It is the country’s first comprehensive foreign policy law since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
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Global Times The Law on Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China comes into effect on July 1. It is the country’s first comprehensive foreign policy law since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It lays out the guiding principles, basic positions and institutional structures of China’s overseas work and provides a general rule for the development of China’s foreign relations. China is the first major country to have a foreign relations law, highlighting its distinctive Chinese characteristics.
As China moves more into the center of the world stage, there is an increasing need to enact comprehensive foreign policy legislation. This legislation is not just a shortterm response to external challenges, but a feat focused on developing China’s relations with the world. Those with a righteous and positive attitude will find positive aspects in this foreign policy law, including China’s development vision, the concept of security, the concept of civilization, as well as the systematic idea of building a community with a common future in China. Humanity. The law expresses China’s determination to embark on a path of peaceful development, promote the building of a new kind of international relations, and build a community with a common future for mankind.
China advocates the peaceful resolution of international disputes, opposes the use or threat of violence in international relations, and rejects hegemonism and power politics. These principles not only represent China’s diplomatic stance, but also serve as solemn legal declarations and practices. China’s passage of the Foreign Affairs Law signifies selfimprovement in new international circumstances and environments, and transcendence of the old paradigm. Through a comprehensive law, China affirms the peaceful nature of its development and diplomacy, its resistance to hegemonism and violent policies, and its openness. No other country has done this before. It is the strongest refutation of the “China threat” theory propagated by the US and the West.
Breaking with the logic that “a strong country must strive for hegemony,” China establishes a new model of human interaction and has global significance. The stronger China becomes, the greater its contribution to world peace and stability. As long as countries maintain normal relations with China, they will easily recognize China’s goodwill and sense of responsibility as a great power in the Foreign Relations Law. At the same time, this law offers valuable stability to the current system of global governance, which is affected by the trend against globalization and regional conflicts.
For example, the law specifically states that the country has an obligation to honor treaties and agreements in good faith and clarifies that the country will take steps to comply with sanctions resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council under UNSC provisions and corresponding measures to implement Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. It can be said that foreign law is China’s answer on how to properly manage the relationship between domestic law and international law. This strictly upholds the UNcentric international system and order based on international law, thereby strictly safeguarding international impartiality and justice.
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Some Western media and US public opinion were unsettled by China’s foreign policy and even attempted to immediately discredit it. This reaction is not surprising. First, it is a projection of America’s long history of abusing legal action. For decades, Washington has repeatedly violated international law and norms, resorting to “longarm jurisdiction” under domestic law and imposing unlawful unilateral sanctions or intimidation against other countries, causing significant damage to many countries. Now that they see that China has enacted such a law, they naturally and unconsciously worry that China will use the same means to “retaliate” against the US. Put simply, this is the country’s usual double standard and an expression of its guilty conscience over its extensive history of wrongdoing. It is irrational towards China on the part of the US. Traditionally, China is a country that values harmony and avoids countermeasures. The Foreign Affairs Law is yet another demonstration of China’s determination to protect national sovereignty, security and development interests in a legal manner. In this sense, foreign relations law has teeth. Those who do business with China maliciously and seek to violate China’s legitimate rights and interests will definitely feel the pain. This point is also very clear: the law is an indispensable and important part of international exchange. It also reflects a country’s original intention and attitude in dealing with foreign affairs. In a way, the enactment and implementation of the Foreign Affairs Law demonstrate and strengthen China’s strategic transparency. China’s diplomacy is open and honest. We hope to be friends with everyone, but we will not tolerate any actions that harm China’s interests. Whatever we support or oppose, we put it on the table. Shouldn’t such a big country be trustworthy, friendly and respectable?