From December 27 to 28, 2023, the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China was successfully held in Beijing. H.E. President Xi Jinping delivered an important address during the conference. He reviewed China’s major diplomatic achievements and valuable experience, gave a profound exposition on the international situation, and made comprehensive plans for Chinese diplomacy for the coming periods. The conference highlighted that building a community with a shared future for mankind is the noble goal of Chinese diplomacy, and put forward important propositions such as promoting an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.

Building a community with a shared future for mankind is the most important solution put forward by China to promote the global governance, which aims to advocate the practice of the common values of all humanity through the pathway of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, and jointly build an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world featuring lasting peace, universal security and common prosperity. In recent years, China has put forward the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, pointing the right direction for human society leading to common development, lasting peace and security and mutual learning between civilizations, and to work together to address challenges and achieve common prosperity.

Now with great transformation accelerating across the world, the international situation is undergoing complex and profound adjustments. In some regions hot issues such as wars and conflicts have their sporadic outbreaks. But China firmly believes that the overall direction of human development and progress will not change and the overall trend toward a shared future for the international community will not change. As an important member of the Global South, China is ready to work alongside with the international community to respond to the trend of multi-polar, and safeguard the rights and interests of developing countries.

In the meantime, we are deeply aware that many of the developing countries, including Pacific Islands Countries, has been marginalized in  the process of multi-polarization and economic globalization, with their interests being largely ignored. Therefore, China actively calls for promoting an equal and orderly multipolar world, and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, to ensure the purpose and principles of the United Nations Charter, the true multilateralism, and the principle of equality among all countries regardless of their size must be observed, all forms of hegemonism and power politics must be opposed, and the democratization of international relations must be pursued.

China also advocates that the international community should meet the common needs of all countries, and resolutely oppose the attempt to roll back globalization and abuse the concept of security, oppose all forms of unilateralism and protectionism, firmly promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, overcome the structural problems hindering the healthy development of the world economy, and make economic globalization more open, inclusive, balanced and beneficial to all, to ensure the developing world could enjoy its equal rights and play its due role in the global governance.

A few weeks since my arrival in Solomon Islands, I have been deeply impressed by the friendship of the people of Solomon Islands and by the strong aspiration for stability and development from all walks of life in this country. Both China and Solomon Islands belong to the developing world, and our two countries shared a similar path in history and culture and the same pursuit for development. Therefore, I am proud to call our two countries partners for building a community with a shared future, and companions for building an equal and orderly multipolar world, and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. China highly appreciates Solomon Islands’ firm commitment on one-China principle, and looks forward to working closely with Solomon Islands for the healthy development of our comprehensive strategic partnership featuring mutual respect and common development for a new era, and strive for a more brighter future of a community with a shared future for mankind.