Look Forward 2023

Abstract

The year of 2022 was an extremely difficult year. In 2022, we have experienced a succession of challenges: The world has become more volatile because of escalated geopolitical conflicts, the deteriorated global security, and the aggravated division of camps; the global economic growth has slowed down, and most of the world’s major economies have been in the downturn trajectory; people’s production and life have been severely affected by food, energy, inflation, supply chain crises; the global temperature continued to rise and reached a new high by 2022 which was 1.15 ºC above the average temperature before the industrial revolution; the COVID-19 epidemic has been plaguing the world, threatening people’s health and life. However, hard times will pass, as they always do. As Romain Rolland stated, “there should be two lights in everyone’s heart: the light of hope and the light of courage; with them, we will not be afraid of the deepest darkness and most fierce storms at sea,” with perseverance and determination, we have started a new year.