Where does the world go when learning is in progress? Xi Jinping on "Trends"

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Xinhua Network Jin Jiaxu

On October 25, President Xi Jinping attended the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the legitimate seat of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations in Beijing and delivered an important speech. "The tide of the world is mighty, and if it goes along with it, it will prosper, and if it goes against it, it will die." In his speech, Xi Jinping emphasized the "world trend" and emphasized the "general trend of history", what is the deep meaning? Xinhua News Agency's "Learning in Progress" original brand column "Workshop" launched an article to interpret for you.

"The tide of the world is mighty, and if it goes along with it, it will prosper, and if it goes against it, it will die." Based on the peak of the trend of the times, Xi Jinping reviewed and summarized a series of historical achievements in the 50 years since the People's Republic of China restored its legitimate seat in the United Nations, focused on the sustained and long-term development of the world, put forward the extremely important "China Initiative", and declared the unswerving "China Position".

Three Major Achievements, "China's Contribution" for the Benefit of Mankind

The unswerving pursuit of peace and development has always been the trend of the development and progress of human civilization.

76 years ago, the United Nations was established to establish the basic norms governing international relations and to explore ways of peace and progress for mankind who have just emerged from the catastrophe of war. Due to the obstruction of the United States and other Western countries in the Cold War environment, the People's Republic of China was excluded from the United Nations for a long time. In order to fight for China's legitimate rights, the Chinese government and the people of Chinese have waged an "unremitting and tireless struggle" and have won the joint support of the world's justice-upholding countries. Calls to restore the legitimate seat of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations eventually converged into an unstoppable wave of the times.

Fifty years ago, the Twenty-sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 2758 by an overwhelming majority, deciding to restore all the rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations and recognizing the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate representatives of China in the United Nations.

"This is the victory of the people of Chinese, and it is also the victory of the people of all countries in the world!" In his speech, Xi Jinping reviewed this historic moment, stressing that "this is of great and far-reaching significance to China and the world."

Summing up the past, China has always closely linked its own development with the United Nations and the whole world. In his speech, Xi Jinping used a series of eye-catching figures and successful cases to outline the three major historical contributions made by the People's Republic of China in the 50 years since it restored its legitimate seat in the United Nations:

In the past 50 years, Chinese people have always carried forward the spirit of self-improvement, grasped the direction of China's progress in the midst of changes, and written a magnificent epic of China and human development.

In the past 50 years, the people of Chinese have always united and cooperated with the people of all countries in the world, safeguarded international fairness and justice, and made major contributions to world peace and development.

In the past 50 years, Chinese people have always safeguarded the authority and status of the United Nations, practiced multilateralism, and deepened cooperation between China and the United Nations.

Over the past 50 years, after arduous struggle, Chinese have achieved the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way on the land of China with their own hands, won the battle against poverty, and historically solved the problem of absolute poverty; Chinese people are committed to promoting common development, from the "Tanzan Railway" to the "Belt and Road", providing assistance to developing countries within their capabilities, and constantly providing new opportunities for the world with China's development; China actively advocates the peaceful political settlement of disputes, sends more than 50,000 people to participate in UN peacekeeping operations, and has become the second largest CONTRIBUTOR to the UnCom and the second largest contributor to peacekeeping; China has always followed the spirit of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and insisted on integrating the universality of human rights with China's reality. It has embarked on a human rights development path that conforms to the trend of the times and has Chinese characteristics, and has made significant contributions to the progress of Chinese rights and the international human rights cause...

Over the past 50 years, the people of Chinese have continued to struggle to create their own development miracles while also influencing and changing the world, so that more developing countries can regain confidence and explore development paths suitable for their own national conditions.

Victory for justice and dedication to peaceful development. As Xi Jinping said, the 50 years since New China regained its legitimate seat in the United Nations have been 50 years of China's peaceful development and benefit to mankind.

Five-point initiative to answer the "question of the times" facing the world

The world trend, the mighty. Over the past 50 years, despite the ups and downs of the international situation, the trend of peaceful development has not changed. At present, the impact of the century-old changes and the epidemic of the century is superimposed and intertwined, and "what is wrong with the world and what should we do" is the "question of the times" that the whole world is facing.

At the conference, Xi Jinping further put forward a five-point initiative to guide the world in the direction of progress with clear and unambiguous "Chinese wisdom".

We should vigorously promote the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for all mankind, and jointly provide correct conceptual guidance for building a better world.

We should work together to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and jointly build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, inclusiveness, cleanliness and beauty.

-- We should adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly promote economic and social development to better benefit the people.

We should strengthen cooperation and jointly address various challenges and global problems facing mankind.

We should resolutely safeguard the authority and status of the United Nations and jointly practice genuine multilateralism.

In Xi Jinping's eyes, peace and development are the unchanging themes of the times, and "the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results is unstoppable"

Read Xi Jinping's speech carefully, "Carry forward the common values of all mankind", "Build a community with a shared future for mankind", "Jointly cope with various challenges facing mankind"... A series of initiatives with "humanity" as the keyword consistently reflect the overall vision of the "China Plan"; emphasizing more equitable development and forming the greatest common denominator for building a better world reflects China's important role as the only developing country among the permanent members of the UN Security Council, speaking fairly, doing things, and defending international fairness and justice.

These initiatives are full of the genes of the times, practical character and human feelings, and the value theories summed up by Chinese leaders who conform to the trend of the times and stand on the side of human progress contain the power of truth.

Three "Persistence", the "China Position" at the Top of the Tide

"Standing at a new historical starting point, China will persist in taking the road of peaceful development and always be a builder of world peace; adhere to the road of reform and opening up and always be a contributor to global development; and adhere to the road of multilateralism and always be a defender of international order."

Xi Jinping used these three "insistences" to declare in a sonorous tone the "Chinese position" facing the future of the world.

If a country wants to achieve rejuvenation, it must advance in the logic of historical progress and develop in the tide of the development of the times. At present, the international pattern has been profoundly adjusted, and the factors of instability and uncertainty have increased. Individual countries cling to the Cold War mentality, often claim to uphold the "rules-based international order", try to impose their will and standards on others, and replace universally accepted international laws with rules formulated by a small number of countries.

To choose the way forward and avoid losing ourselves in the complicated current international situation, we must unswervingly take the correct path, take a clear stand against the wrong position, sum up the laws of history, and grasp the time and trend of historical progress.

In his speech, Xi Jinping clearly stressed that we should conform to the general trend of history, adhere to cooperation, do not engage in confrontation, adhere to openness and closure, adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results, do not engage in zero-sum games, resolutely oppose all forms of hegemonism and power politics, and resolutely oppose all forms of unilateralism and protectionism.

These three "uphold and do not engage" and two "resolutely oppose" have clearly pointed out the orientation of "the correct side of history" and "the side of human progress."

Talking about safeguarding the authority and status of the United Nations, Xi Jinping said that international rules can only be jointly formulated by the 193 member states of the United Nations, and cannot be decided by individual countries and groups of countries. International rules should be observed by the 193 States Members of the United Nations, and there are no and should be exceptions.

Talking about promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, Xi Jinping further clarified the understanding for the world: it is not to replace another system with one system, not to replace another civilization with one civilization, but to coexist in the interests, rights and responsibilities of countries with different social systems, different ideologies, different histories and cultures, and different levels of development in international affairs.

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Xi Jinping's clear answer to the question of the direction of development of the international order reflects the broad consensus of the international community and also strengthens the stability force for the adjusting international relations system.

We should always be builders of world peace, contributors to global development, and defenders of international order. China's position, China's plan and Chinese wisdom will surely lead the times and move towards the right path of building a community with a shared future for mankind.