Xi Jinping Meets with Bill Gates, Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Xi Jinping | Beijing | United States
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 16. On June 16, President Xi Jinping met with Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of the United States in Beijing.
China first focuses on solving its own problems. As a large country with a population of over 1.4 billion, maintaining long-term stability and sustainable development in China is a significant contribution to world peace, stability, and prosperity. We need to consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation, achieve rural revitalization, and continuously improve the level of rural health and hygiene.
China is willing to engage in extensive scientific and technological innovation cooperation with countries around the world, actively participate in and promote global challenges such as addressing climate change, combating the pandemic, and public health. China is willing to continue to strengthen cooperation in related fields with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and provide support and assistance to other developing countries to the best of its ability.
The world is coming out of the COVID-19, and people should move around more, communicate more, and enhance understanding. I often say that the foundation of China US relations lies in the people, and we have always placed our hopes on the American people, hoping that the friendship between the two peoples will continue.
Gates introduced the progress and future vision of cooperation with China, saying that China has made remarkable achievements in poverty reduction and coping with the COVID-19 epidemic, setting a good example for the world. In recent years, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has established good cooperation with China and made significant progress. Accelerating innovation and development in China is beneficial to China, developing countries, and the world. The foundation is committed to further strengthening cooperation with China in areas such as innovation, global poverty reduction, public health, drug research and development, and rural agriculture, and promoting successful experiences and technologies to developing countries.
Wang Yi, Qin Gang, and others attended the meeting.