All civilizations created by human society are splendid. They are where each country's modernization drive draws its strength and where its unique feature comes from.
Xi Jinping Mar. 15, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) in March 2023.
The GCI advocates the respect for the diversity of civilizations, the common values of humanity, the importance of inheritance and innovation of civilizations, and robust international people-to-people exchanges and cooperation.
All civilizations created by human society are splendid. They are where each country's modernization drive draws its strength and where its unique feature comes from.
Xi Jinping Mar. 15, 2023
We Advocate
Countries need to uphold the principles of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness among civilizations, and let cultural exchanges transcend estrangement, mutual learning transcend clashes, and coexistence transcend feelings of superiority.
We Advocate
Peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom are the common aspirations of all peoples. Countries need to keep an open mind in appreciating the perceptions of values by different civilizations, and refrain from imposing their own values or models on others and from stoking ideological confrontation.
We Advocate
Countries need to fully harness the relevance of their histories and cultures to the present times, and push for creative transformation and innovative development of their fine traditional cultures.
We Advocate
Countries need to explore the building of a global network for inter-civilization dialogue and cooperation, enrich the contents of exchanges and expand avenues of cooperation to promote mutual understanding and friendship among people of all countries and jointly advance the progress of human civilizations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of Grenada Dickon Mitchell in Beijing on Monday.
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, urging the global community to uphold multilateralism and promote open and inclusive development.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on China and Bangladesh to consolidate traditional cooperation, expand emerging fields, successfully hold the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties and Year of People-to-People Exchanges to push forward bilateral ties.
Josef Gregory Mahoney, a professor of politics and international relations at East China Normal University
Ong Tee Keat, president of the Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific (BRICAP)
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