BEIJING: The Global Development Initiative has charted the course for advancing global development and international development cooperation, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, calling for taking the opportunity of implementing the initiative to further deepen global cooperation. He made the remarks when delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Sustainable Development Forum in Beijing on Sunday via video link. The initiative, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, highlights steering global development toward a new stage of balanced, coordinated and inclusive growth in face of the severe shocks of COVID-19.
Wang pointed out that as the initiative proposed, the global society should join hands in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and promote economic recovery.
“We should do our utmost to prevent the cross-border spread of the virus, pursue scientific tracing of its origins, and oppose its politicization and stigmatization,” he said, stressing ensuring vaccine research, production and equitable distribution. Efforts are needed in adhering to innovation-driven development strategy and deepening cooperation in digital technology to help developing countries achieve industrialization and modernization in a better and faster manner, he said.
Noting the importance of seizing opportunities presented by technological development and economic transformation, Wang called for pursuing green development, and accelerating the optimization and upgrading of the economic, energy and industrial structures. The international community should uphold the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, fully implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, strengthen global climate and environmental governance, and build a global ecological civilization, he said.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN
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