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Editor’s Note:

Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus" Meeting held in North China's Tianjin on September 1. This is another important public good that China has provided to the international community, following the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative. This important initiative points the way forward and provides a practical path for the reform and development of the global governance system, injecting strong impetus into promoting the building of a more just and equitable global governance system and working together for a community with a shared future for humanity.

In October 2015, President Xi put forward the global governance vision of extensive consultation and joint contribution for shared benefit. A number of important speeches included in the book series Xi Jinping: The Governance of China reflect President Xi's ideas for promoting reform and improvement of global governance. One of the speeches was delivered at the 19th G20 Summit in Brazil in November 2024, where he once again called for working for a just and equitable global governance system. He also advanced concepts and ideas to improve global governance in the economic, financial, trade, digital and ecological fields, contributing Chinese wisdom and strength to improving the global governance system and opening up a better future for the world.

In the 12th installment of the special series "Decoding the Book of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China," the Global Times, along with People's Daily Overseas Edition, continues to invite Chinese and foreign scholars, translators of Xi's works, practitioners with firsthand experience and international readers to discuss the theme of "promoting the building of a more just and equitable global governance system and working together for a community with a shared future for humanity," in a bid to explore in depth the significant contemporary value and global importance of the GGI.

Here are the stories:

1. Translators' Voices: Historical, cultural, economic and institutional factors underpin China's confidence and capacity in global governance

2. Scholars' Perspectives: Global Governance Initiative responds to world's expectation for stability, development and prosperity

3. Readers' Reflections: Chinese modernization provides crucial support for building a multipolar & inclusive global governance system: Spanish scholar

4. Practitioners' Insights: How China-PICs climate cooperation implements GGI to bridge North-South development gap

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