CGTN Poll | Why Confidence in China Is Becoming an International Consensus
Facing an international landscape fraught with changes and turbulence, certainty represents confidence and, more importantly, opportunity in a turbulent world. Findings from a three-year global survey by CGTN, covering 59,000 respondents across 46 countries, demonstrate that China continues to inject certainty into the international community. Having confidence in China has become a broad-based global consensus.
By comparing the survey data of the past three years, it is found that global respondents fully affirm the concept and achievements of China’s high-quality economic development, and are full of confidence in the strength, potential, resilience and prospects of the China’s economy. The survey conducted in 2025 shows that 78 percent of respondents generally believe that the ability of China’s economy to withstand risks is constantly increasing. 81.9 percent of respondents are optimistic about the long-term sound development trend of China’s economy, and 84.7 percent of respondents think that China’s economy is crucial to the stability of the global industrial and supply chains. The above three sets of data have all shown a growth trend for three consecutive years. Among them, the evaluation of China’s economic risk-resistance capacity has seen the most significant increase, rising by a total of 34.3 percentage points over the three years. Moreover, 89.5 percent of the respondents recognize China’s strong economic strength and 86.4 percent of the respondents fully acknowledge China’s significant contribution to the global economy.
In the 2025 survey, 90.8 percent of the respondents agree that respecting diversity is a fundamental principle that the international community should follow. 90.2 percent of the respondents believe that global challenges require the joint efforts of all countries. 88.5 percent of the respondents indicate that cultural innovation is as important as traditional protection. In addition, 89.4 percent of the respondents call for strengthening international cultural exchanges to promote mutual understanding among people of all countries.
Facing numerous difficulties and challenges in global governance, China has always been an important force for peace, unity, openness, justice and inclusiveness. The concept of a community with a shared future for humanity has increasingly taken root in people’s hearts. In the 2025 survey, 66.8 percent of the respondents approve of the concept and therecognition rate of respondents under the age of 34 reaches 73.6 percent. Meanwhile, the majority of respondents also believe the concept is “beneficial to the development of their own countries” and “in line with the development concepts and goals of their own countries”.
The surveys were jointly conducted by CGTN and Renmin University of China through the Institute of New Era International Communication. They were carried out over three consecutive years from 2023 to 2025, involving a total of 59,000 respondents from 46 countries around the world. The surveys covered major developed countries and the Global South countries. The respondents are people aged 18 and above, and the sample is in line with the age and gender distribution of the national censuses.
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