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Looking back over mankind's long history of war and peace, one
is deeply struck by the fact that peace does not come easily and
thus should be doubly treasured.
In recent years, while there has been some relaxation in the international
situation, peace has not prevailed in the world. On the regional
level, tensions persist. Armed conflicts and local wars break out
continuously and hegemonism and power politics are still lingering
on. While old contradictions have yet to be fundamentally resolved,
new contradictions emerge. International arms control and disarmament
is still a long-term, arduous task. The complete eradication of
the disaster of war and the realization of a complete and lasting
peace, therefore, remain a highly complex and difficult task before
the peace-loving people of the world.
The world wants peace, nations want development and society wants
progress--this has become the irresistible tide of the day. As long
as the peoples of all nations work together, adhering to the road
of peace and development, continuing to unflaggingly promote the
arms control and disarmament process, and sparing no effort to establish
a new peaceful, stable, fair and reasonable international political
and economic order on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful
Coexistence and other commonly recognized standards for international
relations, a long-lasting peace is possible, and the righteousness
of peace and development will ultimately and veritably triumph over
the evils of war.
In the future China will unswervingly promote arms control and
disarmament as it has in the past, joining together with the peace-loving
people of all the nations in the world, working untiringly to bring
a peaceful, stable, prosperous and happy new world into the 21st
century.
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