The Lane Xang passenger train of the China-Laos Railway runs past a maintenance center in Luang Prabang, Laos, March 30, 2023. /Xinhua
The international community has spoken highly of China-proposed three global initiatives, acknowledging that they reflect China's global vision and provide comprehensive solutions to the challenges confronting humanity, according to a white paper released on Tuesday.
The white paper, titled "A Global Community of Shared Future: China's Proposals and Actions," was released by the State Council Information Office.
The concept of building a global community of shared future is visionary and inspiring and is bound to contribute to the development and prosperity of the human society, experts have said.
By engaging with stakeholders through regional and bilateral initiatives, China actively contributes to regional peace and development, said Khalid Taimur Akram, executive director of the Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future.
"I identify with the notion of building a community of shared future for mankind because our own destinies are for sure intertwined. Only through joint endeavor, mankind can achieve well-being," said Aleksey Rodionov, a professor of department of Chinese philology at St. Petersburg State University.
"Venezuela supports the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative. It is through common efforts, under the spirit of complementarity, solidarity and cooperation, that we can change the course toward a shared future of prosperity and stability for all of humanity," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil told the General Debate of the UN General Assembly last week.
It is widely recognized that peace and stability, material sufficiency and cultural-ethical enrichment represent the basic goals of human society. The three global initiatives proposed by China guide the advancement of human society across these three dimensions. Resonating and complementing each other, they have evolved into a crucial cornerstone for building a global community of shared future.
The Global Development Initiative is highly compatible with the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and resonates with the aspirations of developing countries for greater development.
China hosted the High-level Dialogue on Global Development and presented 32 major measures to implement the initiative, such as creating the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund totaling $4 billion, launching the China-FAO South-South Cooperation Trust Fund (Phase III), and strengthening support for the China-UN Peace and Development Fund.
The Global Security Initiative upholds the principle of common security, emphasizes comprehensive approaches, pursues sustainable security through cooperative efforts, and makes a valuable contribution to addressing international security challenges.
China is the second largest contributor to both the UN's regular budget and peacekeeping assessments, and the largest contributor of peacekeeping troops among the permanent members of the Security Council. China has become a key force in UN peacekeeping, having sent more than 50,000 personnel to UN peacekeeping operations in over 20 countries and regions over the past three decades and more.
The Global Civilization Initiative calls on all countries to respect the diversity of civilizations in the world, which is conducive to facilitating exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations.
China has celebrated over 30 large-scale cultural and tourist "years" (festivals), such as the China-Italy Year of Culture and Tourism, the China-Greece Year of Culture and Tourism, and the China-Spain Year of Culture and Tourism. It has promoted the steady development of 16 multilateral exchanges and cooperation mechanisms, as well as 25 bilateral cooperation mechanisms.