The tragic consequences of division, conflicts and confrontations have never been so lucid to the people of the world as they are currently, especially as the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Palestine/Israeli conflict and the Red Sea confrontations showed no sign of abating.

In view of this, the President, Peoples Republic of China, Xi Jinping, once asked what the people wanted – whether it was to be united or divided, to live in peace or in conflict, in cooperation or confrontation. According to him, this remained the questions of the moment.

In the face of all these, China’s goal has been to see people live happily. “Peace, development and win-win cooperation are unstoppable trends of our times”, said President Jinping.

To achieve this feat, President Jinping about 10 years ago, propounded the idea of building a global community with shared future. This he believed, provided answers to the all-time question of where humanity was headed.

As the world continued to search for practical solutions to its numerous problems, China’s contributions to global efforts to protect shared home and create a better future of prosperity for all can no longer be suppressed.

The Chinese President in Moscow, Russia, in 2013, first spoke of the vision of a global community of shared future while addressing the Moscow Institute of International Affairs (MGIMO in Russian).

For over a decade, the proposition has been steadily enriched and streamlined into a five-point proposal. The five points include building a partnership in which countries treat one another as equals, engaging in extensive consultation and enhancing mutual understanding.

Besides, President Jinping equally proposed five goals for the world. These include building a world of lasting peace through dialogue and consultation; building a world of common security for all through joint efforts and building a world of common prosperity by means of win-win cooperation.

Others include the evolution of an open and inclusive world through exchanges and mutual learning and the development of a clean and beautiful world by engaging in green and low-carbon development projects.

The Chinese leader nonetheless, underscored the need to restore China’s greatness and re-examine the concept of socialism. To him, socialism must integrate and adapt to the characteristics of contemporary Chinese society, which is the ultimate dream of every Chinese citizen.

President Jinping apparently belongs to a school of thought which foregrounds certain ideals such as the development of “a community with a shared future for mankind”.

His standpoint, which is widely supported and re-echoed by several global affairs experts, is by all means pragmatic, particularly in the current 21st Century civilization, where hegemony, egoism, imperialism, supremacy, injustice, conflict and confrontations are increasingly becoming endemic characteristics.

Perceptive observers believe that Jinping’s proposal for “a community with a shared future for mankind” offers innovative strategies for curbing these problems.

This is because the well-thought-out concept refers to what the destiny of each person and/or country has in common with another person. It, therefore, behooves on people of the world to work together to solve the myriad of problems confronting their common destiny.

Global affairs experts emphasized that President Jinping’s concept of “a community with a shared future for mankind” will evolve into a truly pragmatic foreign policy approach. For instance, the China-Africa cooperation is one of the examples of building a community of shared future for win-win cooperation among countries.

It is also worthy to note that the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is obviously mutually beneficial and a win-win cooperation. In a nutshell, President Jinping believes that the community of a shared future for mankind is both a constructive world outlook and an invitation to participate in the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) joint projects.

The BRI is an initiative for economic cooperation, not for geopolitical or military alliance. It is an open and inclusive process that neither targets nor excludes any party. Rather than forming exclusionary cliques or a “China club”, it fundamentally aims at helping China and the rest of the world to seize opportunities and pursue common development priorities.

It is a broad alliance that can be joined by all interested countries to work together for shared benefits. It is evident that the BRI has facilitated the modernization drive of developing countries, leading the world into a new era of transcontinental cooperation.

This viewpoint is shared by global affairs experts who maintain that the global community of shared future for mankind and win-win cooperation has politically, economically and socially restored the democratization of international relations, which have widely negotiated global governance, regardless of the size and wealth of any nation. Both strong and weak countries are equal in the mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, considering its multilateralism feature.

In its continued commitment to building a community with a shared future for mankind, China has always been sharing weal and woe with developing countries and the Asian country has consistently remained a strong, dependable force in efforts to attain stability in a world that is obviously turbulent.