The new security concept (新安全观) is a

security policy Security policy is a definition of what it means to ''be secure'' for a system, organization or other entity. For an organization, it addresses the constraints on behavior of its members as well as constraints imposed on adversaries by mechanisms ...

enunciated by the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

in the late 1990s. The concept is that in the post-

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period, nations are able to increase their security through diplomatic and economic interaction, and that the

mentality of competing and antagonistic blocs is outdated. Around 2002 and 2003, this security policy seemed to merge with the foreign policy doctrine known as China's peaceful rise. The overarching principle of the new security concept is that no single state, even the most powerful, is capable of coping with all security challenges alone. The new security concept has influenced a number of Chinese foreign policies in the 1990s and early 21st century, including better relations with

ASEAN The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, is a regional grouping of 10 states in Southeast Asia "that aims to promote economic and security cooperation among its ten members." Together, its member states r ...

, the formation of the

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and the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation with

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, as well as joint efforts with the

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to control nuclear proliferation in North Korea. The concept is part of the background for the Global Security Initiative, which was announced during the 2022

Boao Forum for Asia The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA; zh, c=博鳌亚洲论坛, p=Bó'áo Yàzhōu Lùntán), initiated by 25 Asian countries and Australia (increased to 28 in 2006), is a nonprofit that hosts high-level forums for leaders from government, business and ...

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ( zh, s=中国共产党中央委员会总书记, p=Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Zǒngshūjì) is the leader of the Chinese Communist Part ...

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...

's usage of the concept since 2014 is framed in terms of the "indivisibility of security" and the idea of "humanity as an interconnected global community".

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China's Position Paper on the New Security ConceptChina’s "New Concept of Security"

New Security Concept of China
Foreign relations of China National security {{china-stub

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