Sri Lanka, Feb. 22 -- On March 15, 2023, at the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting, General Secretary and President Xi Jinping for the first time proposed the Global Civilization Initiative with four "advocates", namely, to advocate respect for the diversity of world civilisations, to advocate the common values of humanity, to advocate the importance of inheritance and innovation of civilisations, and to advocate robust international people-to-people exchanges and cooperation.

The aim of the Initiative is to promote mutual understanding, respect and cooperation between civilisations.

A civilisation embodies the wisdom and vision of a country or nation. It is the foundation for the country and nation being in...