How China's initiatives are paving a new path to a better world
As a guardian of the international order and a provider of global public goods, China has been advancing the reform of global governance through practical actions, achieving concrete progress.
China actively participates in global ecological governance. It has fully and effectively implemented the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, announced its Nationally Determined Contributions target for 2035, and proposed the establishment of a Global Clean Energy Cooperation Partnership.
China is also deeply engaged in formulating digital governance rules. It has put forward the Global Initiative on Data Security, the Global AI Governance Initiative, and the Global Cross-Border Data Flow Cooperation Initiative, working to improve and refine the digital governance framework so that technological innovation does not become "a game for rich countries and the wealthy."
In response to persistent power imbalances, China is promoting badly-needed reforms in major multilateral institutions in global economic and financial governance, supporting developing countries in amplifying their voices and representation. China is also advancing the expansion of cooperation mechanisms such as the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and fostering South-South cooperation platforms, including the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the China-CELAC Forum, injecting new vitality into the reshaping of the global governance landscape.
In line with the needs of multilateral coordination, China firmly supports the United Nations in playing a central role. It has increased investment in the China-UN Peace and Development Fund and has been steadily advancing related cooperation. In addition, together with more than 30 countries, China helped set up the International Organization for Mediation headquartered in Hong Kong, contributing to the maintenance of global peace and stability through the rule of law.
The four global initiatives proposed by Xi have brought much-needed stability and predictability to a world in flux. Through systematic, coherent and practical efforts, China has demonstrated that its development is inseparable from, and mutually reinforcing with, the progress of the wider world.
Guided by the vision of a community with a shared future for humanity, China will continue to work with all countries, using the four global initiatives as a unifying framework to address global challenges, strengthen global governance, and build a world characterized by lasting peace, universal security, shared prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, and ecological sustainability.
