Marxism in Contemporary China
ZHANG Fanghui
The Global Development Initiative is a vivid embodiment and important practice of the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind in the field of global development, charting a clear course for advancing global development causes and international development cooperation. The Global Development Initiative adheres to “six core principles” and has rich connotations. Development represents the fundamental path to creating social wealth and driving social progress, while improving people′s well-being serves as the fundamental starting point and ultimate goal of development. The Global Development Initiative calls on the international community to pay closer attention to development issues, strengthen communication, coordination and practical cooperation, and continuously enhance the well-being of people in all countries. Aiming at current challenges such as the widening North-South development divide, insufficient momentum for global economic growth, and worsening environmental pollution, the Global Development Initiative emphasizes that all countries should enjoy equal access to development opportunities. It advocates strengthening innovation-driven development, stimulating economic growth vitality through scientific and technological innovation, and correctly handling the relationship between economic and social development and ecological environmental protection to promote the harmony between humanity and nature. Adhering to a results-oriented action approach, the Global Development Initiative proposes key cooperation areas, including poverty reduction, food security, development financing, and the digital economy, focusing on addressing the most pressing challenges faced by developing countries. As an open and inclusive global development governance proposal put forward by China, the Global Development Initiative is not only an inevitable choice to address the global development deficit and promote common development among all countries, but also an effective pathway to advance the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations. Furthermore, it is an important international public good that embodies China′s development experience and wisdom, and meets the needs of global development under the new circumstances. Since the Global Development Initiative was proposed, China has continuously strengthened policy communication with relevant parties, established cooperation mechanisms, launched practical cooperation by addressing the most urgent current issues, and promoted the initiative to achieve positive progress. In the future, China should continue to strengthen mechanism construction, coordinate the Global Development Initiative, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Global Security Initiative, enhance cooperation with the United Nations and its agencies, promote the solidarity and cooperation of the Global South, and increase the assistance to developing countries, so as to add more substance to the Global Development Initiative.