Diverse Beauty, Shared Destiny
The article highlights the beauty of cultural diversity and social solidarity in Kuwait and China, mentioning China's achievements in poverty alleviation and the implementation of new laws to enhance unity among its ethnic groups.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
Since arriving in Kuwait, I have closely observed the country’s unique charm, manifested in civilizational interaction, cultural exchange, and harmonious coexistence among its diverse components. Here, ancient Arab traditions and cultures from around the world converge and interact, while diverse languages, varied cuisines, and multiple lifestyles together shape the rich and varied fabric of daily life. When the state faces difficulties and challenges, people are also able to transcend their differences, unify their perspectives, and demonstrate mutual support and solidarity to overcome hardships. It is precisely this social atmosphere, which embraces cultural diversity while safeguarding the shared homeland, that leaves a deep impression on people regarding the State of Kuwait.
China is a large family comprising 56 ethnic groups, each with its own distinctive language, attire, music, cuisine, and celebrations. Together, they form the multifaceted and integrated features of Chinese culture. Today, whether it is Uyghur ethnic dances, Tibetan ethnic attire, Mongolian ethnic cuisine, or Dai ethnic festivals, all are present in the lives of Chinese people. In fact, throughout the more than five-thousand-year history of Chinese civilization, people of various ethnic groups, through interaction, communication, and integration, have contributed to creating a flourishing Chinese culture, consolidating the spirit of the great Chinese nation, and forming a community with a shared future, where beliefs converge, cultures interconnect, interests intertwine, and sentiments draw closer.
The excellent traditions and cultures of each ethnic group constitute an inseparable part of Chinese culture. China attaches great importance to protecting, preserving, inheriting, and developing the distinctive cultures and traditions of all ethnic groups, and fosters a harmonious and tolerant environment for the coexistence, mutual learning, and shared development of different ethnic groups. It also works to transform theories and practices that have proven effective over many years into legal norms, ensuring that different ethnic groups interlock and cooperate with one another like seeds in a pomegranate.
In July 2026, the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress in China entered into force. It is the first law to interpret fundamental concepts from a legal perspective, such as strengthening the building of a shared community for the Chinese nation. It stipulates respect for and guarantees the learning and use of the languages and scripts of ethnic minorities, and emphasizes promoting cultural exchange and integration among different ethnic groups, encouraging them to appreciate each other’s excellent traditions and cultures, and to learn each other’s languages and scripts. This provides a strong guarantee for elevating the status of the excellent traditions and cultures of various ethnic groups, enhancing communication, exchange, and cohesion among them, and continuously enriching and developing Chinese culture.
The solidarity and common progress of all ethnic groups, along with their shared prosperity and development, represent the source of life, strength, and hope of the Chinese nation. The Chinese government has consistently worked to achieve common development and prosperity for all ethnic groups. From 2012 to 2025, the gross domestic product (GDP) of China’s autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Ningxia, Xinjiang, and Guangxi rose from 3.25 trillion yuan to 8.66 trillion yuan. In 2021, China announced that all 420 counties in ethnic autonomous areas had been lifted out of poverty, and the 28 ethnic groups with small populations collectively emerged from poverty.
In the context of enhancing shared prosperity among various ethnic groups, the Law on Promoting Unity and Progress among Ethnic Groups stipulates specific measures to support ethnic minority areas in deepening comprehensive reforms and opening-up, fully integrating into national development strategies, and strengthening their capacity for self-driven development, thereby ensuring that all ethnic groups equally share in the fruits of development. Looking ahead, all of China’s ethnic groups will continue to advance united and in solidarity on the path toward the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Although China and Kuwait are separated by thousands of miles, both countries recognize this truth: people living on the same land, diverse in its beauty, are united in their destiny.
