Vision gaining ground among China's partners

Conference elaborates on building a community with a shared future

The vision of "building a community with a shared future for mankind", first put forward by President Xi Jinping in 2013, has gained increasing popularity among China's partners at its doorstep and beyond.

At a once-in-five-years, high-level meeting held last week to set the tone for the country's diplomacy, China's top foreign policy makers officially named "building a community with a shared future for mankind" as the overarching goal of the nation's major-country diplomacy in the new era.

To boost awareness of this vision at home and abroad, the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs, held on Dec 27 and 28, systematically elaborated for the first time on its connotations by defining its top goals, guiding principle, viable paths and supporting pillars.