Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President, attends the CPC and World Political Parties Summit and delivers a keynote speech in Beijing, capital of China, July 6, 2021 (XINHUA)

Editor's note: Following is the keynote address by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People’s Repaublic of China at the CPC and World Political Parties Summit Beijing, 6 July 2021.」

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. 

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.  

Viewed from the perspective of “a global community with a shared future,” the world is a vast and broad place full of cooperation opportunities.  

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.  

The judgment on whether a country is democratic or not should be made by their people, not by the handful of others.  

All efforts of individual countries to independently explore the path to modernization in light of their specific national conditions are worthy of respect.  

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.  

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

(Source: Keynote Address by H.E. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of the People’s Republic of China, at the CPC and World Political Parties Summit, Beijing, 6 July 2021)