The Research Center on Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity was officially inaugurated in Beijing on January 2, 2025. Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, unveiled the research center’s nameplate and delivered a speech at the inaugural ceremony.
Wang Yi congratulated on the establishment of the Research Center at China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU). Building a community with a shared future for humanity is a major original idea of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and the core concept of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy. It is China’s answer to the question of “what kind of world to build and how to build it,” and has considerable theoretical value, great significance for the times and far-reaching global influence.
Wang stated that the vision of a community with a shared future for humanity demonstrates the founding mission of the CPC, carries forward the fine traditions of Chinese culture, demonstrates the power of scientific theories, and expounds on China’s stance in the face of changes unseen in a century. Building a community with a shared future for humanity has developed from a Chinese initiative to an international consensus, and from a promising vision to substantive actions, driving positive and profound changes in the world today. To date, dozens of countries and regions have been working with China to build a community with shared future in various forms. The concept of a community with a shared future for humanity now appears in many UN General Assembly resolutions and multilateral documents. It has increasingly become the most important public good with major global significance, charting a path toward a bright future of peace, security, prosperity, and progress for our world.
Wang Yi stressed that the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind originates from China and benefits the world. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that building such a community is a noble goal that requires the sustained efforts of successive generations to achieve. The year 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of CFAU. On this new journey in the new era, CFAU should build on its past achievements, carry forward its fine traditions, keep pace with the times, and pursue innovation. It should mobilize the efforts and pool the wisdom of the entire university to develop the Research Center on Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity and fulfill its duties in studying, explaining, and publicizing Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy.
First, we must uphold General Secretary Xi Jinping’s core position on the CPC Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and uphold the Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership. We should deeply comprehend the essence and practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, master and apply its standpoints, viewpoints, and methods, adhere to integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and fine traditional culture, proceed from China’s realities, carry forward Chinese cultural traditions, and conduct in-depth research on the theoretical essence and practical connotation of the community with a shared future for humanity, so as to enrich the theoretical system of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.
Second, we must adhere to the principle of learning for practice. We should focus on solving problems, take responsibility and deliver results, improve research and studies, proactively offer recommendations, and provide more robust intellectual support for building a community with a shared future for humanity.
Third, we must attach importance to international exchanges. We should strengthen the systematic explanation and international communication of a community with a shared future for humanity, better tell China’s stories, make China’s voice heard, effectively interpret and disseminate China’s foreign policy and major diplomatic initiatives, strive for greater understanding and wider recognition, and secure the international moral high ground.
Fourth, we must forge inner strength and inspire talents. We should closely integrate discipline development with talent cultivation, nurture students through education and culture guidance, foster a new pattern of all-round education, and produce more new diplomatic personnel who demonstrate loyalty to the Party, patriotic dedication, and the ability to shoulder significant responsibilities.
The Research Center on Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity is established primarily by CFAU. It aims to deepen academic research, provide policy recommendations, enhance public awareness, and develop talent for the vision of a community with a shared future for humanity. The center will provide theoretical, policy, discourse, and personnel support to advance this vision and better serve China’s major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.
Wang Shiting, Secretary of CPC Committee of CFAU, charied the ceremony. Qi Yu, Secretary of the CPC Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced the establishment of the Research Center. The event was attended by competent officials from the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the National People’s Congress (NPC), the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Beijing Municipality. Representatives from major universities and research institutions, including experts and scholars, also participated in the event.
