By Yu Jinghao, Yu Yichun, People’s Daily
In Wau, Western Bahr elGhazal state, South Sudan, stands a blue and white brick-and-concrete structure. This is a police station named after a Chinese peacekeeping police officer – Dongxing.
In 2008, Sun Dongxing was sent to Wau on a United Nations peacekeeping mission. The local police station was dilapidated and unusable. Responding to the pleas of local officials, he raised funds, hired a construction team, purchased materials, made renovation designs, and supervised the renovation of the police station.
Over the past 16 years, the Dongxing Police Station has always been a symbol of China’s commitment to peace and friendliness.
“China has always been an envoy of peace, helping South Sudan maintain social stability. I’m very grateful to China,” said Kon Mel Ayok, a senior police officer with the Western Bahr el Ghazal State Police Department.
In the 75 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the country has always followed the path of peaceful development and been a staunch force that safeguards world peace.
China is the only major country that has written peaceful development into the Constitution of the country and the Constitution of the governing party, thus making peaceful development a commitment of the nation.
China is the only country among the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council that has pledged no-first-use of nuclear weapons. It is also the biggest contributor of peacekeepers among the permanent members of the Security Council, and the second largest contributor to the United Nation’s regular budget and peacekeeping assessment.
Over the past more than 30 years, China has sent more than 50,000 Chinese soldiers and over 2,700 Chinese police officers to peacekeeping missions in more than 20 countries and regions.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that China’s peaceful development is a noble cause in human history, benefiting the peace and progress of all humanity.
In late July, 14 Palestinian factions gathered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for a reconciliation dialogue, and signed the Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity. It has become a crucial step toward the resolution of the Palestinian question and the realization of peace and stability in the Middle East.
Mahmoud al-Aloul, deputy chief of the Fatah Movement, said at the signing ceremony that China is a beacon of light, and its efforts to promote reconciliation among various factions in Palestine are rare and commendable in the international arena.
In May 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. About eight years later, eying the future of mankind, he solemnly proposed the Global Security Initiative (GSI). The initiative gives explicit answers to questions of the times such as what security concept the world needs and how countries can achieve common security. It charts the course for achieving lasting peace and universal security.
So far, the GSI has garnered support and appreciation from over 100 countries and international and regional organizations. The initiative and its core concepts have been written into more than 90 bilateral and multilateral documents on China’s cooperation with other countries and international organizations, making it a globally influential international consensus.
China firmly upholds the basic norms governing international relations and safeguards international fairness and justice. It has always decided its position and policy on issues based on their own merits. China respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and stands firmly against all forms of hegemonism and power politics.
China leverages the role of the United Nations with all parties, promotes security cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS cooperation, Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, and other mechanisms.
It continues to build international security dialogue and exchange platforms such as the Beijing Xiangshan Forum and the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum (Lianyungang).
China is also establishing international exchange and cooperation platforms and mechanisms in areas such as counter-terrorism, law enforcement, cybersecurity, emerging technologies, and climate change.
The country has issued position papers on the Ukraine crisis, Palestine-Israel conflict and Afghan issue. It has facilitated the reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said China is a powerful force in maintaining world peace and stability, and is committed to resolving conflicts through dialogue and negotiation.
At the recent 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Beijing, China vowed to help Africa improve its capacity in safeguarding peace and stability independently. It put forward the Partnership Action for Common Security, to prioritize Africa in implementing the GSI, promote mutual reinforcement of high-quality development and greater security, and work together with Africa to uphold world peace and stability.
In countries like Iraq and Pakistan, a large number of projects aided by China or undertaken by Chinese enterprises, such as road construction, power plant establishment, and factory operation, have been successfully implemented. These projects, which bring both economic and social benefits, are effectively addressing the root causes of instability and enhancing the international strength in maintaining world peace.
Dedicated to peace, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit, China will strive to safeguard world peace and development as it pursues its own development, and it will make greater contributions to world peace and development through its own development. Every increase of China’s strength is an increase of the prospects of world peace.
The Chinese peacekeeping engineering company to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo joins a donation event at a local primary school. (Photo by Zhang Qi)
Photo shows the China-aided project of Maseru District Hospital and Eye Clinic in Lesotho. The project provides strong medical support for local residents. (Photo by Zhou Zhou/People’s Daily)
The 14th Chinese peacekeeping medical contingent to South Sudan donates medicines to the local government. (Photo by Wang Haoyu/People’s Daily Online)
为维护世界和平稳定贡献中国力量
人民日报记者 于景浩 俞懿春
南苏丹西加扎勒河州瓦乌地区，一座蓝白色调、砖混结构的建筑庄严肃穆。这是一座以中国维和警察名字命名的派出所——“东兴派出所”。
2008年，孙东兴被派往瓦乌地区执行维和任务。当地派出所年久失修，无法使用。面对当地官员的恳请，他筹措经费，找施工队，购买材料、设计、监工，将派出所修葺一新。 16年来，“东兴派出所”向当地人传递着中国的和平与友善。
“中国一直是和平的使者，帮助南苏丹维护社会稳定，我很感谢中国。”南苏丹西加扎勒河州警察厅高级警官孔·梅尔·阿约克说。
新中国成立75年来，中国始终坚持走和平发展道路，始终是维护世界和平的坚定力量。中国是世界上唯一将和平发展写入宪法和执政党党章、上升为国家意志的大国，是联合国安理会5个常任理事国中唯一承诺不首先使用核武器的国家，还是派遣维和人员最多的安理会常任理事国、联合国第二大会费国和维和出资国。参加联合国维和行动30多年来，5万余人次中国军人和2700余人次中国警察前赴后继，足迹遍布20多个国家和地区。
联合国秘书长古特雷斯表示，中国的和平发展是人类历史上的崇高事业，有利于全人类的和平和进步。
7月下旬，北京。巴勒斯坦14个派别走进人民大会堂大厅，共同签署《关于结束分裂加强巴勒斯坦民族团结的北京宣言》，成为推动解决巴勒斯坦问题、实现中东和平稳定的重要一步。
在签署仪式上，巴勒斯坦民族解放运动（法塔赫）副主席马哈茂德·阿鲁勒说：“中国是一道光。中国所作的努力在国际舞台上是罕见的。”
2014年5月，习近平主席提出共同、综合、合作、可持续的新安全观。2022年4月，习近平主席立足人类前途命运，郑重提出全球安全倡议。全球安全倡议明确回答了“世界需要什么样的安全理念、各国怎样实现共同安全”的时代课题，为人类社会通往持久和平和普遍安全指明了方向和路径。
截至目前，全球安全倡议已经得到100多个国家、国际地区组织的支持赞赏，倡议及其核心理念写入90余份中国与其他国家、国际组织交往合作的双多边文件，成为具有全球影响力的国际共识。
中国坚定维护国际关系基本准则，维护国际公平正义，始终根据事情本身的是非曲直决定自己的立场和政策，尊重各国主权和领土完整，反对一切形式的霸权主义和强权政治。
中国与各方发挥联合国平台作用，推动上海合作组织、金砖合作、亚洲相互协作与信任措施会议等机制下的安全合作，持续打造北京香山论坛、全球公共安全合作论坛（连云港）等国际安全对话交流平台，并在反恐、警务执法、网络安全、新兴科技、气候变化等领域搭建国际交流合作平台和机制。针对乌克兰危机、巴以冲突、阿富汗问题等专门发布立场文件；成功促成沙特和伊朗和解……
尼日利亚总统提努布表示，中国是维护全球和平与稳定的强大力量，致力于通过对话协商解决冲突。
在不久前举行的2024年中非合作论坛北京峰会上，中方宣布帮助非洲提升自主维护和平稳定的能力，提出“安全共筑伙伴行动”，推动全球安全倡议率先在非洲落地，促进高质量发展和高水平安全良性互动，共同维护世界和平稳定。
修道路、建电站、办工厂……在伊拉克、巴基斯坦等国，中国援助或中企承建的一大批兼具经济和社会效益的项目顺利落地，正从根本上消除动荡根源，不断增强维护世界和平的国际力量。
高举和平、发展、合作、共赢旗帜，中国在坚定维护世界和平与发展中谋求自身发展，又以自身发展更好维护世界和平与发展。中国力量每增长一分，世界和平希望就增多一分。
中国赴刚果（金）维和部队工兵分队赴当地小学开展爱心助学活动。图为维和官兵进行舞狮表演，并与学生互动。张 琦摄