The year 2023 marks one decade since Chinese President Xi Jinping first proposed the concept of a community with a shared future for humanity. In the years that followed, Xi has stressed on multiple occasions that the problems confronting the world are intricate and complex, and their solutions will come through upholding multilateralism and building a community with a shared future for humanity. Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts from Xi's speeches on this topic since 2017 follow:
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the conference marking the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the lawful seat of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations on October 25, 2021
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the second full assembly of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee on October 29, 2020
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the 26th group study session of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee on December 11, 2020
Excerpts from Xi's speech at the 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on June 10, 2018Excerpts from Xi's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the First China International Import Expo on November 5, 2018Excerpts from Xi's report to the 19th CPC National Congress on October 18, 2017Excerpts from Xi's speech at the 2022 World Economic Forum Virtual Session on January 17, 2022Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (III, IV) and Xinhua News Agency
