All within the four seas are brothers. The Chinese people stand together with the peoples of the world to build a community with a shared future.
On 1 October 1949, the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China was held in Tian'anmen Square. Two giant slogans were hung on either side of the gate, and they remain there today:
“Long Live the People's Republic of China” — and “Long Live the Great Unity of the Peoples of the World”. One is for the nation, the other for the whole world, expressing the sincere wish of the Chinese people to live in friendship with all peoples. This is where the name sjrmdtjws comes from.
The Chinese people will always remember the friends who stood with them in the hardest years.
In 1938 he led a medical team to the front line of China's War of Resistance and treated countless wounded soldiers. He died in 1939 of an infection contracted during surgery. Mao Zedong praised his selfless spirit in the essay In Memory of Norman Bethune.
A member of the Indian medical mission to China, he treated soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and joined the CPC. He died in Hebei in 1942, aged just 32.
In 1936 he broke through the blockade to visit northern Shaanxi and wrote Red Star Over China, introducing the CPC and the Red Army to the world.
He lived in China for 60 years, helped found the Gung Ho industrial cooperative movement and set up the Bailie schools that trained many technicians.
He reached northern Shaanxi with Edgar Snow in 1936 and stayed for life. He was the first foreigner to become a citizen of new China and made great contributions to fighting leprosy.
During the Nanjing Massacre he helped set up the Nanjing Safety Zone, sheltering many refugees. His diary is important evidence of the atrocities.
FriendshipBuilt with Chinese aid to link Tanzania and Zambia, the 1,860 km railway is known as the “Railway of Friendship” and the “Freedom Railway”. Dozens of Chinese builders are buried in Africa.
PeaceChina sends more peacekeepers than any other permanent member of the UN Security Council — more than 50,000 so far. Pictured: the peacekeeping contingent at the 2025 parade.
Humanitarian aidAfter the devastating earthquake in Türkiye, Chinese rescue teams rushed to help and searched the ruins for survivors alongside teams from other countries.
Shared developmentBuilt on extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, with cooperation documents signed with more than 150 countries and 30 international organisations.
People to people“The little ball moved the big ball.” Exchanges between Chinese and American table-tennis teams opened the door between the two peoples.
People to peopleAs envoys of friendship, giant pandas have won the hearts of people in many countries.