Preface Chapter 1 Great Changes Call for a Global Community of Shared Future A Historical and Holistic Approach to Assessing International Developments and the Right Approach to China's Role The Necessity and Urgency to Build a Global Community of Shared Future Amidst the Global Fight Against Covid-19 General Trends in World Development Reveal the Necessity toBuild a Global Community of Shared Future Chapter 2 The Basic Meaning of a Global Community of Shared Future and Its Global Significance The Core of a Global Community of Shared Future The Global Community of Shared Future and the Community of the Future Society China's Proposal and Realization of a Global Community of Shared Future The Historic Significance of a Global Community of Shared Future Chapter 3 How to Build a Global Community ofShared Future Pathways of Building a Global Community of Shared Future Main Steps for Building a Global Community of Shared Future Chapter 4 Promoting China's Strategy of Building a Global Community of Shared Future Managing Our Own Affairs Well and Accelerating the Formationof a New Pattern of Development China's Neighborhood as a Preferred Choice to Initiate the Buildingof a Global Community of Shared Future Defining China's International Position and Responding to theLegitimate Concerns of Developed Countries Active Participation in Global Governance Appendix Appendix 1 Sino-US Relations Remain the Most Important Bilateral Relationship in the World Today / 123 Appendix 2 Cultural Exchanges and Dialogues Between China and the US Should Be Resumed After the Pandemic / 131 Appendix 3 "Thick Mountains Could Not Stop the River from Flowing into the Sea" Epilogue and Conclusion