Promote the Common Values of Mankind

President Xi Jinping addressed the high-level general debate of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 28, 2015. "As an ancient Chinese adage goes, 'The greatest ideal is to create a world truly shared by all,'" he said there. "Peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom are common values of all mankind and the lofty goals of the United Nations."

Peace and development are the common aspirations of mankind and the theme of the current era. Global consensus supports the rights to subsistence and development of all people. Fairness and justice are common ideals of mankind and the cornerstone of the international order. Democracy and freedom are the common goals of mankind and the common rights of all peoples. The common values of mankind are the core values and guiding principles for building a global community of shared future, which represent China's solutions to tackling the pressing problems facing today's world. Although these values were first proposed by China, they are not an invention of China, but rather objectives that conform to the development trends of the times and represent the aspirations of people from all countries. They drew upon Western values and have since transcended them by inheriting fine traditional Chinese culture and transforming them to suit new circumstances. They aim to center the shared interests of mankind as the common ground, build consensus among different civilizations, and promote exchange and mutual learning.

弘揚全人類共同價值

2015年9月28日，習近平在第七十屆聯合國大會一般性辯論上指出：“‘大道之行也，天下為公。’和平、發展、公平、正義、民主、自由，是全人類的共同價值，也是聯合國的崇高目標。”

和平與發展是人類的共同事業，也是當今時代的主題，關乎所有人的生存權和發展權。公平與正義是人類的共同理想，也是國際秩序的基石。民主與自由是人類的共同追求， 是各國人民共同的權利。全人類共同價值是構建人類命運共同體的價值內核和理念指引，是解答“世界之問”的中國主張和中國智慧。它雖然是由中國率先提出，但并非僅是中國的發明創造，而是順應時代發展潮流、契合各國人民期待的價值追求；它既是對西方價值觀的吸收、超越，也是對中華優秀傳統文化的繼承、創新與弘揚，旨在以人類共同利益為交匯點，凝聚不同文明的價值共識，增進不同文明的交流互鑒。