"Development is the ultimate key to solving all problems."
Global economic fluctuations are declining, geopolitical crises are escalating, development imbalances are intensifying, unilateralism and protectionism are rising... Faced with endless global challenges, the international community's expectations for common development are becoming increasingly fervent, and the concept of common development is becoming increasingly ingrained in people's hearts in practice.
The great road is not alone, and everyone's actions go far.
Over the past two years, the Global Development Initiative has effectively consolidated international consensus on promoting development, responded to the most urgent needs of the international community, and received widespread praise from the international community. The proposal and implementation of global development initiatives are in line with people's aspirations, injecting more impetus into the world's joint development, and demonstrating China's responsibility.
Contributing Chinese wisdom to addressing global challenges
Development carries the people's aspirations for a better life, is the top priority for developing countries, and is also an eternal theme of human society. The century long changes are accelerating, and the historical trend of collective rise of developing countries is irreversible. The call and willingness for unity, cooperation, and common development are unprecedentedly strong. How to solve the development deficit and solve the development dilemma has become a contemporary issue faced by human society.
On the occasion of the second anniversary of the Global Development Initiative, the high-level meeting to showcase the achievements of global development initiative cooperation was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the 19th local time. During the meeting, the National High end Think Tank of Xinhua News Agency released the "Achievements and World Contributions of Global Development Initiative Practice" think tank report, comprehensively summarizing the fruitful achievements of the Global Development Initiative in the past two years, and systematically elaborating on the concept, principles, and global significance of this major initiative.
Wang Xiaojun, Director of the Fund of the United Nations Office for South South Cooperation, who attended the meeting, said in an interview with the Xinhua News Agency that the case after case presented in the report showed that the global development initiative has brought benefits to people all over the world, including building livable housing in Mongolia, providing support for schools in Nepal and Cambodia, launching the "bamboo instead of plastic" action in African countries, and providing COVID-19 vaccine assistance to Palestine refugees. These cases vividly demonstrate the comprehensiveness of global development initiative cooperation areas.
On August 5, 2023, in a village in the central province of Papua New Guinea, Liu Zhenqiu, deputy captain of the 12th batch of Chinese medical teams and deputy chief physician of neonatology, conducted a auscultation examination for local infants. Shen Jizhong
Wang Xiaojun believes that the concept of the Global Development Initiative is highly in line with the needs of today's world, and has created a new model of open and inclusive international development cooperation in building global partnerships for South South and trilateral cooperation. The world is facing complex challenges, and global development initiatives are strongly promoting the placement of development issues at the center of the international agenda.
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Chairman of the Kuhn Foundation in the United States, said that the Global Development Initiative is based on China's own development experience, solves global development challenges, and benefits developing countries through specific actions, which is of great practical significance for global development.
Former Slovenian President Turk said, "China's global development initiative provides crucial and constructive strength to address global development challenges."
Committed to achieving stronger, greener, and healthier global development, and jointly creating a development pattern of inclusive balance, coordination and inclusiveness, win-win cooperation, and common prosperity, the Global Development Initiative has continuously enriched its conceptual connotation, improved its implementation mechanism, clarified its promotion path, and gradually implemented practical cooperation, effectively responding to global challenges and the development needs of developing countries. "Global development initiatives provide a clear roadmap for countries, both in terms of ideological guidance and implementation," said Meraku Muluaalem, Senior Researcher at the Ethiopian Institute of Strategic Affairs
As the world's largest developing country and a natural member of the global South, China has always placed its own development in the coordinate system of human development, adhering to the people-centered development concept, actively sharing experiences and providing assistance with other countries, and promoting stable and far-reaching global South South cooperation. From deepening international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic to supporting international poverty reduction efforts; From helping developing countries in Africa alleviate debt pressure, to promoting global trade, digital economy, green transformation, and ensuring food and energy security, China has always worked side by side with developing countries and made positive contributions to global development.
On June 12, 2018, in Nadi, Fiji, Chinese experts and local employees were inspecting the growth of mushrooms. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yongxing
Breaking Development Bottlenecks and Injecting Chinese Power
Under the influence of such negative factors as the prevalence of the COVID-19, the intensification of geopolitical conflicts, the promotion of "decoupling" and extreme fiscal and monetary policies by the United States and the West, the bottleneck of global development has become increasingly prominent in recent years, the achievements of global poverty reduction have been impacted, the growth of some emerging markets has slowed, food and energy crises and other challenges are intertwined, and high inflation has made people's livelihood in many countries face difficulties.
"The root cause of the world's turmoil and interweaving is the lack of development," said David Monjaer, director of the Africa China Research Center at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. "Advancing the implementation of global development initiatives will help reduce challenges and alleviate crises, thereby strengthening our security."
Professor Zhou Weisheng from Ritsumeikan University in Japan believes that as a developing country, China has accumulated many valuable development experiences in the more than 40 years of reform and opening up. The global development initiative is based on both China's development experience and the overall goal of sustainable human development, and has significant practical significance and operability.
"The global development initiative focuses on development bottlenecks, and relevant countries benefit greatly from it." Kuhn, who has long been studying China's development, believes that China's professional knowledge and experience provide long-term and critical support for developing countries.
This is a photo taken on May 11, 2020 of the photovoltaic panels for the 300 MW photovoltaic power generation project in the province of Jujuy, Argentina. Shen Jizhong
The Global Development Initiative focuses on key areas such as green development, new industrialization, and digital economy, promotes the construction of new industrial revolution partnerships, and assists in high-quality development.
In Southeast Asia and Africa, Chinese enterprises rely on new formats such as cloud computing, e-commerce, and financial technology to promote economic and trade exchanges among all parties and help optimize the local development environment. In Latin America and Central Asia, Chinese enterprises participate in projects such as wind farms, hydropower stations, and photovoltaic power stations to help the local transition towards low-carbon. In many parts of the world, connectivity has yielded fruitful results. Cooperation projects such as the China Laos Railway and Cambodia's Stentorand Grochma Mekong River Bridge have greatly facilitated local transportation and played a significant role in promoting economic and social development.
This is a photo taken on November 23, 2021, of the Cambodia Stentrang Grochma Mekong River Bridge constructed by Shanghai Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. Shen Jizhong
Xi Kun, a senior diplomat of Laos, said that the world is still facing challenges such as weak recovery after the epidemic and the crisis in Ukraine, and Laos is also affected. However, because of the China Laos railway, the tourism industry of Laos has recovered quickly, and the cargo transportation is more smooth, which helps the economy of Laos recover quickly from numerous challenges.
On April 13, 2023, Lao staff performed on the D887 international passenger train running on the China Laos Railway. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xing Guangli
"China has always been sincere and actively taking action to help countries overcome poverty," said Ronnie Lins, director of the Brazil China Studies Center. In the two years since the Global Development Initiative was proposed, China has shown stronger action in promoting global southern development, creating more development opportunities for developing countries, including Latin American countries, and playing a role in improving people's livelihoods, which is conducive to the sustainable development of the world economy and human society.
Walid Jabala, a professor of economic and financial law at Cairo University in Egypt, said that China has proposed solutions for development, and many countries hope to use these "keys" to solve their development problems. "We can see China's initiatives reflected in tangible projects every day."
Jointly initiating a new journey of development, showcasing China's responsibility
The more complex and severe the international situation is, the more it is necessary for countries to adhere to true multilateralism, and global development cannot do without international cooperation. China holds high the banner of multilateralism, gathers global development forces with the concept of openness, inclusiveness, and win-win cooperation, and demonstrates the responsibility of a major country.
Helga Zep Larush, founder and chairman of the Schiller Institute, a German think tank, believes that the current world must stop marginalization policies and rid itself of unilateralism.
"The international community should take the interests of the world as its interests and the hearts of the people as its heart to push development issues back to the core of the international agenda." China has provided development assistance to more than 160 countries, worked with more than 150 countries to build the "the Belt and Road", and worked with more than 100 countries and international organizations to promote cooperation in global development initiatives.
On June 18, 2018, in the village of Guayuz in the eastern province of Ghana, local students drew water from a well built with Chinese aid. Photo by Zhao Shuting, journalist from Xinhua News Agency
From Asia to Africa, from Pacific island countries to the Caribbean coast, over 200 cooperation projects have blossomed and yielded results, and cooperation mechanisms in areas such as poverty reduction, education, and health are constantly expanding. The Chinese side has launched the China FAO South South Cooperation Trust Fund to implement special actions to promote food production and share agricultural technology knowledge; Initiate a global clean energy partnership to help achieve energy security.
On July 25, 2023, children from Picoco Village School in Maputo Province, Mozambique stood in front of a house equipped with satellite TV receiving antennas with Chinese aid. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Dong Jianghui
Jabala has a deep understanding of this. He said that the Global Development Initiative aims to guide the world towards a better future by promoting cooperation and building partnerships, which reflects the inclusive spirit of the Chinese people.
The Chinese nation pursues the principle of "a journey of the great road, serving the world as a whole", advocates "being kind to neighbors, cooperating with all nations", and advocates "working together with one heart and helping each other". The Global Development Initiative is rooted in such excellent traditional Chinese culture, committed to promoting the international community to continuously enhance cooperation consensus, strengthen the docking of development strategies at all levels, broaden cooperation channels, and ultimately achieve joint development and common progress.
Virtue is not alone, there must be neighbors. At present, more than 100 countries and international organizations have supported global development initiatives, and more than 70 countries have joined the Group of Friends of Global Development Initiatives. Global development initiatives have been included in a series of cooperation documents between China and Central Asia, ASEAN, Africa, Latin America, Pacific island countries, and other countries... China is willing to work with all progressive forces in the world to build a high-quality global development partnership that is united, equal, balanced, and inclusive, and embark on a new journey of building a community with a shared future for global development, jointly moving towards a more prosperous and beautiful future.
Reported by Xinhua News Agency's overseas journalists, writing video posters
