BEIJING: Diplomats, officials and scholars from around the world said the tangible, accessible benefits that their countries have enjoyed are a great testimony to China’s capability to deliver on the Global Development Initiative.
They made the comments as Saturday marked the anniversary of President Xi Jinping hosting the High-level Dialogue on Global Development on June 24 last year.
At the landmark event for empowering and realizing the GDI, Xi proposed a series of major steps that China will take to implement the initiative, and a list of deliverables was released, including 32 measures covering the GDI’s eight key areas of cooperation.
“We are glad to see that over the past year, with the concerted efforts of all parties, the GDI is delivering real results, with improved cooperation mechanisms, steady progress in key areas, and various capacity-building programs being launched,” Vice-Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said at an event regarding the GDI earlier this month in Beijing.
“It has brought true benefits to all countries,” Ma said.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said cooperation in the eight priority areas has advanced steadily, “with a growing list of projects and an expanding pool of development resources, demonstrating good momentum of all-around progress with clear priorities”. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
