Global South : China Offers 100,000 Training Opportunities In Five Years

The Chinese leadership on Friday, June 2024 specified the Five Principles (the guiding principles of its foreign policy) in their entirety for the first time. They are mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the disclosure at a conference in the capital, Beijing, as the country marked the 70th anniversary of Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, the hallmark of China’s foreign policy, Xinhua news agency reported.
President Xi announced the establishment of a Global South research center, along with, in the next five years, offering 1,000 scholarships to countries in the Global South, providing 100,000 training opportunities, and initiating a Global South youth leadership programme. Furthermore, he pledged continued support for agricultural development as part of China's commitment to fostering growth and cooperation among nations, China Daily said.
"Over the past 70 years, the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence have transcended time and space and overcome estrangement, showing robust resilience and everlasting relevance. They have become open, inclusive, and universally applicable basic norms for international relations and fundamental principles of international law," Xi said. He added that they have set a historic benchmark for international relations and international rule of law, served as the prime guidance for the establishment and development of relations between countries with different social systems. 
And have been a powerful rallying force behind the efforts of developing countries to pursue cooperation and self-strength through unity, contributed historic wisdom to the reform and improvement of the international order, and made indelible historic contributions to the cause of human progress.
"At this historic moment when mankind have to choose between peace and war, prosperity and recession, unity and confrontation, we must champion more than ever the essence of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, and we must always strive tirelessly for the lofty goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind," he said.
Xi called on the world to uphold the principle of sovereign equality, cement the foundation of mutual respect, turn the vision for peace and security into reality, unite all forces to achieve prosperity, commit to fairness and justice, and embrace an open and inclusive mindset.
In an opinion piece in China Daily on June 29, 2024 titled “Peaceful coexistence is vital for the world,” Ma Li said the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence give concrete expression to the purposes and ...