International Department of the CPC Central Committee       BEIJING REVIEW
Special Issue on CPC and World Political Parties Summit       MONTHLY
Xi’s Remarks On Worldwide Political Parties
 

Today, human society has once again found itself at a historic crossroads. It is about hostile confrontation or mutual respect, seclusiveness and decoupling or openness and cooperation, zero-sum game or win-win results. The choice is in our hands and the responsibility falls on our shoulders. 

Political parties, as an important force behind human progress, need to set the right course forward and shoulder their historic responsibility to ensure the people’s wellbeing and pursue human progress.

Great times call for grand architecture, and grand architecture calls for great vision.

Viewed from the perspective of “my own country first,” the world is a cramped and crowded place perpetuated in fierce competition. Viewed from the perspective of “a global community with a shared future,” the world is a vast and broad place full of cooperation opportunities.

There are different pathways toward wellbeing. People of all countries are entitled to choose their own development paths and institutional models... In the same vein, democracy is the right of all peoples, rather than an exclusive privilege of the few.

There are multiple ways and means to realize democracy, instead of a single stereotype. The judgment on whether a country is democratic or not should be made by their people, not by the handful of others.

There doesn’t exist a fixed model for the path to modernization, and the one that suits you well will serve you well. Cutting one’s feet to fit the shoes will lead nowhere. All efforts of individual countries to independently explore the path to modernization in light of their specific national conditions are worthy of respect.

Multilateralism has been the core concept of the current international system and order. The better multilateralism is practiced, the faster humanity’s common problems will be resolved.

International rules should be based on universally-recognized norms rather than rules of the few. Cooperation among countries should aim at serving all mankind instead of seeking hegemony by way of group politics. We should stand opposed to the practice of unilateralism disguised as multilateralism and say no to hegemony and power politics.

I wish to reiterate that China will always be a member of the developing world, and is committed to enhancing their representation and voice in the global governance system.

In my view, political parties need to work even harder on the following:

--We need to shoulder the responsibility to steer the course by seizing and shaping the shared future for mankind.

--We need to shoulder the responsibility to build consensus by upholding and promoting the common values of humanity.

--We need to shoulder the responsibility to promote development by bringing greater benefits to all peoples in a fairer manner.

--We need to shoulder the responsibility to enhance cooperation by working together to address global risks and challenges.

--We need to shoulder the responsibility to improve governance by enhancing our capacity to ensure the people’s wellbeing.

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