China’s concept of shared future praised globally; according to survey 

Published: December 23,2022

By Staff Writer 

In a survey conducted by CGTN Think Tank and Tsinghua-Epstein Center for Global Media and Communication, 85% of respondents praised China’sconcept of shared future.  The results were obtained from a survey involving a total of 4,000 people from 20 countries. Again 94.2 percent of the respondents appreciated China-proposed values of “peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom” for all mankind.

The survey conducted ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Saudi Arabia for a state visit and to attend the first China-Arab States Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit further revealed that, in the past decade, China has signed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation agreements with 20 Arab states, and 17 Arab states have supported China-proposed Global Development Initiative (GDI), according to CGTN news. 

During the 76^th session of the UN General Assembly, President Xi put forward the GDI at the general on September 21, 2021,  arguing the international community to place development high on the globalpolicy agenda and work together to steer global development towards a more balanced, coordinated and inclusive phase.

In the survey, 78.4 percent of survey respondents agreed with the GDI, believing that “development is an important way to solve global problems,” while 79.4 percent acknowledged the cooperation fruits achieved by the “Group of Friends of the GDI” which China participated in.

On the question of respecting each country’s development path and different systems, 84.1 percent of the respondents supported the idea, and 89.6 percent expect countries to resolve international disputes through dialogue and consultation. On security, 85.6percent of the respondents agreed with China-proposed Global Security Initiative (GSI), believing that security is a prerequisite for development.

Xi proposed the GSI at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 in April to promote security for everyone around the world.