Abstract: A holistic approach to national security is a brand-new security concept formulated by the Communist Party of China (CPC) through proactive exploration in leading national security governance.It is a major conceptual innovation to adapt tothe changing global security landscape and surpass existing Western security paradigms.It is an original concept of national security with Chinese characteristics that not only provides fundamental guidance for China's national security governance in the new era,but also holds substantial instructive value for global security governance.A holistic approach to national security embodies brand-new safety cognition from a deep level,and employs holistic thinking to examine the security problems facing humanity today.It advocates for a security concept that is common,comprehensive,cooperative,and sustainable,emphasizing the coordination of own security with common security.It supports the path of peaceful development and proposes the construction of a human community with a shared security.This approach highlights strategic wisdom in promoting global security governance and offers a systematic framework and feasible solutions for overcoming the "security dilemma" and addressing numerous global security governance problems.Embedding a holistic approach to national security into global security governance,and promoting the reform of the global security governance system and achieving shared human security requires continuous improvement of participation mechanisms and active integration into the global security governance process.It is essential to focus on building governance platforms to provide crucial support for meeting global security challenges.Additionally,it necessitates emphasizing the leading role of a major power and reflecting its responsibilities in establishing a new global security order.

Key words: a holistic approach to national security, global security governance, global security initiative, common security, a global community of security for all