On The P.R C's Strategy Of Peaceful Development In The 21 St Century

After entering the 21st century, the comprehensive strength of China hasbeen continually growing and the international status has been increasinglyenhanced. On China's rapid development, the tone of "China threatening"appears in the world and the prophecy of "tragedy from the great power"isalso heard. The international society has been widely concerning aboutwhether China can break the usual mode that other nations had made in theirgrowing up. Under such background, China has made the commitment to beon a road of peaceful development, which is different from the conventionalone taken by other great powers. That peaceful development is China'sinevitable choice is decided by the goal for striving and national developmentstrategy of constructing the well being society, and also by the objectiveenvironment confronted and subjective elements. The peaceful developmentof China is the road of Chinese characteristics under the three agebackgrounds including the age subject of peace and development, thedeveloping tide of the globalization of world economy and the developmenttrend of world multipolarization. That China takes the road of peacefuldevelopment conforms to the age tide and meets the mutual interests ofpeople of both China and the world.Part I the Opportunities and Challenges Confronted by the PeacefulDevelopment of Chinai the Age Subject of Global Peace and DevelopmentOn prospect of the 21st century, the current age subject is still peace anddevelopment. It is both the objective development of the world situation andthe important problem confronted by the people all over the world. The agesubject of peace and development provides favorable outer opportunities forthe realization of China's peace and development, and it also means that therealization of development by peaceful means is the correct choice for China.ii the Developing Tide of the Globalization of World EconomyThe age of the rapid development of economic globalization is the onein which "War is out of date". The economic globalization is favorable to thepeace and development of the world and creates conditions for the peacefulshift of the relations among the great powers. It deepens the relations ofinterdependence among the nations and objectively strengthens theinternational cooperation among the sovereign states. In the age ofglobalization, the development of China is impossible to be militaryexpansion, but can only be the peaceful development resulted from thedeepening participation in economic globalization.iii the Development Trend of World Multipolarization In the 21st century, the step of world multipolarization is going forwardirresistibly. The trend of world multipolarization helps to the peace anddevelopment of the world, provides a peaceful environment and is the radicalassurance for the peaceful development of China. The trend of worldmultipolarization is on the whole favorable to the restraining of hegemonismand superpower politics, to the democratization of the international relations,and provides wide international strategic room for the peaceful developmentof China.Part II the Strategy and Task of the Peaceful Development of China The Sixteenth Conference of the CCPC established the goal for strivingin constructing the well-being society on the whole,therefore the foreignstrategy of China should abide by and serve the national strategy ofconstructing the well-being society on the whole. In the new century, Chinashould firmly grasp the strategic opportunity, continues to be on the road ofpeaceful development and provides good outer international environment forthe development of China.i the National Development Strategy of China in the 21st Century The first two decades of the 21st century is the important period ofstrategic opportunity that China must firmly grasp and in which can progressa big step, the national strategy of constructing the well-being society on thewhole decides that China's foreign strategy should serve the radical aims ofpushing the construction of modernization, constructing the well-beingsociety on the whole, completing the great task of unifying China,maintaining world peace and furthering mutual development. At thebeginning of the 21st century, China is confronting three tasks: realize thestrategy of economic development, maintain the sovereignty, independence,unification and the integrity of national territory, maintain the peace andtranquillization of the world and further mutual development.ii Peaceful Development Being the Strategic Choice of China China has presented the strategic proposition to be on the road ofpeaceful development in the new century, determines to be on a differentroute with that of other great powers in their growing up on the history, andhence China can provide a new angle for walking out of the key dilemma of"the problem of peaceful shift". In the international society of shiftingdominance by competing the inner strength, the challenge from the newlyrisen power to the No.1 power is inevitable, but this does not decide that thenewly risen great power is inevitable to choose the means of war to gain theposition of world dominance. Viewed from the objective environment and thesubjective elements, there does not exit the root and impetus of militaryexpansion in China, the road of peaceful development is the new thought andstrategy for the development of socialist characteristics in China.iii Creating Good Outer International Environment The most outstanding difference that a sovereign state develops bypeaceful means from that by war is nothing but that peaceful developmentrequires the support from a peaceful outer environment. In the 21st century,the modernization of China requires a peaceful international environment, thefundamental task of the strategy of peaceful development of China is tomaintain the important period of strategic opportunity and provide afavorable outer environment for domestic development, namely, a constantlytranquil international environment, a surrounding environment of friendlyneighborhood, a cooperative environment of equality and mutual benefit, anobjective, friendly international consensus environment.Part III the Policy and Practice of China's Peaceful Diplomacy The strategy of peaceful development of China in practice embodies intoa series of peaceful diplomatic policies through which the strategy ofpeaceful development of China is realized.i Sticking to the Peaceful Foreign Policy of Independence andSelf-determinationChina sticks firmly to the peaceful diplomatic policy of independenceand self-determination. It is proved by practice that the peaceful diplomaticpolicy of independence and self-determination is favorable to both china andthe world. On sticking to this policy, China maintains the national sovereignty,integrity of territory and national dignity, and sustains the test of thefluctuation of the international situations. In the 21st century, China's stickingto the peaceful diplomatic policy of independence and self-determination isthe most powerful proof for China's taking the road of peaceful development,and is also the main aim of it in practice.ii Carrying on the Active Policy of Friendly Neighborhood The evolvement of the surrounding situations is closely correlated withthe national interests of China. China requires a good surroundingenvironment if the spectacular goal of constructing the well-being society onthe whole is to be realized. On the basis of the traditional policy of friendlyneighborhood, China further presents the policy and principle of "taking theneighbor as the company, being kind to the neighbour "and "being friendly to,beneficial to, secure to the neighbor". China's policy of being friendly to thesurroundings furthers the overall improvement of the relations between Chinaand the surrounding countries, criticizes the "tone of China threatening"anddemonstrates that China does not develop at the cost of sacrificing theinterests of the surrounding nations, but does develop and benefit mutuallywith the surrounding nations.iii Establishing and Proposing the New International Security Conception After the Cold War, China has been proposing the new securityconception in order to realize the national security interests, maintain andfurther the regional and global security and tranquillization. China's newsecurity conception is the conception of overall strategy that takes thepeaceful and mutual coexistence as the prerequisite, the common interests asthe basis, the strategic cooperation as the link, the mutual development as thegoal. Under the guidance of it, China deserted the conventional road ofgrowing up taken by other great powers and chose the road of peacefuldevelopment, hence the new security conception is the assurance of securityfor the peaceful development of China.