Page 5 - ON BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

ON BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

Chinese Dream. Its basics are a prosperous country, a revived nation, and
a happy people. The Chinese have always been a peace-loving nation. But
in modern times, they were subjected to a century of suffering brought
by foreign aggression and domestic turmoil. We know all too well the
value of peace, and need more than anything to build our country in
a peaceful environment to improve our living standards. China will
not waver in its commitment to a peaceful development path; it will
be dedicated to fostering open, cooperative, and universally beneficial
development; at the same time it calls on all countries to follow together
a path of peaceful development. China always has pursued, and always
will pursue, a defensive national defense policy. It will not engage in
arms races or become a military threat to any country. What China’s
development and growing strength will bring to the world is not some
kind of threat but more opportunities. The Chinese Dream which we
seek to realize will not only benefit the Chinese people, it will benefit
people all over the world.
We are glad to see that, as one another’s biggest neighbor, China
and Russia are in many ways on the same page in terms of our blueprints
for development. Russia has set the goal of reaching or approaching
the level of a developed country by 2020 in per capita GDP and is
currently accelerating its advance toward becoming a strong country and
prosperous people. We sincerely wish you success in achieving your goals
as soon as possible. A prosperous and strong Russia is in China’s interests
and is also a good thing for peace and stability in the Asia Pacific and the
world as a whole.
The Sino-Russian relationship is one of the most important
bilateral relationships in the world. Between major countries, it is also
one of the best. A high-performing and strong Sino-Russian relationship
is not only in the interests of our two countries but is also an important
safeguard for preserving international strategic balance and world peace
and stability. Through tireless efforts over the past 20 plus years, together
we have built a comprehensive strategic collaborative partnership. This
is a relationship in which we fully accommodate each other’s interests
and concerns and through which we bring tangible benefits to our two
peoples. We have resolved once and for all historic boundary issues and
signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation

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