Abstract
As a major part of its diplomatic pursuits in the new era and its ideal vision of “peaceful development”, China needs to build a new type of international relations that is oriented to win-win cooperation and conducive to the transformation of international systems and the world order. It will take great effort to accomplish this unprecedented undertaking for the benefit of later generations. As an extremely significant and effective approach to fulfilling this undertaking, the promotion of the alignment of national development strategies can foster and strengthen the strategic mutual trust between countries with different historical and cultural traditions, social systems and development levels and concepts, and can enhance the level and quality of international cooperation, with the ultimate goal being the achievement of a win-win outcome.
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Cungang, W. (2020). Aligning National Development Strategies and Building a New Type of International Relationship: A Case Study of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. In: Men, H. (eds) On China's Road. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7880-5_10
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