Xi Jinping’s Important Exposition On The Common Values Of Mankind

The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century,characterized by major development,transformation and adjustment.On the one hand,economic globalization has boosted the rapid growth of the global economy,and mankind has enjoyed the benefits of development.On the other hand,serious problems have arisen in conflicts and wars,food security and ecological environment.In this context,it is an important task for China and the rest of the world to foster a common understanding of values that transcends national boundaries and draw up a new paradigm for human civilization exchanges.In his speech at the General debate of the 70 th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 28 September 2015,General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "peace,development,fairness,justice,democracy and freedom are the common values of all mankind and the lofty goals of the United Nations".This value expresses China’s aspiration for world peace and development,and is a clear expression of the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind.Xi Jinping’s statement on the common values of mankind is a new reflection on the challenges and solutions to the century-old changes in the world,the reform and development of the global governance system,as well as the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great harmony of the world.It has rich theoretical connotation and clear logic,and is of great theoretical and practical value.The common values of mankind are based on the global governance logic of classic Marxist writers,nourished by the fine idea of "the Road to the High Road" of the Chinese nation,and based on the realistic exploration of generations of Chinese Communists.They are an organic unity of theoretical,historical and practical thinking,and embody the long-held expectation of the international community for a consensus on human values.The core of the common values of mankind is embodied in the following three aspects:peace and development are the common cause,fairness and justice are the common ideal,and democracy and freedom are the common pursuit.Specifically,peace is the prerequisite for the survival of human society,development is the eternal theme of the survival of human society,equity is an important symbol of the progress of human society,justice is the objective need of the progress of human society,democracy is the beautiful appeal of human political life,and freedom is the most fundamental value pursuit of human beings.They do not exist in isolation but are interrelated and unified whole.The common value of mankind embodies the value consensus among different countries and nations,and has distinct theoretical characteristics,including the unity of nationality and world,the unity of science and advanced nature,and the unity of diachronic and consensus,which is the theoretical sublimation of human value consensus.The common value of mankind has an effective practical logic.Promoting major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics based on the common value of mankind,continuously enhancing international consensus on the common value of mankind through exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations,and strengthening international communication capacity building of the common value of mankind are the path to realizing the transformation of the common value of mankind into international recognition and action.