Peaceful Development
The concept of peaceful development is underpinned by a focus on seeking peaceful development with the help of a peaceful international environment while also contributing to the maintenance of world peace through our own development initiatives; relying on our own efforts, particularly through reform and innovation, to achieve progress while also opening wider to the rest of the world and learning from the experiences of other countries; adapting to the process of economic globalization and seeking mutual benefit for all; and working with the international community to bring lasting peace, prosperity, and harmony to the world.
China is firmly committed to peaceful development, and calls on all countries to follow this path. China will take on more international responsibilities, work with other countries to uphold humanity's best conscience and international norms, and stand for justice in regional and international affairs. China upholds that international disputes should be resolved by peaceful means, and opposes hegemony as well as power politics. China will never seek hegemony and expansionism. It is China's consistent position to search for win-win solutions that take into account the interests of other countries as well as those of its own. It is essential to foster cooperative interactions among members of the world community.
As China's experience of reform and opening up over the past 40 years shows, the pursuance of peaceful development has been a crucial strategic move that is based on the considerations of China's national conditions, social system and cultural traditions. It represents a timely response to today's imperatives and serves the fundamental interests of China, and those of its neighbors and the rest of the world.
和平發展道路
和平發展道路歸結起來就是：既通過維護世界和平發展自己，又通過自身發展維護世界和平；在強調依靠自身力量和改革創新實現發展的同時，堅持對外開放，學習借鑒別國長處；順應經濟全球化發展潮流，尋求與各國互利共贏和共同發展；同國際社會一道努力，推動建設持久和平、共同繁榮的和諧世界。中國將堅定不移地走和平發展道路，同時也將推動各國共同堅持和平發展。中國將積極承擔更多國際責任，同世界各國一道維護人類良知和國際公理，在世界和地區事務中主持公道、伸張正義。中國主張以和平方式解決國際爭端，反對各種形式的霸權主義和強權政治，永遠不稱霸，永遠不搞擴張。中國主張堅持共贏精神，在追求本國利益的同時兼顧別國利益，做到惠本國、利天下，推動走出一條合作共贏、良性互動的路子。
中國改革開放40年的歷史已經證明，和平發展是中國基于自身國情、社會制度、文化傳統作出的戰略抉擇，順應時代潮流，符合中國根本利益，符合周邊國家利益，符合世界各國利益。
