On January 22nd, H.E. Ni Ruchi, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Kingdom of Bahrain, published a signed article in Bahraini newspaper The Daily Tribune entitled “Opening up New Horizons for Major-Country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics at a Crucial Historical Juncture”.

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. In 2025, China acted as an anchor for stability, taking concrete steps to foster a new type of major-country relations, promoting dialogue and peace for the deescalation of hotspot issues, fulfilling its responsibility as a major country for world peace. China acted as a defining force. President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), advocating five major propositions, i.e., sovereign equality, international rule of law, multilateralism, a people-centered approach, and real actions. The GGI gained immediate endorsement and support from over 150 countries and international organizations. The fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee adopted the recommendations for China’s 15th five-year plan for economic and social development, laying out the plan along the central theme of building a community with a shared future for humanity. China acted as a main engine. China has continued to contribute around 30% of world economic growth, higher than G7 combined. We developed five cooperation frameworks with Arab states, and successfully held the first ASEAN-China-GCC Summit. To date, unilateral visa waiver is extended to 48 countries including Bahrain. In 2025, more than 6500 Bahraini citizens visited China, increasing by 80%. China acted as a steadying force. The Palestinian question must not be sidelined again. The principle of “Palestinian people owning and governing Palestine” must be upheld, and the two-State solution remains the only right choice for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question. Tariff and trade wars hurt the legitimate rights and interests of countries around the world, and undermine the multilateral trading system. We have stood up to such practices in defense of international fairness and justice.

In 2026, China will blaze new trails in forging a new type of major-country relations, which is characterized by peaceful coexistence, overall stability and balanced development. China will foster greater synergy for global peace and stability, actively mediate and cool down hotspot issues to restore stability, host the second China-Arab States Summit, and accelerate the negotiations on a China-GCC Free Trade Agreement. China will inject stronger impetus into global openness and cooperation, adhere to high-standard opening up, lead the trend of global openness and cooperation to counter decoupling and isolation, firmly uphold the WTO-centered multilateral trading regime, jointly resist protectionism, tariff hegemony and tariff bullying, and expand trade and investment liberalization and facilitation with countries across the world. China will make greater contributions to reforming and improving global governance. To build a community with a shared future is a noble goal of China’s diplomacy. President Xi Jinping has put forward four major initiatives, namely, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative, calling for an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. This provides strategic guidance for building a more just and equitable global governance system. Together with like-minded countries like Bahrain, and upon Bahrain’s term as the non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, we will practice true multilateralism and remain a steadfast defender and contributor to the current international system.