BEIJING, June 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the world is
faced with stiff challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic,
regional conflicts, and backlash against globalization, the
international community is striving for maintaining development
while tackling deficits in global peace and governance.
"This is an age rife with challenges, but it is also an age full
of hope," Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out as he hosted
the High-level Dialogue on Global Development on Friday
in virtual format.
Xi noted some countries have politicized and marginalized the
development issue, built "a small yard with high fences," imposed
maximum sanctions, and stoked division and confrontation.
And he urged international community to recognize the prevailing
trend of the world, firm up confidence, and act in unison and with
great motivation to promote global development and foster a
development paradigm featuring benefits for all, balance,
coordination, inclusiveness, win-win cooperation and common
prosperity.
Realizing people's dream for a better life
Xi recounted the story and his experience of being a farmer on
the Loess Plateau in the late 1960s when speaking at the event.
He said that after visiting cities, towns and villages across
China and many countries in the
world throughout the years, one deep impression he got is that only
through continuous development can the people's dream for a better
life and social stability be realized.
Stressing placing development at the center of international
agenda, Xi called for implementing the UN's 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and building a political consensus that
development is valued by all people and cooperation is jointly
pursued by all countries.
Pursuing common development
Under Xi's guidance, China has
been committed to building a world of common prosperity. On Friday,
Xi made four proposals for promoting common development.
He called for jointly building international consensus on
promoting development. "Only when people all over the world live
better lives can prosperity be sustained, security safeguarded and
human rights solidly grounded."
He said the international community should work together to
create an enabling international environment for development
featured with open world economy and a just and equitable global
governance system.
Protectionist moves will boomerang; anyone attempting to form
exclusive blocs will end up isolating himself, Xi noted, adding
maximum sanctions serve nobody's interest, and practices of
decoupling and supply disruption are neither feasible nor
sustainable.
The Chinese president also highlighted the necessity of
fostering new drivers for development, saying efforts should be
made to step up scientific and technological innovation as well as
institutional innovation, advance modern industries, bridge the
digital gap, and speed up low-carbon transition.
In terms of development, no country or individual should be left
behind, Xi stressed, calling for forging a global development
partnership.
"Developed countries should fulfill their obligations,
developing countries should deepen cooperation, and the South and
the North should meet each other halfway," said Xi.
China's solid promise
Bearing in mind the well-being of the entire humanity, Xi
proposed the Global Development Initiative (GDI) at the General
Debate of the 76th United Nations General Assembly in September 2021 in steering global
development toward a new stage of balanced, coordinated and
inclusive growth, which has been warmly received and strongly
supported by more than 100 countries.
On Friday, Xi announced China's
further pragmatic steps to give continued support to the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development and promote global
prosperity.
He said China will upgrade the
South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund to a Global Development and
South-South Cooperation Fund, adding $1
billion to the fund on top of the $3
billion already committed as well as increase input to the
UN Peace and Development Trust Fund.
China is willing to work with
all sides to advance cooperation in poverty reduction and
eradication, food production and supply, green development,
vaccines' innovation, research and development as well as enhancing
industrialization and connectivity, Xi noted.
According to the Chinese president, the country will set up a
platform for experience and knowledge sharing on international
development, a global development promotion center and a global
knowledge network for development, for the purpose of exchanging
governance experience and promoting mutual learning.
"We will host a global forum on youth development and take part
in the launch of a global action plan on youth development, in a
bid to pool as much strength as possible for the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development," said Xi.
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