This is a time fraught with challenges, and also a time calling for hope. Around the world, geopolitical conflicts are dragging on and heating up. The cries in the flames of war have taught us to cherish peace and stability even more. Global growth remains sluggish. Facing attempts of decoupling and severing industrial and supply chains, we are only more determined to pursue openness and cooperation. Amid all the changes and turbulence in the international landscape, some people lament that the world will enter the “garbage time of history”. At such a moment, optimism and confidence are needed more than ever that no winter could stop the arrival of spring, and we should gear up for the new year by taking action from now.