*OnTuesday,aseminaronglobalgovernanceandthedebutoftheEnglisheditionofthefirstvolumeof"China'sGovernanceUnderXiJinping'sLeadership"wereheldatthePalaisdesNations.

*"Theworldwonders:What'sthesecretrecipefortheChinesemodernization?HowhasPresidentXiJinpingsteadilyledacountryofover1.4billionpeopletowardprosperityandnationalrejuvenation?"saidFuHua,presidentofXinhuaNewsAgency."Inthisbook,Ibelievereaderswillfindasatisfyinganswer."

GENEVA,Feb.25(Xinhua)--AsanearlyspringthawsettlesoverLakeGeneva,thePalaisdesNations,hometotheUnitedNationsOfficeatGeneva,isbuzzingwithreneweddiplomaticenergy.Inacitylongrecognizedasahubofinternationallawandabastionofmultilateraldiplomacy,globalvoiceshaveonceagaingatheredtonavigatethecomplexchallengesofamodernera.

OnTuesday,aseminaronglobalgovernanceandthedebutoftheEnglisheditionofthefirstvolumeof"China'sGovernanceUnderXiJinping'sLeadership"wereheldatthePalaisdesNations.Theeventconvenedapproximately200representativesfromUnitedNationsagencies,internationalorganizations,thinktanks,andthebusinesscommunitytoexchangeperspectivesonglobalgovernance.

GLOBALGOVERNANCEDEFICIT

Justtwomonthsinto2026,theworldisenvelopedinturbulence.AstheUkrainecrisiscontinuestoravagetheregion,aU.S.militarystrikeonVenezuelahasupendedthepoliticalorderintheAmericas,whilearapidmilitarybuildupintheGulfhasplacedtheMiddleEastonalert.

"Weareaworldbrimmingwithconflict,impunity,inequalityandunpredictability,"saidUNSecretary-GeneralAntonioGuterresrecently.

TatianaValovaya,director-generaloftheUnitedNationsOfficeatGeneva,alsowarnedofthefragilityoftheinternationalorder.Addressingtheseminar,shenotedthatrisinggeopoliticaltensions,erodingtrust,andacceleratingclimatedisruptionhavemadeglobalgovernanceappearelusive.

Yet"itispreciselywhenglobalgovernanceisunderfirethatweneeditmost,"Valovayasaid.

"Inmomentslikethis,wemustreturntotheprinciplesunderpinningoursystemofglobalgovernance,theUnitedNationsCharteradoptedeightdecadesago."

GeorgeKatrougalos,aUNindependentexpertonthepromotionofademocraticandequitableinternationalorder,alsowarnedthattheworldiswitnessing"withdrawalfrommultilateralcommitments,protectionistpolicies."

Hecriticizedtheuseoftariffsininternationaltrade."Thetariffsareusedasaweapon,asapressureoninternationalinstitutionstoabandonconsensualcommitmentsorconventionalcommitments.Justrecently,lastweek,theUnitedStateshassucceededinremovingclimatechangefromthemainprioritiesoftheInternationalEnergyAgency,"hesaid.

"Thissituation,thismightversusright,putsnewpressuretotheUnitedNationssystem,"hesaid."WeneedtoreinforcetheUnitedNationssystem."

WHATCHINA'SGOVERNANCEOFFERSTHEWORLD

Attheseminar,theEnglisheditionofthefirstvolumeof"China'sGovernanceUnderXiJinping'sLeadership,"publishedbyXinhuaNewsAgency,drewsignificantinterestuponitsunveiling.

"Theworldwonders:What'sthesecretrecipefortheChinesemodernization?HowhasPresidentXiJinpingsteadilyledacountryofover1.4billionpeopletowardprosperityandnationalrejuvenation?"saidFuHua,presidentofXinhuaNewsAgency."Inthisbook,Ibelievereaderswillfindasatisfyinganswer."

ForPeterHediger,aSwisssinologist,historianandinternationalsecuritypolicyexpert,underXi'sleadership,"Chinahasachievedveryimpressiveachievementsinpovertyalleviation,providingadevelopmentmodelforcountriesintheGlobalSouth."

"PublishingthebookinternationallyisextremelyimportanttogiveleadersandcommunitiesaroundtheworldawindowintounderstandingChina'sjourneyfrompovertytoprosperity.Theycanalsoderivemanylessonsandadaptthemtotheirowndevelopmentperspective,"HusseinAskary,vice-chairmanoftheBeltandRoadInstituteinSweden,alsotoldXinhua.

Beyondpoverty,economicdevelopmentliesattheheartofhownationsriseandhowtheworldremainsstable.ThebookexploreshowChinahasconsolidateditspositionastheworld'ssecond-largesteconomy,actingasacriticalstabilizerandengineforglobalgrowth.

BritisheconomistJohnRosstoldXinhuathatChina'seconomycontinuestoexpandsteadilyandremainsakeydrivingforceofglobalgrowth."AllclaimsmadeinsectionsoftheWesternmedialastyearofaseriousslowdowninChina'seconomy,asusual,turnedouttobeentirelyfalse,"hesaid.

Yetsustainablemodernizationdemandsmorethaneconomicgrowth:Itrequireslivinginharmonywiththenaturalworld.PeterBakker,presidentandCEOoftheWorldBusinessCouncilforSustainableDevelopment,saidChinaisaleaderinsustainabledevelopment,producingmuch-neededsolutionsinmanymarkets.HeexpressedhishopethatChineseinnovationcanbemadeavailabletoallthroughpartnershipswithcompaniesaroundtheworld.

BakkersaidheviewsChinaas"acountrywithhope,acountrywherenewtechnologiesarebeingdevelopedfasterandwhereabalancebetweennature,peopleandtechnologicaldevelopmentisbeingthought."

TOWARDSHAREDFUTURE

Theyear2025markedthe80thanniversaryofthefoundingoftheUnitedNations.Atthishistoricjuncture,ChinaputforwardtheGlobalGovernanceInitiative(GGI),callingforthepracticeoffivekeyprinciples:stayingcommittedtosovereignequality,stayingcommittedtointernationalruleoflaw,stayingcommittedtomultilateralism,stayingcommittedtothepeople-centeredapproach,andstayingcommittedtorealresults.

FromtheGlobalDevelopmentInitiativeproposedin2021,totheGlobalSecurityInitiativein2022,andtheGlobalCivilizationInitiativein2023,andnowtotheGGI,thesefourmajorglobalinitiativesreinforceandcomplementoneanother.Together,theyformacomprehensiveframeworkofpublicgoodsofferedbyChinatoaddressglobalchallengesandpromoteabrighterfutureforhumanity.

Alongtheway,theGlobalSouth,withagrowingsenseofhistoricalawarenessandpurpose,isemergingasavitalforceinadvancingreformoftheglobalgovernancesystemandupholdinginternationalfairnessandjustice.

"TheessenceofenhancingcoordinationamongtheGlobalSouthistobuildaparallelyetnon-separate,independentyetnon-confrontationalgovernancespacethrough'incrementalinnovation'atatimewhen'stockreform'oftheWestern-dominatedglobalgovernancesystemfacesnumerousdifficulties,"saidYangJiemian,chairmanoftheacademicadvisorycounciloftheShanghaiInstitutesforInternationalStudies.

YangnotedthatmoreshouldbedonetoamplifythevoiceoftheGlobalSouth,animportantforceintheinternationalcommunity,to"contributecollectivewisdomandstrengthtocreatingamoreprosperousandjustnewworldpattern."

JiaGuide,China'spermanentrepresentativeandambassadortotheUnitedNationsOfficeatGenevaandotherinternationalorganizationsinSwitzerland,summarizedtheconsensusreachedasfollows:Inthefaceofanuncertainworld,theinternationalcommunitymuststaycommittedtotherightpathofmultilateralism,choosingdialogueoverconfrontation,inclusivenessoverexclusion,andcooperationoverdecoupling.■