The above statement illuminates the perspective on harmony that originates within
China and is expanded to the handling of interstate relations. Domestically, the
Chinese government has aggressively promoted the creation of a harmonious society
to solve its internal problems. In October 2006, the Sixteenth Central Committee of
the Chinese Communist Party passed a document called, Resolution on Major Issues
of Building a Socialist Harmonious Society. After that, ‘the construction of a
harmonious society became the central theme of China’ (Han 2008) and China
expects to achieve a harmonious society by the year 2020.