高清大图｜里程碑意义的峰会，共创中阿、中海关系美好未来******
当地时间12月9日，首届中国－阿拉伯国家峰会、中国－海湾阿拉伯国家合作委员会峰会在沙特首都利雅得举行。
这是新中国成立以来中国面向阿拉伯世界规模最大、规格最高的外交行动。中阿领导人共聚一堂，共商中阿关系发展大计，共绘未来合作蓝图，共创中阿战略伙伴关系美好未来。
携手构建面向新时代的中阿命运共同体
当天下午，位于利雅得的阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王国际会议中心会议厅内气氛友好热烈。21个阿盟国家领导人以及阿盟秘书长盖特等国际组织负责人出席峰会。
习近平在主旨讲话中这样总结源远流长的中阿友好交往凝聚成的中阿友好精神：“守望相助、平等互利、包容互鉴”。他指出，守望相助是中阿友好的鲜明特征，平等互利是中阿友好的不竭动力，包容互鉴是中阿友好的价值取向。
当前，世界进入新的动荡变革期，中东地区正在发生新的深刻变化。习近平主席从四个方面强调构建更加紧密的中阿命运共同体：我们要坚持独立自主，维护共同利益；我们要聚焦经济发展，促进合作共赢；我们要维护地区和平，实现共同安全；我们要加强文明交流，增进理解信任。
习近平提出中阿务实合作“八大共同行动”，涵盖支持发展、粮食安全、卫生健康、绿色创新、能源安全、文明对话、青年成才、安全稳定8个领域。
与会阿方领导人积极呼应习近平发表的重要讲话以及提出的“八大共同行动”。
习近平主席指出，此次峰会上，中阿双方一致同意全力构建面向新时代的中阿命运共同体，这是中阿关系划时代的里程碑。中方愿以此为新起点，同阿方一道，弘扬中阿友好精神，开辟中阿合作更广阔前景，开创中阿关系更加辉煌灿烂的明天。
峰会发表了《首届中阿峰会利雅得宣言》，还发表了《中华人民共和国和阿拉伯国家全面合作规划纲要》以及《深化面向和平发展的中阿战略伙伴关系文件》。
共同开创中海关系美好未来
中阿峰会前，首届中国－海湾阿拉伯国家合作委员会峰会举行。峰会决定，建立并加强中海战略伙伴关系。
习近平在主旨讲话中强调，中方高度赞赏海合会国家团结自强，推动海合会成为中东海湾最具活力的地区组织。站在历史的十字路口，我们要赓续中海友好传统，以中海战略伙伴关系为契机，充实中海关系战略内涵。
包括四个方面——做共促团结的伙伴，不断夯实政治互信，坚定支持彼此核心利益；做共谋发展的伙伴，加强发展战略对接，发挥互补优势，培育发展动能；做共筑安全的伙伴；做共兴文明的伙伴，增进民心相通，丰富人文交流，借鉴彼此优秀文化成果，弘扬东方文明深厚精髓，为人类文明发展进步作出积极贡献。
习近平强调，未来3到5年，中国愿同海合会国家在以下重点合作领域作出努力：构建能源立体合作新格局，推动金融投资合作新进展，拓展创新科技合作新领域，实现航天太空合作新突破，打造语言文化合作新亮点。
沙特王储兼首相穆罕默德表示，海合会国家都希望加强对华合作，希望通过此次峰会规划未来海中合作重点领域，开辟海中关系新篇章。
其他与会海方领导人高度评价海中关系和首届海中峰会，都认为首届海中峰会是海中关系史上的一次盛会，具有重要里程碑意义。
总策划：袁炳忠
策划：倪四义 班玮 张浩
监制：李拯宇 吴中敏 魏建华
统筹：闫珺岩 蒋国鹏
文字：倪四义 张浩 吴中敏 刘华 李良勇 孙浩 蒋国鹏 郝薇薇 胡冠
摄影：谢环驰
编辑：鲁豫 王科文
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中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
