How China advances a more just, equitable global governance system

Editor's Note: IP Kuai Peng is the president of the Macao Association of Scholars and vice rector of the City University of Macao.

The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

On September 1, 2025, at the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus" Meeting in Tianjin, President Xi Jinping solemnly put forward the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) to the world.

Following the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, this is another international public good that China has offered in response to a changing global landscape.

It advocates five core principles – adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by the international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating a people-centered approach, and focusing on taking real actions – charting the course for reforming and improving the global governance system.

Over the past year, the initiative's connotation has grown richer, its practical footprint has continued to expand, and it has won broad support and an active response from the international community, gathering consensus from a growing number of countries and steering the world toward a more just and reasonable direction.

The world today is marked by turmoil and transformation, with deficits in peace, development, security, and governance remaining prominent.

Unilateralism and hegemonic acts have eroded the multilateral order, while the legitimate aspirations of countries of the Global South have long received insufficient attention.

Rooted in the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, the GGI upholds a vision of global governance based on extensive consultation and joint contribution for shared benefit.

It rejects bloc confrontation and does not seek to export any institutional model.

It maintains that all countries, regardless of size, strength, or wealth, have the right to participate equally in global affairs and to jointly seek solutions to global crises.

Since its proposal, a series of concrete measures clearly demonstrate the initiative's distinctive results-oriented character.

The International Organization for Mediation, initiated by China and operating in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), has just marked its first year of operations.

It is the world's first intergovernmental international organization dedicated to settling international disputes through mediation.