The Research Center on Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind was officially inaugurated in Beijing on Thursday, representing a major step forward in the journey towards developing sustainable solutions for global challenges.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, unveiled the center at the China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), underscoring its profound significance for the modern era and its lasting impact on the world.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Wang said that building a community with a shared future for mankind is a major original idea of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and the core concept of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy.
It is China's answer to the question of "what kind of world to build and how to build it," and has considerable theoretical value, great significance for the times and far-reaching global influence, he said.
The vision of a community with a shared future for mankind demonstrates the founding mission of the CPC, carries forward the fine traditions of Chinese culture, demonstrates the power of scientific theories, and expounds on China's stance in the face of changes unseen in a century, he noted.
"Building a community with a shared future for mankind reflects our Party's inherent internationalist sentiments. It organically combines the fundamental interests of the Chinese people with those of people around the world and closely links China's future with that of the world," Wang said.
Wang also noted the progress made in turning this vision into reality.
"We are pleased to see that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind has evolved from an initiative into consensus, from a vision into practice, driving profound and positive changes in the world," he said.
China has made a five-point proposal for building a global community for a shared future, namely partnerships, security environment, development, inter-civilization exchanges, and ecosystem.
The initiative has already taken shape through concrete efforts such as the Belt and Road cooperation, said Gao Fei, vice president of the CFAU.
"We are advancing the building of a community with a shared future for mankind in a pragmatic way. For instance, the Belt and Road Initiative is an important practical platform for this vision. From many aspects, we can see that a community with a shared future for mankind is a conceptual guide for conducting major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics," Gao said.
Research center on building community with shared future for mankind inaugurated in Beijing
A survey released by CGTN to global netizens shows that respondents strongly condemn the U.S.'s unilateral bullying of other countries under the pretext of "reciprocal tariffs," saying that this move may trigger countermeasures from other countries and eventually evolve into a "tariff world war," seriously impacting the world economy.
The U.S. claims that it has suffered losses in international trade and is raising tariffs on all trading partners under the pretext of "reciprocity," aiming to reduce the trade deficit. However, 81.03 percent of global respondents do not agree with this, believing that such measures will not achieve the expected results. During his first term in office, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on major trading partners. According to statistics from the American Action Forum, a think tank, Trump's protectionist policies during the first term cost U.S. consumers about 57 billion U.S. dollars annually. According to the survey, 81.94 percent of respondents believe that "reciprocal tariffs" cannot solve U.S.'s own problems but will only harm the interests of U.S. consumers and drag down the U.S. economic growth.
The competitiveness of products from different countries varies. Each country can set appropriate tariffs based on its own products to achieve "mutual benefit" in the international market. The "tariff farce" of the U.S. side is a selective disregard for the balance of interests reached through multilateral trade negotiations. Some 82.8 percent of the respondents point out that in the context of unequal economic development and economic strength of different countries, the U.S. insistence on full and complete reciprocity in tariffs is extremely irrational.
The majority of the U.S. tariffs this time are targeted at developing countries. Regarding this, 82.96 percent of the respondents condemn the U.S. for conducting "indiscriminate attacks" on other countries on the issue of tariffs, believing that this is a deprivation of the development rights of other countries, especially developing countries. According to the survey, 84.43 percent of the respondents believe that the U.S.'s imposition of "reciprocal tariffs" will exacerbate the problem of trade unfairness with its trading partners and traditional allies, seriously damaging the country's credibility.
As a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the U.S. has unilaterally and subjectively introduced so-called "reciprocal tariffs" and insisted on implementing them. This is a typical act of unilateral bullying. In response, 79.47 percent of the respondents criticize the U.S. for seriously violating the rules of the WTO. In the survey, 79.58 percent of the respondents say that "reciprocal tariffs" have become a new tool for the U.S. to promote trade protectionism, which will further intensify international trade tensions and global economic fragmentation.
This survey was released on CGTN's English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian platforms. Within 24 hours, a total of 9,600 overseas netizens participated in the survey and expressed their views.
CGTN poll: US 'reciprocal tariffs' draw condemnation from world
