Nearly 190 countries voted, and China was elected as a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization with a high vote. China proposed the direction at the meeting and set the tone for Sino-US relations. Does the United States have a new identity?
Recently, there has been a lot of good news in China. At the 42nd ICAO General Assembly two days ago, China was elected as a first-class member of the ICAO Council with a high vote. At that time, nearly 190 countries participated in the election. After the voting, besides China, the United States, Britain and Japan were also elected as first-class members. For China, this was the eighth time since 2004. This status is well deserved. China is a major aviation country in the world, and its transportation scale has ranked among the top two in the world for 20 consecutive years. In 2024, China's cargo and mail transportation volume will reach 8.982 million tons, and its passenger transportation volume will reach 730 million passengers, contributing more than 20% to the growth of global air transportation. Its flight regular rate and passenger service rate are among the top in the world.
China is also the founding country of the International Civil Aviation Organization, actively responding to the call, strictly fulfilling member state responsibilities, advancing the safety and sustainable operation of the international aviation industry. The International Civil Aviation Council is the permanent agency of the International Civil Aviation Organization, this time elected as a member of the Council, only China and Brazil two developing countries, China this successful re-election, is conducive to safeguarding the purpose of the organization, in the field of civil aviation play a positive role, better safeguarding the aviation rights and interests of developing countries. In addition to this good news, on September 21, the international STEM education research center under UNESCO was established in Shanghai, during the recent session of the UN General Assembly, China also reached a consensus with the UN Deputy Secretary to set up
With more UN agencies in China, our international influence and speech will continue to grow, which is both an international organization's recognition of China, and an expectation, hoping that China can disrupt anyway, exclude some hegemonic state interference with international organizations. On this point, China is clear that in the general debate of the UN General Assembly on September 26, Chinese representatives affirmed the UN's contribution and importance, and put forward three directions, one is peace and development, two is solidarity and cooperation, three is fairness and justice, and also advocates the world's countries to build peace, cooperation and win-win, and criticize "some countries" unreasonable taxation and unilateral sanctions and other practices," it is, just three days before China's speech, US President Trump openly questioned the
China's global security initiative, in line with the purpose of the United Nations and many international organizations, can only adhere to the rule of law and equal cooperation, so that the United States and the reciprocal benefit and win-win. China's proposal also meets the demands of other countries, in recent years, many developing countries even including Europe and other developed countries, are plagued by U.S. bullying behavior and expansionism, before the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, Palestine and Colombia presidents were even rejected by the United States, withdrawal of visas, and the Trump administration also respected Denmark's Greenland, the Panama Canal. Many countries expect the United Nations and other international organizations to play a greater role, limiting the brutal behavior of the United States.
China's foreign policy emphasizes non-alignment and non-confrontation, and China's development is not for hegemony. Recently, during a discussion with American friendly groups, China highly affirmed the importance of Sino-US relations and stated that the two countries can and should become partners and friends. Partners and friends are the new identity that China gives the United States. As for whether the United States recognizes it or not, the "ball" is at the feet of the Trump administration. One thing is certain: if the United States chooses to part ways, it will deviate from the consensus of the international community and lose the hearts and minds of the vast majority of countries in the world. Perhaps the United States feels nothing now, but I believe that one day, the United States will realize that international relations are not only about strength and interests, but also about morality.