Exploring China's Global Strategy in the New Era
Zhao Kejin
As a major country on the world stage, China adopts a strategic path different from that of the established powers, pursuing major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics on the basis of managing well its internal and external affairs. While bearing in mind its top priorities and the well-being of the Chinese people, China contributes to world peace and development and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind by participating in and leading global governance.
China and International Development Cooperation in a Time of Profound Global Changes
Wei Ling
International development cooperation is an important channel and focal point for China to interact with the world and shape the global order. Amid the rise of the global South, China has introduced its own development experience into the realm of international development cooperation, and is committed to building a new type of development partnership based on equality and mutually beneficial cooperation, and playing a positive role in facilitating an improved global system of international development cooperation and development-security interaction.
Global Governance Is Becoming Flat
Qin Yaqing
Global governance is moving towards a flat model with the decline of the hegemonic order and the accumulation of governance deficits and governance failure. In the evolution from vertical to flat governance, regional and sub-regional multilateral governance will witness more dynamic development, and governance practices in various issue areas will become more effective. At the same time, competitive factors will be more prominent, and there will emerge apparent inter-institutional competition and great-power competition over institutions.
China's Maritime Outlook in the New Era and its Impact on International Ocean Governance
Hu Dekun & Jin Yu
China's maritime outlook in the new era is a product of theoretical and practical innovation and a continuation and development of China's thoughts on maritime construction in New China. Despite its Chinese characteristics, the values presented by the new maritime outlook represent the common value of mankind and therefore belongs to all. It is not only a powerful theoretical equipment for China to realize its maritime power strategy, but also a Chinese solution and realistic path to promote a fairer and more reasonable global maritime order.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Global Health Governance: Advantages, Challenges and Paths
Li Xuewei & Wang Lu
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been attaching great importance to public health security and actively participating in global health governance. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the importance of health issues on the SCO’s agenda is continuously on the rise. More efforts are needed to establish and improve its health governance mechanisms, promote health cooperation at both regional and global levels through the Belt and Road Initiative, and intensify cooperation with international health organizations.
The Fading and Reactivation of Asian Regional Cooperation Discourse
Wu Lin
The traditional discourse of Asian regional cooperation is fading as the existing regional architecture encounters impacts and challenges from the geopolitical reconstruction brought by the Indo-Pacific concept and the intensified major-power competition. On the other hand, new demands for regional cooperation are emerging amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the dual tensions, Asian regional cooperation presents a new trend of complex diversification and co-opetition, bringing opportunities for its reactivation.
The African Continental Free Trade Area and China-Africa Cooperation
Ma Hanzhi
As a major strategic choice of regional countries in the context of profound changes in internal and external environment, the African Continental Free Trade Area is evidence of Africa's adherence to openness and development and will have a game-changing impact on the whole continent. In the face of new opportunities and challenges brought by its construction, the Chinese and African sides need to meet each other halfway and push their cooperation to a higher level.