Abstract: A community with a shared future for mankind is an important concept put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping concerning the future and destiny of a country and the problem of global governance. The evolution of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has experienced three leaps, from China's dream to a community with a shared future, then to a global discussions, and finally to becoming an important criterion guiding international relations. As far as its theoretical characteristics are concerned, the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is a scientific inheritance of Marx's“real community”, a scientific application of Chinese traditional culture in the governance of a country, a summary of the experience of the CPC of its centennial struggle, and a practical program for China to deal with global governance issues. The era value of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is reflected in the fact that the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is an important practice for China to realize the dream of rejuvenating a strong country, provides new ideas for building a new type of win-win cooperation relations between major countries and dealing with diplomatic issues, and provides a Chinese solution that transcends the logic of capital for global governance.

Key words: the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, a new model of relation between major countries, China's program