BEIJING | Xinhua |  The following are the highest 10 world information occasions within the yr 2023 chosen by Xinhua in a chronological order:

1. Generative AI accelerates industrial transformation

The variety of month-to-month lively customers of ChatGPT, a man-made intelligence (AI) chatbot, reached 100 million in January. Generative AI represented by ChatGPT is growing quickly, and this revolutionary instrument excels in fixing duties reminiscent of content material creation.

Tech giants from a number of international locations are competing to pour funding into AI analysis and improvement and speed up the combination of their merchandise with AI purposes. As an vital driving drive for a brand new spherical of technological revolution and industrial transformation, AI brings big alternatives and is anticipated to speed up the reshaping of a number of industries. At the identical time, it’s accompanied by unpredictable dangers and challenges.

China has put ahead the Global AI Governance Initiative to offer Chinese options for the worldwide AI governance.

2. Devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria trigger heavy casualties

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Feb. 6 struck the southern area of Türkiye close to the Syrian border, adopted by steady aftershocks.

The catastrophe brought about greater than 50,000 deaths in Türkiye and greater than 1,000 deaths in Syria. Morocco, Afghanistan, Nepal and different international locations have additionally been hit by highly effective earthquakes this yr, which brought about extreme losses of life and property harm.

China instantly dispatched a rescue crew to Türkiye after the earthquake, attempting its finest to avoid wasting lives, and offered emergency humanitarian help to disaster-stricken international locations a number of instances, which is a testomony to the notion of constructing a group with a shared future for mankind.

Chinese and Turkish rescuers switch an earthquake survivor in Antakya within the southern province of Hatay, Türkiye, Feb. 12, 2023. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout through Xinhua)

3. Saudi-Iran deal brokered by China spurs reconciliation wave within the Middle East

With China’s mediation, Saudi Arabia and Iran reached a groundbreaking settlement in Beijing on March 10 to renew diplomatic relations that had been severed for seven years. In April, the 2 international locations formally resumed diplomatic ties.

The two international locations shook palms and made peace, catalysing reconciliation amongst many international locations within the Middle East. In the next months, Syria has rejoined the Arab League, and Egypt and Türkiye have restored ambassador-level diplomatic relations. Additionally, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and different international locations have taken steps in the direction of normalizing their relations with Qatar.

The momentum of easing tensions and looking for improvement and cooperation amongst regional international locations signifies that resolving conflicts and variations by means of dialogue and session aligns with the aspirations of the individuals, conforms to the development of the instances, and serves the pursuits of all nations.

4. “De-risking” exacerbates world financial predicament

In March, some Western politicians got here up with the idea of “de-risking,” extending the underlying logic of “decoupling” and the “small yard, high fence” doctrine. This goes in opposition to financial legal guidelines and historic improvement traits, basically rejecting alternatives, cooperation, stability and improvement.

Currently, the world economic system faces a number of challenges which thwart the restoration course of. The Federal Reserve’s continued aggressive rate of interest hikes have sharply elevated dangers in American and European banking sectors, resulting in deteriorating world liquidity and rising default dangers in rising economies.

The United States has been persistently advancing protectionist industrial insurance policies such because the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, inflicting different developed international locations to observe swimsuit, destabilizing worldwide manufacturing and provide chains. The politicization and weaponization of financial and commerce points by the United States and another Western international locations are disrupting world markets and exacerbating the world’s financial plight.

5. The Global South’s resounding assist for multilateralism

On Aug. 24, the BRICS cooperation mechanism witnessed a historic growth as international locations together with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Iran and Ethiopia have been invited to affix the BRICS household.

On Sept. 9, the African Union was invited to formally turn into a member of the G20.

Currently, the energy of growing international locations is repeatedly rising, and the collective rise of the Global South has turn into an irreversible development. The name and want for unity, coordination and collaborative improvement have by no means been stronger.

As the biggest growing nation, China is a pure member of the Global South, firmly safeguarding the widespread pursuits of growing international locations and selling elevated illustration and voice of rising market economies and growing international locations in world affairs.

6. Japan discharges nuclear-contaminated water amid opposition

On Aug. 24, Japan began discharging contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear incident, regardless of widespread worldwide questioning and robust objections from involved nations.

Japan launched greater than 23,000 tons of nuclear-contaminated water in three rounds of discharge within the yr. The total discharge will take at the least 30 years to complete. This unprecedented launch of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean and the potential cumulative marine results have triggered widespread concern worldwide.

The discharge, which is certainly not a personal matter for Japan, entails the well being of all humanity, the worldwide marine atmosphere and world public pursuits. Japan ought to critically handle the reputable issues each at dwelling and overseas, and deal with the Fukushima nuclear wastewater problem responsibly and constructively.

7. Israeli-Palestinian battle highlights intensifying turbulence globally

On Oct. 7, a brand new spherical of battle erupted between Israel and Palestine.

Over the previous two months, the battle has resulted within the deaths of greater than 20,000 Palestinians, resulting in a extreme humanitarian disaster. More than 1,000 Israelis have additionally misplaced their lives.

The worldwide name for the safety of civilians and a cessation of hostilities retains rising. The basic resolution to the frequent recurrence of the Israeli-Palestinian battle lies in implementing the two-state resolution, restoring the reputable rights of the Palestinian individuals, and establishing an impartial Palestinian state.

Since the start of this yr, the Ukraine disaster has dragged on, armed conflicts have damaged out in Sudan, and coups have taken place in Niger and Gabon. Local conflicts and regional sizzling spots hold flaring up, and the worldwide state of affairs is changing into extra unstable.

8. High-quality Belt and Road cooperation opens new chapter

On Oct. 18, the profitable convening of the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation marked a big milestone. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech on the opening ceremony, asserting eight main steps to assist high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.

This declaration has set a brand new path for, opened up a brand new imaginative and prescient of, and injected new momentum into the Belt and Road cooperation. Over the previous decade, greater than 150 international locations and over 30 worldwide organizations have signed related cooperation agreements. Numerous initiatives have taken root, opening a path towards shared improvement, cooperation, alternatives and prosperity. The Belt and Road Initiative has turn into one of many world’s hottest worldwide public items and the largest-scale platform for worldwide cooperation.

9. Xiplomacy writes new chapter for Chinese diplomacy

On Nov. 15, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Joe Biden in San Francisco, charting the forward-looking San Francisco imaginative and prescient.

In this yr, Xi paid a state go to to Russia, chaired the primary China-Central Asia Summit, attended the BRICS leaders’ assembly in South Africa and paid a state go to to the African nation, participated within the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in San Francisco, carried out a state go to to Vietnam, held talks with and despatched messages and letters to leaders of assorted international locations and worldwide organizations, and wrote letters and reply letters to youths and pleasant individuals from varied international locations.

Under the steering of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, China’s distinctive main nation diplomacy continues to advance on a brand new journey, having considerably promoted the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative. This ongoing effort has injected robust impetus into the constructing of a group with a shared future for mankind.

10. Climate change intensifies menace to world sustainable improvement

On Nov. 30, the World Meteorological Organization introduced that 2023 is the most popular yr on document.

Climate change has exacerbated disasters reminiscent of flooding in Libya and the deadliest wildfires in Hawaii. Extreme climate occasions like summer season heatwaves have turn into the brand new regular, impacting world financial and social improvement. Almost all sustainable improvement targets are being compromised.

“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived,” mentioned UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai reached the UAE Consensus on varied points, together with the primary world evaluation of the Paris Agreement, loss and harm, and simply transition, sending a powerful sign that every one events ought to speed up joint motion.

(Video editor: Zhou Saang, Wu Long, Liu Xiaorui, Wu You, Lin Lin)■