习近平主席的贺信着眼人类前途命运和共同福祉,深刻阐述了信息技术对于人类社会发展的重要意义,鲜明表达了中国与世界各国共促全球数字发展的真诚愿望,明确提出了把握数字化机遇、迎接挑战的理念主张,为深化数字领域交流合作、构建网络空间命运共同体指明了方向。
当今世界,信息技术日新月异,数字化、网络化、智能化在经济社会各领域加速渗透。在中国,网络购物、移动支付、共享经济等数字经济新业态新模式蓬勃发展,信息技术在惠民便民方面取得积极成效,网络空间法治体系不断完善,互联网平台运营不断规范,网络空间日益清朗……在习近平总书记关于网络强国重要思想的指引下,数字产业为中国践行新发展理念、促进高质量发展注入强劲动力,为推动世界和平发展和人类文明进步作出积极贡献。
当前,百年变局和世纪疫情交织叠加,逆全球化思潮抬头,世界经济复苏乏力,局部冲突频发,世界进入新的动荡变革期。把握数字化、用好互联网,有助于在危机中育新机、于变局中开新局。另一方面,互联网领域发展不平衡、规则不健全、秩序不合理等问题日益凸显,网络霸权主义构成新威胁,网络空间冲突对抗风险上升。各方都应利用好世界互联网大会这一平台,汇聚共识、凝聚力量,把互联网打造成各方合作的新疆域。
习近平主席的贺信聚焦现实热点、洞察未来趋势,为加快构建网络空间命运共同体擘画了美好蓝图、指明了发展方向。天下兼相爱则治,交相恶则乱。面对数字化带来的机遇和挑战,习主席指出:“国际社会应加强对话交流、深化务实合作,携手构建更加公平合理、开放包容、安全稳定、富有生机活力的网络空间。”各国应相互尊重网络主权,尊重他国自主选择网络发展道路、治理模式和平等参与网络空间国际治理的权利,不搞网络霸权;应推进互联网领域开放合作,丰富开放内涵,提高开放水平,促进不同制度、不同民族和不同文化在网络空间包容性发展;应统筹应对传统和非传统安全威胁,增强战略互信,及时共享网络威胁信息,有效协调处置重大网络安全事件,合作打击网络恐怖主义和网络犯罪,共同维护网络空间和平与安全;应加强沟通交流,完善网络空间对话协商机制,研究制定全球互联网治理规则,使全球互联网治理体系更加公正合理,更加平衡地反映大多数国家意愿和利益。
同在地球村,人类休戚与共、命运相连。发展好、运用好、治理好互联网,让互联网更好造福人类,是国际社会的共同责任。我们要坚持共建共享、合作共赢、交流互鉴,携手构建网络空间命运共同体,推动建设一个持久和平、普遍安全、共同繁荣的世界,为推动构建人类命运共同体作贡献。
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中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
(文图:赵筱尘 巫邓炎)