Deeply Understanding the Innovative Contributions and Contemporary Value of Co-Building a Community of All Life on Earth

In 2021, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Leaders' Summit of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, pointing out: "The international community must strengthen cooperation and work with one mind and one effort to jointly build a community of all life on Earth." Co-building a community of all life on Earth is an extension and expansion of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind into the field of ecological civilization, and it is also an important application of "community," a signature concept of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, in the field of ecological civilization. It possesses major theoretical value and practical significance.

2021年，习近平主席在《生物多样性公约》第十五次缔约方大会领导人峰会上发表重要讲话，指出：“国际社会要加强合作，心往一处想、劲往一处使，共建地球生命共同体。”共建地球生命共同体是人类命运共同体理念在生态文明领域的延伸拓展，也是“共同体”这一习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的标识性概念在生态文明领域的重要应用，具有重大的理论价值和实践意义。

President Xi Jinping pointed out: "When ecology flourishes, civilization flourishes; when ecology declines, civilization declines." [1]1 A classical Chinese saying adapted by Xi Jinping, emphasizing the interdependence of ecological health and civilizational prosperity. Human survival and development are inseparable from nature. The natural world that provides ecological carrying capacity for human society is a living organism, and biodiversity is one of the important indicators of the health of this living organism. Since the advent of industrial civilization, large-scale human extraction from nature and unrestrained ecological consumption have placed enormous pressure on biodiversity, giving rise to a series of problems. General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly grasped the deep-seated crises facing the development of human society, and from the strategic height of building a community with a shared future for mankind, he has advocated the major concept of co-building a community of all life on Earth. Co-building a community of all life on Earth is an important component and signature concept of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, fully reflecting China's sense of responsibility as a major country in actively participating in global environmental governance, as well as its forward-looking thinking on incorporating the correct handling of the relationship between humanity and nature into global governance. It has contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the construction of a global ecological civilization.

习近平主席指出：“生态兴则文明兴，生态衰则文明衰。”人类的生存和发展离不开自然，为人类社会提供生态承载的自然界是一个生命有机体，生物多样性则是表征这一生命有机体健康程度的重要标志之一。由于工业文明以来人类大规模对自然界索取，无节制的生态消耗给生物多样性带来巨大压力，出现了一系列问题。习近平总书记深刻把握人类社会发展面临的深层危机，站在构建人类命运共同体的战略高度，倡导共建地球生命共同体的重大理念。共建地球生命共同体是习近平生态文明思想的重要组成部分和标识性概念，充分体现了中国积极参与全球环境治理的大国担当，以及把正确处理人与自然关系纳入全球治理的前瞻性思考，为全球生态文明建设贡献了中国智慧与中国方案。

It enriches the thought of the Marxist view of nature on the relationship between humanity and nature.

丰富了马克思主义自然观关于人与自然关系的思想

One of the core viewpoints of the Marxist view of nature is to regard nature as the prerequisite for the existence and development of human society. In the *Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844*, Marx pointed out: "Nature is man's inorganic body—that is to say, nature insofar as it is not the human body itself. Man lives from nature." [2]2 Marx, *Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844* (MECW, Vol. 3, p. 276). As a part of nature, humanity has always relied on the material conditions provided by nature, establishing the connection between humanity and nature through labor and actively transforming nature, thereby interweaving social production with natural cycles. Under the capitalist system, this relationship is destroyed by capital's goal of profit-seeking; the endless pursuit of surplus value intensifies the consumption and depletion of nature, and the foundation for the sustainable development of humanity is continuously weakened. With the acceleration of economic globalization, ecological problems such as climate warming, resource depletion, and environmental pollution have crossed national borders, threatening the entirety of human society.

马克思主义自然观的核心观点之一，是把自然视为人类社会存在与发展的前提条件。在《1844年经济学哲学手稿》中，马克思指出：“自然界，就它本身不是人的身体而言，是人的无机的身体。人靠自然界生活。”人类作为自然界的一部分，始终依赖自然提供的物质条件，通过劳动建立人与自然的联系并能动地改造自然，使社会生产与自然循环相互交织。在资本主义制度下，这一关系被资本逐利的目标所破坏，无止境地追求剩余价值加剧了对自然的消耗与透支，人类可持续发展的基础被不断削弱。随着经济全球化进程加速，气候变暖、资源枯竭、环境污染等生态问题跨越国界，威胁整个人类社会。

Facing increasingly prominent ecological challenges, General Secretary Xi Jinping's advocacy of co-building a community of all life on Earth can be said to have emerged as the times require and at the right moment. This major concept is both rooted in the Marxist view of nature and the Marxist view of ecology, and under new historical conditions, it provides a targeted and realistic response to contemporary ecological dilemmas, offering important ideological guidance for scientifically grasping the relationship between humanity and nature today. This major concept implies that humanity must change its way of understanding nature, discard the capitalist reduction of the ecological environment to mere means of production and its debasement to exchange value, and regard the ecological environment as a partner coexisting with humanity rather than a raw material warehouse to be exploited at will. Facts show that once the ecosystem is imbalanced, no matter how great the material achievements, they will be difficult to sustain. Therefore, economic development and environmental protection must be advanced simultaneously, and in this process, the reasonable boundaries of economic development must be explored, in order to safeguard the ecological environment, which is the foundation for human survival, and leave necessary space for nature's self-repair and adjustment.

面对日益突出的生态挑战，习近平总书记主张共建地球生命共同体，可谓应运而生、正当其时。这一重大理念既植根于马克思主义自然观、马克思主义生态观，又在新的历史条件下对当代生态困境作出具有针对性、现实性的回应，为在今天科学把握人与自然关系提供了重要思想指引。这一重大理念意味着，人类必须改变认知自然的方式，摒弃资本主义将生态环境简化为生产资料、矮化为交换价值的片面理解，把生态环境视作与人类共生的伙伴而非予取予求的原料仓库。事实表明，生态系统一旦失衡，再伟大的物质成就也难以为继。因此，经济发展与环境保护必须同步推进，并在这一过程中探索经济发展的合理边界，才能守护好生态环境这个人类安身立命的根本，为自然留下自我修复与调适的必要空间。

Co-building a community of all life on Earth embodies a profound transcendence of Western environmental theories. This major concept breaks through the "binary opposition between humanity and nature" mode of thinking, closely linking the sustained prosperity of human society with the sustained stability of the natural system. The relationship between humanity and nature is not one of use and being used, but should be one of coexistence and co-prosperity; development should not be endless expansion, but should respect the laws of nature and take ecological carrying capacity as a binding condition. The major concept of co-building a community of all life on Earth reflects the profound ecological philosophical implications of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization: human practical activities possess subjective initiative, but subjective initiative needs to function within the framework of natural laws and consciously accept the constraints of ecological laws, bringing production practices back onto a track coordinated with nature, and guiding humanity towards a sustainable green development path.

共建地球生命共同体体现了对西方环境理论的深刻超越。这一重大理念突破了“人与自然二元对立”的思维模式，把人类社会的持续繁荣与自然系统的持续稳定紧密联系起来。人与自然不是利用与被利用的关系，而应是共生共存的关系；发展也不能是无休止的扩张，而应尊重自然规律、以生态承载能力为约束条件。共建地球生命共同体的重大理念反映出习近平生态文明思想所具有的深刻的生态哲学意蕴：人类实践活动具有主观能动性，但主观能动性需要在自然规律的框架内发挥作用，并自觉接受生态法则的制约，使生产实践回到与自然相协调的轨道上，引导人类走可持续的绿色发展道路。

Humans are children of nature. The major concept of co-building a community of all life on Earth adheres to the basic principles of the Marxist view of nature, upholds the value stance of respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature, and discards the fragmented thinking of Western environmental theories, becoming a scientific concept with holism, systematicity, and feasibility, possessing both strategic height and practical depth. Moving from domination to coexistence, from instrumental rationality to community consciousness, this major concept marks a profound historical shift in the relationship between humanity and nature. It is not only an elevation of ecological ethics and a self-awareness of ecological philosophy, but also the advancement of the Marxist view of nature with the times and its innovative development in the New Era, granting the Marxist view of nature new contemporary connotations and providing important ideological guidance for resolving the global ecological crisis.

人是自然之子。共建地球生命共同体的重大理念坚持马克思主义自然观的基本原理，秉持尊重自然、顺应自然、保护自然的价值立场，摒弃西方环境理论的碎片化思维，成为具有整体性、系统性和可行性，兼具战略高度与实践深度的科学理念。从支配走向共生，从工具理性走向共同体意识，这一重大理念标志着人与自然关系正迎来历史性的深刻转向，不仅是生态伦理的提升、生态哲学的自觉，也是马克思主义自然观在新时代的与时俱进、创新发展，让马克思主义自然观在当代获得新的时代内涵，为破解全球生态危机提供了重要的思想指引。

It develops the Marxist theory of productive forces and the theory of social reproduction.

发展了马克思主义生产力理论与社会再生产理论

Marxism holds that productive forces are the fundamental driving force for social development. Marxism elucidates the general laws of social reproduction, revealing that the development of productive forces depends not only on the composition of the means of production and the progress of science and technology, but also on the mode of material exchange between humanity and nature. The process of social reproduction includes not only the continuous circulation and renewal of materials, but also the continuation and development of social relations. Entering the 21st century, the impact of the ecological environment on social reproduction has become increasingly prominent. The growth path relying on high energy consumption and heavy resource depletion is becoming increasingly unsustainable. The "limits to growth" is no longer just a theoretical discussion but has become an urgent practical problem. The major concept of co-building a community of all life on Earth broadens the green dimension of the Marxist theory of productive forces, guiding social reproduction from mere expansion in scale to a new stage of unity between quality and quantity and sustainable development.

马克思主义认为，生产力是推动社会发展的根本动力。马克思主义阐释了社会再生产的一般规律，揭示了生产力的发展不仅依赖于生产资料的构成和科学技术的进步，也取决于人与自然之间的物质交换方式。社会再生产的过程，既包含物质的不断循环和更新，也意味着社会关系的延续与发展。进入21世纪，生态环境对社会再生产的影响日益凸显，那种依靠高能耗、重消耗来支撑的增长道路越来越难以为继。“增长的边界”不再只是一种理论探讨，而是成为迫在眉睫的现实问题。共建地球生命共同体的重大理念拓宽了马克思主义生产力理论的绿色维度，引导社会再生产从单纯的规模扩张走向质与量相统一和可持续发展的新阶段。

President Xi Jinping pointed out: "When humanity protects nature in a friendly manner, nature's rewards are generous; when humanity plunders nature brutally, nature's punishments are merciless." [3]3 Xi Jinping, speech at the Leaders' Summit of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2021. The major concept of co-building a community of all life on Earth is a direct response to real ecological problems. An important cause of the global ecological crisis is that the speed and scale of social reproduction have far exceeded nature's own capacity for recovery. The Earth has been incorporated into a capital-centered development model, and humanity lacks the necessary regulation and restraint on development, causing the Earth to gradually become an object and target for continuous capital extraction. Co-building a community of all life on Earth means that nature cannot be regarded as a "silent background" in the process of social reproduction. In addition to traditional factors of production such as labor, capital, and land, ecological capacity, carbon emissions, biodiversity, etc., must all become internal constraints that must be considered in the development of productive forces, thereby reshaping the internal structure of social reproduction. Whether it adapts to the Earth's own ecological carrying capacity and whether it is conducive to enhancing the ecosystem's self-regulating function become important criteria for measuring the quality of the development of productive forces.

习近平主席指出：“当人类友好保护自然时，自然的回报是慷慨的；当人类粗暴掠夺自然时，自然的惩罚也是无情的。”共建地球生命共同体的重大理念是对现实生态问题的直接回应。造成全球生态危机的一个重要原因，是社会再生产的速度和规模远远超过了自然本身的恢复能力。地球被纳入以资本为中心的发展模式，人类对发展缺少必要的调节和约束，导致地球逐渐变成资本不断攫取的客体和对象。共建地球生命共同体，意味着不能把自然视为社会再生产过程中“沉默的背景”，除了劳动、资本、土地等传统的生产要素，生态容量、碳排放、生物多样性等都要成为生产力发展必须考虑的内在约束，社会再生产的内在结构由此得到重塑。是否适应地球本身的生态承载力、是否有利于增强生态的自我调节功能，成为衡量生产力发展质量的重要依据。

The major concept of building a community of all life on Earth also prompts people to rethink the spatial pattern of productive forces and the international division of labor. The production pattern based on nation-states still exists, but issues of global resource allocation, ecological responsibility, and environmental equity are becoming increasingly prominent. Social reproduction occurs not only within domestic cycles but also through the establishment of global industrial chains in more open domestic and international dual cycles, with domestic and international cycles exhibiting ever-closer interdependence. The impact of Earth’s environmental changes transcends national borders, and solving global ecological problems urgently requires all countries to strengthen cooperation, engage in joint governance, earnestly fulfill their ecological responsibilities, systematically integrate ecological values into economic and social development, and achieve greener social reproduction. Following this logic, China has proposed the “dual carbon” goals [4]4 The “dual carbon” goals refer to China’s pledges to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060., promoting a comprehensive green transformation of the economy and society, embodying and implementing the inherent requirements of building a community of all life on Earth in the process of social reproduction. Through a series of measures such as optimizing the energy structure, promoting green industrial transformation, and improving resource utilization efficiency, a green development model centered on the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature and constrained by strict adherence to ecological bottom lines is gradually taking shape, highly consistent with the major concept of building a community of all life on Earth. This is not a partial technological improvement but a systematic reshaping of the goal orientation and development logic of productive forces.

共建地球生命共同体的重大理念也促使人们重新思考生产力发展的空间格局与国际分工。以国家为单位的生产格局依然存在，但全球层面的资源分配问题、生态责任问题和环境公平问题越来越突出。社会再生产不仅发生在国内循环中，也通过建立全球产业链发生在更加开放的国内国际双循环中，国内循环与国际循环表现出更加紧密的相互依赖性。地球环境变化的影响跨越国界，解决全球性生态问题迫切要求各国加强合作、共同治理，切实履行本国的生态责任，把生态价值系统性地融入经济社会发展中，实现更加绿色的社会再生产。遵循这一逻辑，中国提出“双碳”目标，推动经济社会全面绿色转型，把共建地球生命共同体的内在要求体现到、落实到社会再生产的过程中。通过优化能源结构、推动产业绿色改造、提高资源利用效率等一系列措施，一种以人与自然和谐共生为内核、以严守生态底线为约束的绿色发展方式正逐渐形成，并与共建地球生命共同体的重大理念高度契合。这不是一种局部的技术改良，而是关于生产力目标取向与发展逻辑的系统性重塑。

Guiding the path of high-quality development that prioritizes ecology and pursues green, low-carbon growth

指引走好生态优先、绿色低碳的高质量发展道路

President Xi Jinping pointed out: “We need to accelerate the formation of a green development model, promote a win-win situation for economic development and environmental protection, and build a global home where the economy and the environment advance in coordination.” The major concept of building a community of all life on Earth injects powerful ideological impetus into promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the development model. Under the traditional development model, economic growth is tightly bound to resource consumption, the ecosystem is under continuous pressure, and the unsustainability of development is increasingly prominent. This development model characterized by high consumption and high emissions is unsustainable. Only by building a community of all life on Earth, planning for the sustainable development of both humanity itself and all life on Earth, can we break the development deadlock and successfully follow the path of high-quality development that prioritizes ecology and pursues green, low-carbon growth.

习近平主席指出：“我们要加快形成绿色发展方式，促进经济发展和环境保护双赢，构建经济与环境协同共进的地球家园。”共建地球生命共同体的重大理念，为推动发展方式绿色低碳转型注入强劲思想动力。在传统发展模式下，经济增长与资源消耗紧密捆绑，生态系统持续承压，发展的不可持续性日益突出。这种以高消耗和高排放为特征的发展方式难以为继。只有共建地球生命共同体，既为人类自身、也为整个地球生命谋划永续发展，才能破解发展困局，走好生态优先、绿色低碳的高质量发展道路。

The major concept of building a community of all life on Earth demonstrates a unique role in connecting ecological value with economic value, opening up broad space for promoting green and low-carbon transformation. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC [5]5 The 18th National Congress of the CPC was held in 2012, marking the beginning of the Xi Jinping era., under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, we have intensified efforts to build an ecological civilization with unprecedented force, creating globally recognized ecological and green development miracles, and making China’s contribution to building a community of all life on Earth. From planning and constructing the world’s largest national park system, to forests, wetlands, and grasslands becoming stable “green capital” with continuously enhanced carbon sink functions, to the accelerated development of new energy industries and the circular economy, we are constantly opening up new realms of green development and better realizing the people’s aspiration for a better life. The “Proposal” of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC [6]6 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC was held in 2025; its “Proposal” refers to the document outlining the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). made systematic arrangements for “accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and building a beautiful China,” continuously broadening the pathways for transforming ecological advantages into economic advantages, and promoting the emergence of new growth points such as ecotourism, green agriculture, and low-carbon manufacturing. Lucid waters and lush mountains are being transformed into mountains of gold and silver in sustainable and diverse forms, realizing the dialectical unity of ecological protection and economic development.

共建地球生命共同体的重大理念展现出连接生态价值与经济价值的独特作用，为推动绿色低碳转型开辟了广阔空间。党的十八大以来，在习近平生态文明思想指引下，我们以前所未有的力度抓生态文明建设，创造了举世瞩目的生态奇迹和绿色发展奇迹，为共建地球生命共同体作出中国贡献。从规划建设全世界最大的国家公园体系，到森林、湿地、草原等成为稳定的“绿色资本”，碳汇功能不断增强，再到新能源产业、循环经济加快发展，我们不断开辟绿色发展新境界，更好实现人民对美好生活的向往。党的二十届四中全会《建议》对“加快经济社会发展全面绿色转型，建设美丽中国”作出系统部署，不断拓宽把生态优势转化为经济优势的路径，推动催生生态旅游、绿色农业、低碳制造等新的增长点。绿水青山正在以可持续的多样化形式转化为金山银山，实现生态保护与经济发展的辩证统一。

The major concept of building a community of all life on Earth promotes the formation of institutional mechanisms that facilitate green and low-carbon transformation, continuously consolidating the institutional foundation of the green development model. The implementation of scientific concepts ultimately relies on institutional support and the safeguard of the rule of law. Building a community of all life on Earth is a complex and massive systematic project, involving various aspects of ecological governance such as addressing climate change, protecting biodiversity, and realizing ecological value. It is necessary to gradually transform theory into tangible and perceptible practice by strengthening top-level design, improving institutional construction, and advancing institutional innovation. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, China has enshrined ecological civilization in its Constitution, forming a legal system for ecological and environmental protection encompassing over 30 laws, more than 100 administrative regulations, and over 1,000 local regulations. It is currently promoting the compilation of an Ecological and Environmental Code, implementing the strictest ecological and environmental governance system, and forming an institutional framework covering resource development, environmental protection, and ecological restoration. This provides solid institutional support for green and low-carbon development and building a community of all life on Earth, and offers strong institutional guarantees for enhancing the “gold content” of development with the “green content” of ecology. Facts show that only by institutionalizing the major concept of building a community of all life on Earth and standardizing the behavior of all parties through the rule of law can stable and long-term ecological governance effectiveness be achieved.

共建地球生命共同体的重大理念推动形成促进绿色低碳转型的制度机制，不断夯实绿色发展方式的制度根基。科学理念的落地生根，最终要依靠制度的支撑和法治的保障。共建地球生命共同体是一项复杂的、庞大的系统性工程，涉及应对气候变化、保护生物多样性、生态价值实现等生态治理方方面面的工作，必须通过加强顶层设计、完善制度建设、推进制度创新，逐步把理论转化为生动可感的实践。党的十八大以来，我国把生态文明写入宪法，形成了涵盖30多部法律、100多件行政法规、1000多件地方性法规在内的生态环境保护法律制度体系，正推动编纂生态环境法典，实施最严格的生态环境治理制度，形成了覆盖资源开发、环境保护、生态修复的制度框架，为绿色低碳发展、共建地球生命共同体提供了坚实的制度支撑，为以生态“含绿量”提升发展“含金量”提供了坚强的制度保障。事实表明，只有用制度把共建地球生命共同体的重大理念固定下来，用法治把各方行为规范起来，才能形成稳定而长效的生态治理效能。

Constructing Chinese ecological discourse with global influence

构建具有全球影响力的中国生态话语

President Xi Jinping pointed out: “We need to strengthen solidarity and overcome difficulties together, so that the fruits of development and a good ecology can benefit the people of all countries more and more fairly, and build a global home for the common development of all countries.” Ecological issues are global problems, and addressing them requires strengthening global cooperation. The Western ecological discourse system has long dominated global environmental governance, while the demands of developing countries are often marginalized and insufficiently valued, leading to imbalances and inequities in global environmental governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping advocates building a community of all life on Earth, inheriting rich ecological wisdom and excellent traditional Chinese ecological culture that have existed in China since ancient times, such as “Heaven and earth coexist with me, and all things are one with me” [7]7 This is a classical Chinese philosophical phrase from the Zhuangzi, expressing the idea of the unity of humanity and nature.. This highlights the life-entity characteristics of the Earth, seeks methods and pathways to solve global ecological and environmental problems in the form of a “community,” and promotes the formation of a basic consensus on ecological and environmental protection within the international community through ecological discourse with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner. It aligns with the vital interests of the people in developing countries and contributes China’s strength to enhancing the representation and voice of developing countries in global environmental governance.

习近平主席指出：“我们要加强团结、共克时艰，让发展成果、良好生态更多更公平惠及各国人民，构建世界各国共同发展的地球家园。”生态问题是全球性问题，治理生态问题必须加强全球合作。西方生态话语体系长期主导全球环境治理，发展中国家的诉求往往被边缘化、得不到足够重视，导致全球环境治理出现失衡、不公平等现象。习近平总书记倡导共建地球生命共同体，传承“天地与我并生，而万物与我为一”等中国自古以来就形成的丰富生态智慧和中华优秀传统生态文化，凸显了地球的生命体特征，以“共同体”的形式寻求解决全球生态环境问题的方法路径，以具有中国特色、中国风格、中国气派的生态话语推动国际社会形成生态环境保护基本共识，符合发展中国家人民的切身利益，为提高发展中国家在全球环境治理中的代表性和话语权贡献中国力量。

As a participant, contributor, and leader in global ecological civilization construction, China firmly practices multilateralism and strives to promote the building of a fair, reasonable, and win-win global environmental governance system. The world today is in an era of major development, major transformation, and major adjustment. Viewed from the historical height of the development of human civilization, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s advocacy for building a community of all life on Earth places ecological issues in a key position shaping the global order and development pattern, expanding the thinking for addressing the global ecological crisis. The major concept of building a community of all life on Earth contains rich value connotations such as ecological security and a shared future, representing a major innovation in solving global development problems. As the importance of ecological issues in global governance rises daily, building a community of all life on Earth demonstrates stronger strategic leadership. This major concept responds to the widespread concerns of developing countries about building a fair, reasonable, and win-win global environmental governance system, injects greater stability and certainty into global environmental governance and the green development process, and provides a new direction for strengthening North-South cooperation and South-South cooperation.

作为全球生态文明建设的参与者、贡献者、引领者，中国坚定践行多边主义，努力推动构建公平合理、合作共赢的全球环境治理体系。当今世界正处在大发展大变革大调整的时代，从人类文明发展的历史高度看，习近平总书记倡导共建地球生命共同体，把生态问题摆在塑造全球秩序和发展格局的关键位置，拓展了应对全球生态危机的思路。共建地球生命共同体的重大理念蕴含着生态安全、命运与共等丰富价值内涵，是解决全球发展问题的重大创新。随着生态问题在全球治理中的重要性日益上升，共建地球生命共同体展现出更强的战略引领力。这一重大理念回应了发展中国家对构建公平合理、合作共赢的全球环境治理体系的普遍关切，为全球环境治理和绿色发展进程注入更强稳定性、更大确定性，为加强南北合作、南南合作提供了新的方向。

The major concept of building a community of all life on Earth is grounded in the overall situation of human sustainable development. It profoundly grasps the historical iron law that the rise and fall of ecology determines the survival or extinction of civilizations, linking the destiny of humanity with the broad life on Earth. It places national interests, global common interests, intergenerational long-term interests, and the overall interests of Earth’s life within the perspective of a community, coordinating and balancing interest relationships across multiple dimensions: international, intergenerational, interspecies, interregional, and inter-group. By employing an ecological discourse that transcends narrow national interests and possesses holistic vision and inclusive value, it leads the transformation of the global environmental governance system. This major concept views Earth’s life through the lens of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature, calling on the international community to transcend zero-sum games, foster a community consciousness of sharing weal and woe and sharing responsibility, and promote adherence to extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits in global environmental governance, continuously building consensus and taking concrete action. The facts of the deepening international green cooperation fully demonstrate that building a community of all life on Earth is steadily moving from concept to practice, showing strong international influence and appeal at a critical juncture in the development of human civilization, playing an important and far-reaching positive role in promoting human sustainable development, and powerfully manifesting China’s image as a responsible major country in global environmental governance.

共建地球生命共同体的重大理念立足人类可持续发展大局，深刻洞悉生态兴衰决定文明存续的历史铁律，将人类的命运与地球上广泛的生命联系在一起，将国家利益、全球共同利益、代际长远利益、地球生命整体利益置于共同体的视野之下，统筹协调国际、代际、种际以及区域间、群体间多个维度的利益关系，以一种超越狭隘国家利益、具有整体性视野和包容性价值的生态话语引领全球环境治理体系变革。这一重大理念以人与自然和谐共生的眼光看待地球生命，呼吁国际社会超越零和博弈，树立休戚与共、责任共担的共同体意识，促进在全球环境治理中坚持共商共建共享，不断凝聚共识、采取切实行动。国际绿色合作深入开展的事实充分表明，共建地球生命共同体正不断从理念走向实践，在人类文明发展的关键时期展现出强大的国际影响力和感召力，在促进人类可持续发展上发挥了重要而深远的积极作用，有力彰显了中国在全球环境治理中的负责任大国形象。

(The author is a researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC [National Academy of Governance])

（作者为中央党校（国家行政学院）习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心研究员）