2003年中共提出「和平崛起」論，並以之作為國家戰略的最高指導原則，以對抗行之有年的「中國威脅論」。為了持續透過經濟發展來快速增強自身國力，就必須打造一個穩定的國內與國際空間，這樣的前提與背景才能提供中共一個良好的經濟發展環境。然而位於周邊的朝鮮半島卻因為長期分裂與對峙成為影響區域安全的不定時炸彈，其中尤以北韓核武危機為首要可能衝突爆發點，為維護自身國家安全，中共在「和平崛起」的原則下，一改以往較為消極的態度，主動推促召開多邊對話協商機制－六方會談，以解決朝核問題，如此不僅可以展現負責任大國形象，掌握區域事務主導權，亦可保留朝鮮半島作為抵擋美國勢力逼近的緩衝區，維護自身和平穩定的發展空間。 China Government had put forward the "peaceful rise" theory at the first time in 2003, and took it for the highest guiding principle of the national strategy. To sustained economic development to quickly enhance their own national strength, China must create a stable domestic and international space, so as to provide a good environment for economic development. However, the Korean Peninsula, located around mainland china, owing to the long-term division and confrontation, has became the flashpoint of North-East Asia. To safeguard their own national security, China, under the principle of "peaceful rise," changed the negative attitude to push the multilateral dialogue and consultation mechanism - the six-party talks to resolve the nuclear issue, so not only can show a responsible image, grasp the initiative of regional affairs, but also to keep the Korean Peninsula as a resist U.S. forces approximation of the buffer to maintain its own peace and stability in the development of space.
