BEIJING, January 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A report from People’s Daily:
In 2025, the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) proposal presented by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin marked a historic moment that resonated around the world.
Proposed by China, the four global initiatives – the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global Security Initiative (GSI), the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) and the GGI – together form a public goods system to address global challenges, establishing a clear framework for advancing the reform and improvement of the global governance system.
Each of the four initiatives has its own objective while complementing each other: promoting prosperity through shared development, safeguarding stability through common security, strengthening mutual trust through mutual learning among civilizations, and seeking greater common good through better governance.
Together, they point to an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world, characterized by lasting peace, universal security and shared prosperity, providing clear strategic guidance for building a community with a shared future for humanity.
Concerned about humanity as a whole while also focusing on the concrete needs of individuals, the four global initiatives share a very clear value: putting people first. Building a community with a shared future for humanity aims to enable people of all countries to share peace, development and dignity, and to create a better future for human society.
Development: for whom?
The GDI clearly advocates a people-centered approach. It advocates the safeguarding and improvement of people’s livelihoods during development, the protection and promotion of human rights. It aims to ensure that development is for the people, that it is based on the people and that its fruits are shared by the people, in order to achieve comprehensive human development.
Security: for whom?
Without a peaceful and stable environment, the well-being of populations cannot be guaranteed. The GSI emphasizes the resolution of differences and disputes between countries through dialogue and consultation by peaceful means, and with respect for the development paths and social systems independently chosen by each country. The aim is to ensure that all countries enjoy a peaceful and stable external environment, enabling people around the world to live and work in peace and contentment.
Civilization: to feed who?
In the flourishing garden of human civilizations, the dignity of every nation and every individual must be protected, and the value of every civilization must be respected. The GCI calls for promoting the common values of humanity and supports the people of all countries in their common pursuit of peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom through their own choices.
Governance: whose well-being does it improve?
The people of all countries should be the primary participants and beneficiaries of global governance. Global governance can only gain broad public support and acquiescence when it aims to improve people’s well-being with a real sense of gain.
The GGI explicitly calls for “a people-centered approach.” It emphasizes that the global governance system must be reformed and improved to ensure the participation and benefits of all people.
By providing new financing channels for global development, promoting global climate governance and advancing international cooperation on sustainable development, China has taken the lead in governance reform in areas such as international financial architecture reform, artificial intelligence, climate change and trade, fully reflecting a people-centered approach.
Traditional Chinese values believe that the people are the foundation of a country and that the country can only prosper when they lead a good life. She is also convinced that the benefit of the people constitutes the fundamental principle of governance. These values shape today’s China, which responds to people’s concerns and pursues the broader interests of all countries.
Chinese modernization remains firmly human-centered, and the global public goods provided by China are also “people” focused, coordinating efforts around their needs. It is precisely on this emotional and values-based foundation that the four global initiatives have been widely recognized.
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SOURCE People’s Daily
