Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity to Jointly Revitalize World Socialism: A Review of the 13th World Socialism Forum

ABSTRACT

The World Socialism Forum, sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), is an important international forum held regularly since 2004. Centered on the latest situations and changes in China and the world, the forum has attracted increasing attention both inside and outside China. The 13th World Socialism Forum was held in Beijing on November 28–29, 2023, with more than 180 leaders of communist parties, left-wing scholars, and social activists from 37 countries on six continents in attendance. Addressing the theme of “Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity and the Development of World Socialism,” the participants discussed the significance of the concept of a community with a shared future for humanity and related questions, speaking highly of the achievements of the Chinese path to modernization and its exemplary role for developing countries. They also analyzed the profound crisis of present-day capitalism and the alternative prospects for socialism, while pointing out that as the world enters a new period of turbulence and transformation, and faces the challenges of hegemonism and power politics, the future of mankind lies in building a community with a shared future for humanity. This task requires the solidarity and cooperation of socialist forces around the world.

KEYWORDS:

• World Socialism Forum
• a community with a shared future for humanity
• Chinese path to modernization
• hegemonism

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Notes

1 Three global initiatives: Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative and Global Civilization Initiative.

2 Besides the three “Global Initiatives” listed above in Note 1, the other three are the Community with a Shared Future for Humanity Initiative, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Global AI Governance Initiative.

3 The three global initiatives listed above in Note 1, along with the Global AI Governance Initiative.

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Notes on contributors

Haiqing Yu

Haiqing Yu is Research Fellow at the Academy of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on Marxist currents and socialist movements. She has authored books in Chinese titled Left Parties and Socialist Movements in Greece from a Radical Perspective (2024); Changes and Challenges of Communist Parties in Western Europe (2017); Where is Capitalism Heading? (2017); Socialist Currents in the West (2012); and A Study of Participatory Democracy in the Contemporary West (2009).

Jingbo Wu

Jingbo Wu is a PhD candidate at the School of Marxism, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.