Ambassador Cui Jianchun of China published a signed article titled "Facing the Future, Working Hand in Hand, Building an Even Closer China-Nepal Community with a Shared Future" in Nepalese media.

From January 18th to 19th, 2024, Ambassador Cui Jianchun, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, published a signed article titled "Facing the Future, Working Together, Building a Closer China-Nigeria Community with a Shared Future" in major Nigerian media outlets such as The People's Daily, The Sun, The Guardian, and The Dawn. The full text is as follows:

From December 27th to 28th, 2023, the Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference was held in Beijing, attended by President Xi Jinping, who delivered an important speech.

In his important speech, President Xi Jinping systematically summarized the historic achievements and valuable experience of China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era, profoundly expounded on the international environment and historical mission facing foreign work in the new journey, and made comprehensive deployments for foreign work in the current and future periods.

The conference pointed out that building a community with a shared future for mankind embodies the worldview, order view, and values of Chinese communists, conforms to the common aspirations of the people of all countries, points out the direction of progress of world civilization, and is the lofty goal pursued by China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Building a community with a shared future for mankind is the core concept of Xi Jinping's diplomatic thought, reflecting the high degree of unity between the original mission of the Communist Party of China and the trend of the times, bringing together the greatest common divisor of the people of all countries' aspirations to build a better world, and has significant theoretical value and profound historical significance, increasingly demonstrating its strong influence, vitality, and appeal. Building a community with a shared future for mankind highlights the trend of history and the will of the people.

Building a community with a shared future for mankind strives to build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, inclusiveness, and a clean and beautiful environment, with the goal of promoting global governance of shared consultation, construction, and sharing as its implementation path, the practice of common values for all mankind as its universal adherence, the promotion of building a new type of international relations as its basic support, the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative as strategic guidance, and high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as a practical platform, promoting countries to work together to address challenges, achieve common prosperity, and promote the world towards a bright future of peace, security, prosperity, and progress. In March 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, contributing a Chinese solution to addressing common challenges facing all mankind and building a better world, and winning widespread support from African countries, including Nigeria. Last year marked the tenth anniversary of President Xi Jinping's advocacy for the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind. Over the past ten years, building a community with a shared future for mankind has evolved from a guiding principle to a scientific system, from a Chinese initiative to an international consensus, and from a vision to rich practice, having been included in the UN General Assembly resolutions for seven consecutive years, continuously expanding and extending to various regions and fields, becoming a glorious banner leading the progress of the times.

China is the world's largest developing country, and Nigeria is Africa's largest economy. China and Nigeria have always been a community with a shared future. Over the past ten years, the construction of the China-Nigeria community with a shared future has made great strides, with Nigeria becoming China's largest engineering contracting market in Africa, third-largest trading partner, and a major investment destination. Practical cooperation in various fields between the two countries has been fruitful, with major projects undertaken by Chinese companies, such as the Lekki Deepwater Port, the Zungeru Hydropower Station, the Lagos-Ibadan Railway, the Abuja-Kaduna Railway, the Kafanchan Highway, and several airport terminals, having been completed or making smooth progress, and the construction of the free trade zone has achieved remarkable results. Personnel exchanges between the two countries have become increasingly convenient, and people-to-people exchanges have become increasingly close. With the joint efforts of both sides, China and Nigeria have become important strategic partners for each other, and China-Nigeria relations have entered a new stage of jointly building a high-level community with a shared future.

Nigeria is an important member of the China-Africa community with a shared future. Last August, Vice President Shettima attended the China-Africa Leaders Dialogue co-chaired by President Xi Jinping and South African President Ramaphosa, and jointly decided with all parties to build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future. Last October, Vice President Shettima represented President Tinubu to attend the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in China, and met with President Xi Jinping and Vice President Han Zheng respectively. The leaders of the two countries reached an important consensus on continuously deepening cooperation in jointly building the "Belt and Road" and raising bilateral relations to a new level.

Many hands make light work, and mutual assistance leads to greater progress. Building a China-Nigeria community with a shared future requires the joint efforts of both sides. Since I assumed the post of the 14th Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, I have been deeply thinking about how to further promote all-round cooperation between the two countries, and have proposed the China-Nigeria 5GIST growth and development strategy, the "Sharing Chinese Culture and Playing a Harmonious Tune of China-Nigeria Cooperation" initiative, and the "Party-Enterprise-Government" (PEG) cooperation model.

China has always been committed to providing support for the economic and social development of African countries. In November 2022, President Xi Jinping announced the implementation of the nine programs for China-Africa cooperation. In August 2023, President Xi Jinping proposed the implementation of the "Initiative to Support African Industrialization," the "China's Assistance to African Agricultural Modernization Plan," and the "China-Africa Talent Cultivation Cooperation Plan." President Tinubu has put forward "Renewed Hope," and I would like to respond by establishing "Renewed Ties" (Thought/Investment/Endeavor), sowing "Renewed Seeds" (Security/Education/Economy/Democracy), and achieving "Renewed GDP" (Growth/Development/Progress) among the governments, enterprises, and people of the two countries, further deepening practical bilateral cooperation. President Tinubu has put forward "eight priority areas," and China is willing to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Nigeria, pursue mutual benefit and win-win results, and achieve common development.

In 2024, we will usher in the year of the Dragon in the lunar calendar. In traditional Chinese culture, the dragon represents auspiciousness, wisdom, and strength. This year, China will host the next China-Africa Cooperation Forum, and China and Africa will once again discuss plans for future development. China will continue to uphold the policy concept of sincerity, real results, amity, and good faith towards Africa and the correct view of righteousness and interests, and work with Nigeria as partners who respect each other, treat each other as equals, and cooperate sincerely, to jointly build a closer China-Nigeria community with a shared future.