Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, China\'s diplomacy has been forging ahead and has accomplished achievements of historic significance under strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. Xi has repeatedly pointed out that “the world today is undergoing profound transformation unseen in a century” and that “although both opportunities and challenges we face are unprecedented in scale, the opportunities outweigh the challenges in general.”1 Under new historical conditions, establishing major-country diplomacy with national characteristics has become the strategic thinking of the CPC central leadership.2 As a significant major country on the world stage, China should adopt a strategic path different from that of the established powers, and pursue major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics on the basis of managing well its internal and external affairs. China\'s strategic goal is never to seek global hegemony, nor to expand its geopolitical and economic space, but to meet the Chinese people\'s growing needs for a better life and then build a community with a shared future for mankind. Fostering global partnerships, exploring new global development paradigms, and advancing global governance reform are all strategies with a common goal—the well-being of the Chinese people and shared prosperity with the international community.