Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, February 25th: Summary｜The think tank report "Adhering to International Morality and Joining Hands to Cope with World Chaos – Focusing on China's Plan for Global Governance" has triggered heated discussions
Xinhua News Agency reporter
On the 24th, Xinhua News Agency, a national high-end think tank, released the think tank report "Adhering to International Morality and Joining Hands to Cope with World Chaos – Focusing on China's Plan for Global Governance" to the world at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The think tank report triggered heated discussions among people from all walks of life and experts and scholars in related fields.
The report believes that the current changes in the world over the past century are accelerating and the international situation is intertwined with chaos. The United Nations and multilateralism are under attack, the global governance deficit continues to expand, and the current international mechanisms have exposed multiple shortcomings. The global governance system is in urgent need of reform and improvement. China has proposed global governance initiatives, emphasizing the pursuit of sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating people-centeredness, and focusing on action orientation. It has proposed Chinese solutions to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system, and injected Chinese impetus into revitalizing the core status and leading role of the United Nations.
Zhai Dongsheng, director of the Institute of Regional and Country Studies at Renmin University of China, said that reforming and improving the global governance system has become a major topic of great concern to the international community. "This report provides ideas for a turbulent and chaotic world and answers a series of major questions such as what, why and how to achieve the future global governance system."
Xiao Yongping, dean of the Institute of International Rule of Law at Wuhan University, believes that the report systematically explains China’s position on global governance and advocates the construction of a global governance concept that is different from hegemonic logic and embraces consultation, collaboration and sharing. The concepts of multilateralism and win-win cooperation advocated by the Global Governance Initiative are in line with the common expectations of most countries and provide constructive new ideas for solving the dilemma of global governance.
2026 marks the 55th anniversary of the restoration of the People's Republic of China's lawful seat in the United Nations. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, an important member of the Global South, and the largest developing country, China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, a defender of the international order, and a provider of public goods.
"The report systematically sorts out the historical context, practical dilemmas and future trends of global governance, reveals structural problems such as hegemonism's destruction of the international rule of law and insufficient representation of the global South, and details China's sense of direction, roadmap and action in reforming and improving global governance," said Zhai Kun, deputy dean of the Institute of Regional and Country Studies at Peking University.
Catrougalos, the independent expert on democratic and equitable international order at the United Nations Human Rights Council, said that China plays a pivotal role in the multilateral system. China's initiative on global governance is of great significance, which shows that China actually takes action rather than making verbal statements.
The report points out that as a responsible major country, China stands at the forefront of the times and is committed to promoting the transformation of initiatives from ideas to actions. It relies on the multilateral platform with the United Nations as the core, and builds a policy system for global governance initiatives with institutional participation, public goods supply and risk management and control as the main body, and effectively promotes the initiatives to take root within the multilateral framework.
Correa, executive director of the South Center, said that equality, rule of law, coordination, tolerance and action are crucial to maintaining and improving the multilateral system. China has proposed a series of initiatives such as the Global Governance Initiative, which has effectively promoted the continuous development of South-South cooperation. Strengthening collaboration around global governance initiatives will help countries in the Global South play a greater role in global governance.
Zhang Jie, a researcher at the Institute of Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that the report takes the "four major deficits" of global governance as a starting point, discusses the urgency, necessity and feasibility of global governance initiatives, and comprehensively explains the internal logic of the four major global initiatives. This is a comprehensive management plan proposed by China in the face of the contemporary issues of "what's going on with the world" and "where is humanity going?"
The report calls on the more difficult the moment, the more important it is to uphold the original intention of peaceful coexistence, strengthen confidence in win-win cooperation, persist in moving forward within the logic of historical progress, and develop in line with the development trend of the times. China will work with other countries to continue to promote global governance in a more just, more reasonable, and more sustainable direction.
Ouyang Kang, dean of the Institute of National Governance at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, said that as a responsible major country, China is not only a staunch inheritor and defender of traditional globalization and the international system with the United Nations at its core, but also a staunch curber and opponent of anti-globalization, and an advocate and leader of new globalization. China adheres to true inclusive multilateralism, firmly defends international justice, and promotes the construction of a more fair and reasonable global governance system. (over)
