China strives for global stability, prosperity(4)

Upholder of intl order

With the world beset with such grave challenges as a sluggish economic recovery, surging isolationism and protectionism, rising hegemonism and flare-ups of geopolitical conflicts, the international community is exploring the way forward.

Against such a backdrop, China has offered a series of major initiatives to promote greater democracy in international relations and works to make global governance fairer and more equitable.

In a keynote speech at the "China in the World" session at the 60th Munich Security Conference in February, Foreign Minister Wang Yi reassured the world that China will be a force for stability in enhancing global governance.

China supports the authority of the United Nations and its core status, as well as the UN Security Council's primary role in peace and security issues, he said, adding that it has been strengthening solidarity and cooperation in the Global South and striving to enhance the representation and voice of developing countries in global affairs.

As the world faces the threat of climate change, China has pushed for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in December to achieve the UAE consensus.

In response to the challenge of artificial intelligence, China released the Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative last year, and supports the establishment of an international governance body for artificial intelligence within the framework of the UN to jointly safeguard human well-being.

From the BRI to the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, the country has provided an array of public goods to address global challenges.

Wolfram Adolphi, a political scientist and Sinologist at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Germany, said it is of strategic significance for the whole world that China pursues the GDI, the GSI and the GCI, and participates in efforts to lead the reform and development of the global governance system.

"The first quarter of the 21st century clearly bears witness to the fact that these Chinese efforts are finding growing support by a majority of countries around the world. They all see that the respective Chinese initiatives are not empty words but based on a growing complex of political practice, such as the BRI, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and also the ongoing efforts to find a way for peace in the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East," Adolphi said.

Drawing a blueprint for a more inclusive development of the world, the GDI has won international recognition. More than 100 countries and a number of international organizations, including the United Nations, have committed support to the GDI, and over 80 countries have joined the Group of Friends of the GDI, according to Foreign Ministry.