PESHAWAR: A Roundtable Discussion on “Community with Shared Future for Mankind” was held virtually on Wednesday.
A press release issued by CGSS said this round table discussion was jointly organized by Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar and Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future, Communication University of China, Beijing, China.
The session commenced with the opening remarks of Prof. Deqiang Ji, Vice Dean, Institute for a Community with Shared Future, Communication University of China, Beijing, China. He joined the round table discussion virtually from China.
He highlighted that this is a very timely initiative by the institutions keeping in view the importance of consensus-building and interaction at the global and regional level. This is particularly important in the post-covid-19 era. Prof. Dr. Shabir Ahmed, Director, Area Study Center (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar discussed that China believes that unity and diversity can only be adopted and promoted by dialogue on equal footing, mutual learning, and common prosperity.
Prof. Dr. Zahid Anwar, Director, China Study Centre, University of Peshawar, discussed that the foreign policy of China is based on five basic principles including peaceful co-existence that provides the foundation of building a community with a shared and prosperous future for mankind.
China has introduced a win-win model for the global community in this century in the shape of the Belt and Road initiative. It is against none and all-inclusive. China also believes that no nation can solve its issues by living in isolation.
Dr. Zarmina Baluch, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Islamia College University Peshawar and Member Board of Experts, CGSS highlighted that we are living in a contemporary capitalist world surrounded by globalization, power politics, proxy wars, and interstate aggression. What the world needs today are conflict management and mutual interaction. Hence, building peace is required. The themes of dialogue of civilization and building a community of shared future for mankind present an opportunity to share ideas and learn from each other. This contributes to the collective wisdom for the development of universal civilization.
President Xi is the only contemporary global leader who has proposed and uplifted the idea of a community with a shared future. Furthermore, the Chinese nation also holds such beliefs as, “peace is most precious”, “harmony without uniformity” and “universal love and non-aggression”.
Dr. Shafi Afridi, Assistant Professor, Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar discussed the origin of the idea of a community with a shared future. He explained that this idea was first highlighted by Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2007. –PR
