocism.com

Continuously Promote the Building of a Community of Shared Future for Mankind

持续推动构建人类命运共同体

By Ma Zhaoxu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of the ministry's day-to-day diplomatic work

外交部分管外交日常业务工作的副部长 马朝旭

Study Times, July 15, 2026, page 1

At the ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that in promoting the building of a community of shared future for mankind, we have contributed Chinese wisdom, Chinese plans, and Chinese strength to solving major problems facing humanity. General Secretary Xi Jinping made the imperative of continuously promoting the building of a community of shared future for mankind one of the "Five Musts" for "firming up confidence and continuing to strive, and constantly creating new achievements worthy of the times and the people." General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions point the direction and provide the fundamental guideline for us to promote the building of a community of shared future for mankind.

习近平总书记在庆祝中国共产党成立105周年大会上指出，我们推动构建人类命运共同体，为解决人类重大问题贡献了中国智慧、中国方案、中国力量。习近平总书记将必须持续推动构建人类命运共同体作为“坚定信心、接续奋斗，不断创造无愧于时代和人民的新业绩”的“五个必须”之一。习近平总书记的重要论述为我们推动构建人类命运共同体指明了方向、提供了根本遵循。

The concept of a community of shared future for mankind has become a glorious banner leading the times forward

人类命运共同体理念成为引领时代前进的光辉旗帜

The Communist Party of China seeks happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and also seeks progress for humanity and the common good for the world. With an eye to the fundamental long-term interests of the Chinese people and the people of the world, and with deep feeling for the people, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the important concept of building a community of shared future for mankind. Building a community of shared future for mankind was written successively into the reports of the Party's 19th and 20th National Congresses, listed as an essential requirement of Chinese modernization, and formally written into the Party Constitution and the state Constitution, rising to become the will of the Communist Party of China and of all the Chinese people.

中国共产党既为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴，也为人类谋进步、为世界谋大同。习近平总书记着眼中国人民和世界人民的根本长远利益，以深厚的人民情怀，提出构建人类命运共同体重要理念。构建人类命运共同体，先后写入党的十九大、二十大报告，列入中国式现代化的本质要求，并正式写入党章和宪法，上升为中国共产党和全体中国人民的意志。

Human society shares weal and woe; countries have a stake in one another, with each containing something of the other. As the once-in-a-century transformation accelerates and the world enters a new period of turbulence and change, humanity again stands at a crossroads. In the face of global crises, no person and no country can remain unaffected on their own; humanity has only one way out — pulling together in unity and coexisting in harmony. It was precisely on the basis of such profound reflection that in March 2013, at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, General Secretary Xi Jinping first proposed that humanity lives in the same global village, in the same time and space where history and reality converge, and is increasingly becoming a community of shared future in which each contains something of the other. In September 2015, at the general debate of the 70th UN General Assembly, he made clear the overall "five-in-one" framework for building a community of shared future for mankind. In January 2017, delivering a speech at the UN Office at Geneva, he put forward the overall goal of building "five worlds." In June 2018, the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs established the guiding status of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy and summarized it as the "Ten Persistences," one of which is persisting in promoting the building of a community of shared future for mankind with the purpose of safeguarding world peace and promoting common development. At the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs held in December 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping further systematically expounded the "main beams and pillars" of the scientific system for building a community of shared future for mankind.

人类社会休戚相关、福祸相依，各国你中有我、我中有你。随着百年变局加速演进，世界进入新的动荡变革期，人类又一次站在何去何从的十字路口。面对全球性危机，任何人任何国家都无法独善其身，人类只有和衷共济、和合共生这一条出路。正是基于这样深邃的思考，2013年3月，习近平总书记在莫斯科国际关系学院首次提出，人类生活在同一个地球村里，生活在历史和现实交汇的同一个时空里，越来越成为你中有我、我中有你的命运共同体。2015年9月，在第70届联合国大会一般性辩论上，明确了构建人类命运共同体“五位一体”的总体框架。2017年1月，习近平总书记在联合国日内瓦总部发表演讲，提出建设“五个世界”的总目标。2018年6月，中央外事工作会议确立了习近平外交思想的指导地位，把习近平外交思想概括为“十个坚持”，其中之一就是坚持以维护世界和平、促进共同发展为宗旨推动构建人类命运共同体。在2023年12月召开的中央外事工作会议上，习近平总书记进一步系统阐述了构建人类命运共同体科学体系的“四梁八柱”。

A community of shared future for mankind means that the future and destiny of every nation and every country are closely linked, sharing the same boat through wind and rain, sharing honor and disgrace, striving to build this planet on which we are born and raised into one harmonious family, and turning the aspiration of people in all countries for a better life into reality. It is not about replacing one system with another, or one civilization with another, but about countries with different systems, different ideologies, different histories and cultures, and different levels of development sharing interests, sharing rights, and sharing responsibilities in international affairs, forming the greatest common denominator for jointly building a better world.

人类命运共同体就是每个民族、每个国家的前途命运都紧紧联系在一起，风雨同舟、荣辱与共，努力把生于斯、长于斯的这个星球建成一个和睦的大家庭，把世界各国人民对美好生活的向往变成现实。它不是以一种制度代替另一种制度，不是以一种文明代替另一种文明，而是不同制度、不同意识形态、不同历史文化、不同发展水平的国家在国际事务中利益共生、权利共享、责任共担，形成共建美好世界的最大公约数。

The goal of promoting the building of a community of shared future for mankind is to build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, and cleanliness and beauty. Lasting peace realizes the shared wish of people in all countries to reject war and seek peace. Safeguarding world peace is a responsibility every country should shoulder; countries should build partnerships of dialogue rather than confrontation and of partnership rather than alliance, respect one another, consult on an equal footing, and resolutely abandon Cold War thinking and power politics. Universal security targets the pursuit by some countries of absolute security, building their own security on the turbulence of others. All parties should foster a vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, respond in a coordinated way to traditional and non-traditional security threats, and oppose all forms of terrorism. Common prosperity means making the pie of the world economy bigger and dividing it well, so that people in all countries share the fruits of development. Countries should uphold the idea that all do well when each does well, create favorable conditions for the common development of humanity, jointly promote the development and prosperity of all countries, and let the fruits of development benefit every country in the world. Openness and inclusiveness means persisting in exchange and mutual learning among different civilizations, with all countries growing and progressing together. Different civilizations should coexist harmoniously and complement one another, jointly providing spiritual strength for human development. Cleanliness and beauty means persisting in green and low-carbon development, seeking a path of sustainable development, building an ecological system that respects nature and pursues green development, and protecting the planetary home on which humanity depends.

推动构建人类命运共同体的目标是建设持久和平、普遍安全、共同繁荣、开放包容、清洁美丽的世界。持久和平，是实现各国人民拒绝战争、谋求和平的共同心愿。维护世界和平是每个国家都应该肩负起来的责任，国家之间要构建对话不对抗、结伴不结盟的伙伴关系，相互尊重、平等协商，坚决摒弃冷战思维和强权政治。普遍安全，针对的是一些国家追求绝对安全、将本国安全建立在别国动荡之上。各方应树立共同、综合、合作、可持续的安全观，统筹应对传统和非传统安全威胁，反对一切形式的恐怖主义。共同繁荣，是把世界经济这块蛋糕做大、分好，让各国人民共享发展成果。各国应坚持你好我好大家好的理念，创造人类共同发展的良好条件，共同推动世界各国发展繁荣，让发展成果惠及世界各国。开放包容，是坚持不同文明交流互鉴，各国共同成长进步。不同文明应该和谐共生、相得益彰，共同为人类发展提供精神力量。清洁美丽，是坚持绿色低碳，寻求永续发展之路，构筑尊崇自然、绿色发展的生态体系，保护好人类赖以生存的地球家园。

The principle for promoting the building of a community of shared future for mankind is extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits: global affairs should be handled through consultation by all, international rules should be jointly formulated and observed by all countries, and the fruits of governance should also be shared by all, thoroughly discarding the law of the jungle and power politics. Major countries should act like major countries, provide more global public goods, shoulder the responsibilities of major countries, and demonstrate the commitment of major countries. Practice the common values of humanity — peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom. Promote the building of a new type of international relations, persist in mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation, and blaze a new path for state-to-state interaction. Pursue high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, deepen connectivity and strategic alignment among countries, and promote the development of all countries and the modernization of the world. Increase the representation and voice of developing countries. Strengthen global governance of artificial intelligence, and ensure that AI is for good and benefits all humanity.