This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. In this special historical moment of taking stock of the past and envisioning the future, Chinese President Xi Jinping solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at SCO Tianjin Summit, calling on all countries to build a more just and equitable global governance system and advance toward a community with a shared future for humanity. The initiative champions core principles including sovereign equality, international law, multilateralism, people-centred development and action-oriented approaches, further contributing China's wisdom and presenting China's solution to strengthen and improve global governance.

The GGI actively aligns with the prevailing trends of our times. Eighty years ago, the international community learned profound lessons from the scourge of two world wars and founded the UN, thus writing a new page in global governance. Over the past 80 years, the visions and practice of global governance — such as the international system with the UN at its core, the international order underpinned by international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter — have made historic contributions to maintaining world peace and development.

Today, while the historical trends of peace, development, cooperation and win-win remain unchanged, the Cold War mentality, hegemonism and protectionism continue to haunt the world. New threats and challenges have been only increasing. The world has found itself in a new period of turbulence and transformation. Advancing the reform and improvement of the global governance system has become a major focus of the international........

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