It is closely related to the dreams of the people of the world

Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition

Figure (1): People use fitness equipment by the sea in Dakar, Senegal, on November 24. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yan

Figure (2): The picture shows Container Terminal 3 in the port of Piraeus, Greece. Photo courtesy of COSCO SHIPPING Port Piraeus Terminal Co., Ltd. (Xinhua News Agency)

Photo (3): Thai engineer Na Tavu works on the production line of DunAn Metal (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in the Thai-China Rayong Industrial Park in Rayong, Thailand, on November 8. Photo by Laheng (Xinhua News Agency)

Figure (4): On November 9, in Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia, a high-speed rail EMU is conducting a hot slip test in the test section of the Yawan high-speed railway. Photo by Li Xuanxuan (Xinhua News Agency)

There are American entrepreneurs who are deeply moved by it;

There are Pakistani dignitaries who give it affectionate poetry;

Some British media called it "about the fate of the world";

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It is the Chinese dream!

On November 29, 2012, at the National Museum of China, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, first proposed the concept of the Chinese Dream when he visited the exhibition "The Road to Rejuvenation": "Now, everyone is discussing the Chinese Dream, and I think that realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times. More than three months later, at the National People's Congress, Xi Jinping issued the inaugural declaration of China's president. In his nearly 25-minute speech, Xi mentioned the "Chinese Dream" 9 times and the "people" 44 times, and his exposition on the "Chinese Dream" was interrupted again and again by enthusiastic applause.

Since then, President Xi Jinping has repeatedly declared on many occasions in international exchanges that the Chinese dream is a dream of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, which is closely related to the beautiful dreams of the people of the world, and the Chinese people are willing to support and help each other with the people of all countries in the process of realizing their respective dreams.

In the past 10 years, China has shared its development experience and opportunities with other countries in the world, and welcomes all countries to take the "fast train", "free ride" and "free ride" of China's development to achieve common development. The Chinese dream resonates with the dreams of people around the world.

The recent successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has made the international community more convinced that the Chinese dream is a dream of pursuing happiness and peace and a dream of contributing to the world.

"The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China sends a clear signal that China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China will firmly uphold the basic norms of international relations and international fairness and justice, promote the implementation of global development initiatives and global security initiatives, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind." Dave Bromitsch, a New Zealand expert on China, said a China with a stable society and a strong economy is the world's well-being.

The Chinese dream is a dream of pursuing happiness

What is the Chinese Dream? The world is eager to understand the great dream of China, a great power in the East.

On the evening of September 22, 2015, a dinner to welcome President Xi Jinping's visit was grandly held in Seattle, USA. Standing on the banquet podium, President Xi Jinping recounted the story of Liang Jiahe, and his words were full of affection——

"In the late '60s, when I was a teenager, I went from Beijing to Liangjiahe, a small village called Liangjiahe in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, China, and spent seven years there as a farmer. At that time, my fellow villagers and I lived in earthen kilns and slept on earthen kilns, and the villagers lived in poverty, often without eating a piece of meat for months. I understand what the folks need most! Later, I became the secretary of the party branch of this village and led the villagers to develop production. I understand what the common people need. One of the things I'm looking forward to is to let the villagers eat a full meal of meat and eat it often. However, this wish was difficult to achieve at the time. ”

President Xi Jinping continued: "This Spring Festival, I returned to this small village. Liangjiahe built asphalt roads, villagers lived in brick houses, used the Internet, the elderly enjoyed basic pensions, villagers had medical insurance, children could receive a good education, and of course eating meat was no longer a problem. This made me more deeply realize that the Chinese dream is the dream of the people and must be combined with the Chinese people's yearning for a better life in order to succeed. ”

The simple words vividly explained the connotation of the Chinese dream and deeply touched the guests, including Starbucks founder Howard Schultz. In November 2020, Schultz wrote to President Xi Jinping: "To this day, I still remember the story you shared that day about Liangjiahe. The 'yearning for a better life' contained in the Chinese dream reminds me of the American dream. ”

Liang Jiahe's story vividly shows that the Chinese dream is a dream for the pursuit of happiness. The Chinese dream is the dream of the Chinese nation and the dream of every Chinese. The Chinese Dream allows everyone to share the opportunity to shine in life and share the opportunity to make their dreams come true.

On the road of dreaming and pursuing happiness, Chinese people wrote a magnificent epic of poverty alleviation. Over the past 10 years, nearly 100 million rural poor people in China have been lifted out of poverty, solving the problem of absolute poverty in a historic way and making significant contributions to global poverty reduction. The fate of countless people has been changed as a result, countless people's dreams have been realized, and countless people's happiness has been fulfilled because of this.

On the road of persisting in dreams and reaping happiness, Chinese people share more and better the fruits of development. In the past 10 years, the consolidation rate of China's nine-year compulsory education has increased by 3.6 percentage points to 95.4%, the average urban and rural subsistence allowance standards have increased by 1.2 times and 2.1 times respectively, 280 million rural people have solved the problem of drinking water safety, and more than 140 million people have lived in affordable housing and fulfilled their dreams of living in peace...

All the past is a prologue.

Today, China has completed the historical task of alleviating poverty and building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, has achieved the first centenary goal, is marching towards the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promotes the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. The new journey is full of glory and dreams.

In the past 10 years since the Chinese Dream was proposed, the international community's understanding of the essence of the Chinese Dream has become increasingly deep: national prosperity, national rejuvenation, and people's happiness -- this is the Chinese dream, the people's dream, and everyone's dream.

The Chinese dream is a dream of peace

What is the relationship between the Chinese dream and the dreams of people all over the world? The world is eager to understand the deep logic of China, the great eastern power, towards a great rejuvenation.

"Napoleon said that China is a sleeping lion, and when this sleeping lion wakes up, the world will tremble for it. The Chinese lion has woken up, but this is a peaceful, amiable, civilized lion. In March 2014, at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, President Xi Jinping said.

A vivid metaphor illustrates a profound truth: the Chinese dream is a dream of peace.

The Chinese dream is a dream of peace, rooted in Chinese history. The Chinese nation does not have the genes in its blood to invade others and dominate the world, and the Chinese people do not accept the logic that "a strong country must hegemony". President Xi Jinping said: "Peace in the world and sharing harmony have been the ideals of the Chinese nation that have lasted for thousands of years. Through suffering, the Chinese people cherish peace and hope to work with other countries in the world to seek peace, protect peace and share peace. History will prove that the realization of the Chinese dream brings to the world opportunities rather than threats, peace rather than turmoil, and progress rather than retrogression. ”

The Chinese dream is a dream of peace and is rooted in Chinese reality. The Chinese dream needs peace, and only peace can realize the dream. On November 17, President Xi Jinping emphasized in a written speech at the APEC Business Leaders Summit: "What the Chinese people want most is peace and stability. Taking the path of peaceful development is a strategic choice made in accordance with the fundamental interests of the Chinese people. ”

In the past 10 years, the international community has increasingly felt that China has always been a builder of world peace, a defender of international order and a contributor to global development.

China is the mainstay of safeguarding world peace, firmly supports and actively participates in UN peacekeeping operations, and is the country that has sent the most peacekeepers among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. In September 2015, when President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the United Nations peacekeeping summit, he told a touching story -

"Chinese female peacekeepers and Zhihong died in the line of duty while performing a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, leaving behind a 4-year-old young son and parents who are over the age of Hua Jia. She once wrote: 'In the great world, I may be just a feather, but I also want to carry the wish for peace in the form of a feather.' This is her wish during her lifetime, and it is also China's commitment to peace." ”

He Zhihong was only 35 years old when he died in the line of duty. She loves her home and country deeply, but her strong sense of mission makes her leave her homeland to go to the front line of peacekeeping, because she has a dream in her heart, which is the peace and tranquility of the world.

"How Chinese define and pursue their dreams will have an important impact on the rest of the world." The American "Atlantic Monthly" published an article saying, "All China hopes for is a peaceful rise in the world." ”

The Chinese dream is a dream of contributing to the world

What will the Chinese Dream bring to the world? The world is eager to share in the unlimited opportunities brought by China's development.

In June 2014, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, President Xi Jinping mentioned such a story -

In Yiwu, a city populated by Arab merchants, a Jordanian businessman named Mohamnaed opened an authentic Arabic restaurant. He brought the original Arabic food culture to Yiwu, and also reaped career success in the prosperity of Yiwu, and finally tied the knot with Chinese girls and took root in China. ”

Today, Mohammed's business is getting bigger and bigger, and he and his wife have opened a new restaurant. Mohammed's struggle is a perfect combination of the Chinese dream and the Arab dream. He said, "The Chinese dream is like a flower, after the flower, the whole world can smell the flower." ”

"If you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are good, you will benefit the world." This is the moral character and mind that the Chinese nation has always advocated. China's single-mindedness in running its own affairs is not only responsible for itself, but also a contribution to the world. With the continuous development of China, China has done and will continue to do its best to make its own contribution to world peace and development.

Practice has proved that the Chinese dream is a dream of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, and a dream of contributing to the world. In the process of pursuing the Chinese dream, Chinese people help and support people of all countries to realize their beautiful dreams.

In the carriage of the "Lancang" bullet train, several innocent and cute Laotian children touched here and looked there, excited. The children came from the Laos China-Laos Friendship Nong Bingcun Primary School, and this was their first train ride.

In April 2019, President Xi Jinping wrote in a reply letter to all the teachers and students of this primary school: "Welcome to Beijing on the China-Laos Railway train as soon as possible. "After more than two years of anticipation, in December 2021, the China-Laos Railway was officially put into operation, connecting the Chinese dream and the Lao dream.

At the intersection of the Chinese dream and the dreams of people around the world, Mozambique has built the Maputo Bridge, the Greek port of Piraeus has been revitalized, the Yawan high-speed railway project has been launched, Indonesia and Southeast Asia are about to have the first high-speed railway...

The Financial Times reported that "the Chinese dream is not only about the fate of China, but also about the fate of the world". Over the past 10 years, President Xi Jinping has put forward the major concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, proposed the "Belt and Road" initiative, proposed the global development initiative and the global security initiative... China and the world join hands to realize the dream, so that the Chinese dream and the world dream resonate at the same frequency.

ECB President Christine Lagarde once said, "I hope my children and grandchildren grow up listening to the Chinese dream, which will help them live a better life." "Dreams have no barriers, dreams are closely connected, and dreams convey the beautiful vision of peace and development for all mankind.

Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow; History - Reality - Future.

All great achievements are the result of continuous struggle, and all great dreams will inevitably be realized in carrying on the past and forging ahead.

Today, we are closer than ever before, more confident and capable of realizing the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The dreamers of the new era will surely paint a more magnificent picture of endeavor, and the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will surely be realized! (Reporter Pan Xutao)

People's Daily Overseas Edition (November 29, 2022 Version 05)