“三个世界”划分理论是对二战后国际斗争局势的科学总结，也是对中国外交政策与立场的集中展现，在中国外交理论史中有着承上启下的重要地位。二战结束后，毛泽东着眼于美苏两极对峙之外的“中间地带”国家的重要战略地位，经过对亚非拉民族解放运动和“两大阵营”内部矛盾运动的长期观察与思考，最终形成了“三个世界”划分理论。在理论酝酿过程中，毛泽东始终秉承中国传统的天下情怀，创造性地运用马克思列宁主义关于世界历史、帝国主义、民族和殖民地问题、无产阶级国际战略的科学理论分析国际局势、指导斗争实践，并对被压迫民族的历史使命、社会主义国家与第三世界的关系、超级大国的性质等问题作出了发展。改革开放后，“三个世界”划分理论所蕴含的先进理念得到延续和进一步发展，获得了和平发展道路、人类命运共同体等全新理论形式。作为马克思主义国际关系理论中国化的重要成果，“三个世界”划分理论在两极冷战使意识形态空前对立的状况下，突破了以意识形态划线国际关系的旧思维，构建起以反霸为核心的新型国际政治权力结构，标志着中国在处理“两制关系”的问题上达到了新的理论高度。在“三个世界”划分理论的指导下，中国顺利完成了由“革命外交”向和平发展外交转变的历史性过渡，取得了恢复联合国合法席位、中美关系正常化等重大成就，外部环境得到明显改善。同时，“三个世界”划分理论既鲜明昭示了第三世界在反对超级大国斗争中的“主力军”地位，在美苏阵营内部的分化瓦解中洞察了世界多极化趋势，又深刻揭露了苏联打着国际主义旗号进行侵略扩张的社会帝国主义本质，从而为世界人民的反帝反霸斗争指明了前进方向。当前，世界正经历百年未有之大变局，“三个世界”划分理论以其原创性和科学性，展现出对于推动构建中国话语体系和指导处理国际关系的重要价值。国际霸权长期威胁世界和平稳定，必须继承和发扬“三个世界”划分理论的反霸精神，学习其中灵活务实的斗争策略；破除“中国责任论”“中国威胁论”等西式“话语陷阱”，必须坚持第三世界的国际定位和永不称霸的政治承诺，始终不渝走和平发展道路；推动构建人类命运共同体，必须科学立足“三个世界”，坚持加强同发展中国家的团结合作，稳健处理同美国等西方大国的关系，构建总体稳定的大国关系格局。
The "Three Worlds" division theory is a scientific summary of the international struggle situation after World War II, and also a concentrated presentation of China‘s foreign policy and position. It plays an important role in the history of China‘s foreign theory. After the end of World War II, Mao Zedong focused on the important strategic position of the "middle zone" countries outside the bipolar confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. After long-term observation and reflection on the national liberation movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the internal contradictions in the "two camps", he finally formed the division theory of "three Worlds". In the process of theoretical brewing, Mao Zedong always adheres to the Chinese traditional feelings for the world, creatively uses Marxism-Leninism on world history, imperialism, national and colonial issues, proletarian international strategy of the scientific theory to analyze the international situation, guide the struggle practice. It also developed the historical mission of oppressed nations, the relationship between socialist countries and the third World, and the nature of superpower. Since the reform and opening up, the advanced concept of "Three Worlds" has been continued and further developed, gaining new theoretical forms such as the path of peaceful development and the community of shared future for mankind.As an important achievement of the Sinicization of Marxist theory of international relations, the theory of "Three Worlds" broke through the old thinking of international relations marked by ideological lines and constructed a new type of international political power structure with anti-hegemony as the core, which marked that China had reached a new theoretical height in dealing with the issue of "two systems relationship". Under the guidance of the "Three Worlds" theory, China has successfully completed the historic transition from "revolutionary diplomacy" to diplomacy of peaceful development, made major achievements such as restoring the lawful seat in the United Nations and normalizing relations between China and the United States, and significantly improved its external environment. At the same time, the division theory of "Three Worlds" not only clearly revealed the position of the third world as the "main force" in the struggle against superpowers, but also gave insight into the trend of world multipolarization in the division and disintegration of the US-Soviet camp. At the same time, it deeply revealed the social imperialist nature of the Soviet Union‘s aggression and expansion under the banner of internationalism, thus pointing out the way forward for the struggle against imperialism and hegemony of the people of the world.At present, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. The theory of "Three Worlds", with its originality and scientificity, has demonstrated its important value in promoting the construction of China‘s discourse system and guiding the handling of international relations. International hegemony poses a long-term threat to world peace and stability. We must inherit and carry forward the anti-hegemonic spirit of the "three Worlds" division theory and learn flexible and pragmatic struggle strategies from it. To break the Western "discourse trap" of "China responsibility" and "China threat", we must adhere to the international position of the third world, the political commitment to never seek hegemony, and unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development. To build a community with a shared future for mankind, we must base ourselves on the "three Worlds" in a scientific way, strengthen solidarity and cooperation with other developing countries, and prudently handle relations with the United States and other Western powers, to build an overall stable pattern of major-country relations.
