崔天凯呼吁亚洲担当全球秩序建设责任

Club提要： 2025年11月7日-9日，三边委员会（Trilateral Commission) 亚太地区组会议在北京举行。中国组主席、前驻美大使崔天凯在开幕致辞中指出，面对受冲击的国际秩序，亚洲国家应以和平、发展、公平、正义、民主与自由的人类共同价值观为指引，凭借长期的稳定与发展经验，捍卫联合国宪章原则，在改革和重塑国际秩序中发挥建设性作用，为全球稳定与繁荣作出贡献。  

（以下为崔大使发言中译文）

感谢主席。首先，我谨代表中国组，向新浪主席（注：日方主席）和三边委员会各位朋友表示热烈欢迎。非常高兴和荣幸能主办本次亚太区域会议。在中国节气当中，今天是立冬，但因为全球气候变暖，目前还不是太冷。我衷心希望各位能趁着明后两天天气放晴，稍微领略一下北京的金秋。

本次会议的主题是“有争议的秩序与亚洲的全球责任”。题目本身的重要性强，用词准确。“有争议的秩序”表明各方对国际秩序存在着不同看法，而三边委员会无疑是最适合探讨这个主题的场合。我们可以在这个平台中汇聚多元观点，展开深入的、实质的，希望也是富有成效的交流，并逐渐形成一些共识。

11月7日，2025年三边委员会亚太地区组会议在北京举行开幕式，三边委员会中国组主席、中国前驻美大使崔天凯致辞（图源：北京日报）

我真心期待今后三天的讨论能够富有成果。我赞同新浪先生的观点，我们应当仰赖全人类的经验与智慧。时下，人工智能是个热门话题。有人担忧，终有一日它将取代人类。但我认为，任何算法，无论它多么强大，都永远无法替代人类良知。因此，让我们把时间花在探讨国际秩序上，并从现存的国际秩序开始谈起。

今年是第二次世界大战结束和联合国成立八十周年。战后的国际秩序总体上是行之有效的，但有时也不尽如人意，因此需要进行改革、复兴和重构。另一方面，我们以巨大牺牲为代价，从二十世纪的两次世界大战中汲取的教训依然有效、《联合国宪章》的宗旨和原则依然有效。各会员国主权平等、不干涉在本质上属于任何国家国内管辖之事件、应以和平方法解决其国际争端、促成全球人民经济及社会之进展、促成大自由中之社会进步及较善之民生——这些原则至今依然有效。所以，如果亚洲要对全球承担一些责任，我认为就应该是捍卫这些原则宗旨。如果亚洲要在未来世界秩序中发挥作用，就应该是倡导人类共同的价值观——和平、发展、公平、正义、民主、自由。亚洲不仅有义务承担这样的角色，更有能力、有资格承担这样的角色。

开幕式现场（图源：澎湃新闻）

过去几十年间，尽管一些地方冷战遗存和区域争端依旧，但亚太仍然保持了总体稳定与和平。我们在消除贫困、实现经济繁荣方面取得了显著进展。如今，亚太地区已成为全球经济增长的主要引擎之一。我们在开放包容的区域合作中收获颇丰。我们强调和着眼彼此之间的共同之处，即共同立场和共同利益，而非夸大其中的分歧。我们求同存异。我们在推动区域经济合作中灵活务实。这些或许正是值得世界其他地区学习借鉴的经验。中国作为全球南方和亚太国家的一员，明确、坚定地恪守联合国的各项原则，秉持人类共同价值观，坚守亚洲文化与亚洲智慧。

中国的国家发展战略旨在实现中国式现代化。诸位可能有所耳闻，我们正在制定面向未来五年的，中国经济社会发展的第十五个五年规划。这一规划的目标十分明确：通过深化改革和扩大开放实现高质量可持续的发展、14亿中国人民的共同富裕、创造更加美好的生活。与此同时，我们还将为世界提供更多机遇，为全球稳定与繁荣作出更大贡献。在这样的背景下，中国外交政策的根本目标是与各国携手，与远亲近邻一道，构建人类命运共同体。正因如此，我们才提出全球发展倡议、全球安全倡议、全球文明倡议和全球治理倡议。

崔天凯大使出席三边委亚太地区组会议并发言（图源：北京对话）

“十四五”期间，包含新能源汽车、光伏、锂电池“新三样”产品在内的一批具有国际竞争力的优势产业不断培育壮大（图源：人民网）

中国的外交政策目标从来不是挑战或取代任何国家，尤其是美国——中国国家主席日前在韩国就是这样对特朗普总统说的。中国外交政策的目标从来不会，今后也不会寻求全球霸权或统治地位。无论我们与其他国家有任何争端，我们从未打算损害他们的正当利益。这就是我们处理双边关系的基本理念，也是我们构建全球秩序的最佳观念。

我相信在接下来的两天里，我们会有更多时间就此展开深入探讨。我向大家强烈推荐朱民先生今天下午的演讲，他将向各位清晰阐述中国的发展战略，未来几年要干什么。我非常期待未来两天，我们能展开精彩而富有启发性的讨论。再次祝愿各位在北京度过愉快的时光。 

（以下为崔大使发言的英文原文）

Thank you, Mr. chair. First of all, on behalf of the Chinese group, let me extend a very warm welcome to chairman Niinami, and all the Friends from Trilateral Commission. We are really pleased and honored to host this Asia Pacific Beijing regional meeting. According to the traditional calendar, today is the beginning of winter. But thanks to global warming, it's not that cold yet. So, I hope you will be able to enjoy a little bit of the golden autumn of Beijing when it clears up tomorrow and the day after.

Now we have a theme for our meeting – (a) contested orders and Asia’s global responsibility. This is very important topic, very pertinent indeed, with the choice of wording. Contested orders indicate there are different views about international order. And I don't think there is any better place to discuss this than the Trilateral Commission. This is a very good platform for us to bring together different views and have a thorough, substantive and hopefully productive exchanges and gradually build up some common view(s).

And I'm really looking forward to the fruitful discussion today, tomorrow, and the day after. And I agree with Mr. Niinami, we should rely on human experience and wisdom. Nowadays. AI is very hot. Some people are worried someday AI might replace us all, but I don't think any algorithm, no matter how strong it might be, could ever substitute for human conscience. So, let's make best use our time and, in order to discuss international orders, a good place to start with might be the existing international order.

This year marks the 80^th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the founding of the United Nations. The post-World War II international order by and large has worked. At the same time, it has also fallen short of our expectation from time to time. That's why it needs some reform, revitalization, and re(con)struction. On the other hand, the lesson(s) we have all learned from the two world wars in the 20th century with huge sacrifice are still valid. The purposes and principle as enshrined in the United Nations Charter are still valid. Sovereign equality of all the Member State, non-interference in internal affairs, peaceful settlement of international disputes, international cooperation for economic prosperity, social progress, and better life in larger freedom, all these things are still valid. So, if Asia is to take up some global responsibility, I think it's a responsibility to uphold this principle. If Asia is to play any role in the future world order, it's a role advocacy for the common values of humanity, peace, development, equity, justice, democracy, and freedom. And Asia is not only, obliged to play such a role, Asia is very capable and well qualified to play such a role.

We have maintained overall stability and peace in our region over the last few decades, despite some of the legacy of the Cold War and some of the ongoing disputes among the regional countries. We have made remarkable progress in alleviating poverty and achieving economic prosperity. Now, this region, Asia Pacific, is one of the main engines for global economic growth. We have had a lot of success in open and inclusive regional cooperation. We stress, we focus on what is common among us, the common ground, common interests, instead of exaggerating our differences. We seek harmony without enforcing conformity. We are very flexible and pragmatic in promoting regional economic cooperation. And maybe that's something other parts of the world should really learn from our experience. And as a member of the Global South, as an Asia Pacific country, China is certainly firmly committed to principles of the UN, to the common values of humanity, and to our Asian culture and Asian wisdom.

China's national development strategy is aimed at Chinese modernization. You might be aware that we are now preparing for the 15^th five-year plan for Chinese economic and social development, which will cover the next five years. The objective(s) of the plan are very clear: high quality growth, more sustainable growth through deepening reform and further opening up, common prosperity for all the 1.4 billion Chinese people, better life for our people. And at the same time, we will be ready to offer more opportunities to the rest of the world and contribute more to global stability and prosperity. So, within this context, the overarching goal of China's foreign policy is to work with other country, with our friends and partners near and far, to build a community with shared future for the whole humanity. That's why we have proposed the Global Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative.

It has never been China’s foreign policy goal to challenge or replace any other country, including maybe in particular the United States. That's what my president said to President Trump in South Korea the other day. It has never been and will never be China's foreign policy goal to seek global hegemony or dominance. It has never been our goal to put the legitimate interest in any other country, no matter what dispute we might have with them. So that is the basic thinking that underpin our bilateral policy towards other country. That is also the best thinking that underpin our approach to global order.

I'm sure in the next two days, we will have more time to have more detailed discussion of this, and I will strongly recommend the speech to be given by Mr. Zhu Min later this afternoon. He will present a very clear picture to you about China's development strategy, what we are going to do in the next few years. So, I'm really looking forward to very beautiful and inspiring discussion in the next two days. And let me again wish you a very pleasant stay here in Beijing. And certainly, I would like to thank Mr. Niinami. You mentioned the city of Tokyo and Kyoto. I like the two cities very much. Thank you.

Club Briefing：From November 7 to 9, 2025, the Trilateral Commission Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting was held in Beijing. In his opening remarks, Cui Tiankai, Chair of the Chinese Group and former Chinese Ambassador to the United States, emphasized that amid the disruptions to the international order, Asian countries should be guided by the shared human values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom. Drawing on their long-standing experience in stability and development, he urged Asian nations to uphold the principles of the UN Charter, play a constructive role in the reform and renewal of the international order, and contribute to global stability and prosperity.