BEIJING: China is committed to working with countries around the world to strive for the goal of building a community with a shared future for humanity, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Friday.
Ma made the remarks during a press conference on activities marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Through joint efforts between China and the international community, the initiative of building a community with a shared future for humanity put forward by China has built a consensus in the international community and has been translated into practice that involves multilateral engagement and features evolution from development to security and from cooperation to governance, Ma said.
Ma added that it has expanded from bilateral to multilateral, regional to global, development to security, and cooperation to governance, yielding comprehensive and pioneering results.
“The vision breaks the ‘small circles’ rules of bloc politics and goes beyond the hegemonic logic of ‘might makes right,’ providing a new approach to international relations and global governance,” said Ma, adding that “It transcends the so-called ‘universal values’ unilaterally defined by a handful of Western countries.”
Noting the initiative of building a community with a shared future for humanity has been included in the resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the declaration of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit for eight consecutive years, and in the declaration of the BRICS Summit eight times, Ma said the initiative has become an international public good of significant symbolic meaning in today’s world. Speaking of the major crises and challenges in recent years, Ma called for strengthening, not weakening, the role of the United Nations (UN), saying reforms are needed to help the world body tackle global challenges.
The UN’s effectiveness depends on member states upholding the UN Charter and observing international law and the basic norms governing international relations, said the Chinese vice foreign minister.
Ma added that reforms are needed to help the organization better respond to global challenges, especially by boosting the representation and voice of developing countries in international affairs.
Noting the great victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was a historic turning point for the Chinese nation to emerge from deep crisis and achieve national rejuvenation, Ma said since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, China has adhered to an independent foreign policy of peace, proposed the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, and advocated the promotion of world multipolarization and democracy in international relations. Ma also mentioned how China continues to make important contributions to the cause of world peace and development.
Ma also stressed at the press conference that the Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests, saying that external elements using Taiwan to contain China are playing with fire and will only get burnt. –The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
