China's State Council Information Office on Monday released a white paper on the country's national security in the new era. The move aims to provide a comprehensive explanation of the innovative concepts, practices, and achievements in China's national security efforts, and enhance the international community's understanding of China's national security.
The white paper, apart from its preface and conclusion, is structured into six sections, and outlines the following: China injecting certainty and stability into the world of change and disorder; the holistic approach to national security guiding national security efforts in the new era; providing solid support for the steady and continued progress of Chinese modernization; reinforcing security in development and pursuing development in security; implementing the Global Security Initiative and promoting the common security of the world; and advancing the modernization of the national security system and capacity through deepening reforms. The white paper emphasized China's pursuit of national rejuvenation strategy amid global changes of a scale unseen in a century, noting that the country has maintained overall stability and steady progress in national security. China works together with Asia-Pacific countries to uphold regional peace and development. These inject reliable stability into a volatile and unstable world.
According to the white paper, China's holistic approach to national security is the first major strategic thinking established as the guiding principle for national security efforts since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is an important component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and represents a major theoretical contribution from contemporary China to the global community. In the new era, China's national security upholds a national security path with Chinese characteristics. It is one that takes the people's security as its ultimate goal, political security as the fundamental task, and national interests as the guiding principle. It is also one that serves and promotes high-quality development, supports further expansion of high-level opening up, and operates under the rule of law.
China's national security firmly fulfills the major responsibilities entrusted by the Party and the people, upholds the Party's position as the governing party and the socialist system, improves the people's sense of fulfillment, happiness and security, ensures high-quality development, safeguards national territorial integrity and maritime rights and interests, ensures the safety and reliability of emerging fields, and fortifies the security shield essential to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, it said.
China values coordinating development with security, striving to achieve a positive interaction between high-quality development and high-level security, promoting mutual reinforcement and coordinated enhancement between opening up and security.
China's national security adheres to reform and innovation as the driving force, and adopts a systematic and institutional approach, to improve the efficient and coordinated national security system, and forge practical national security capacity, said the white paper. The Global Security Initiative highlights the security vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity, and brings a global outlook to the holistic approach to national security, it noted.
China ensures both its own security and common security, advocates strengthening global security governance, practices the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, upholds true multilateralism, and works to make global security governance system fairer and more equitable, the white paper said.
China releases white paper on national security
China releases white paper on national security
