Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 25 (Reporter Zheng Mingda) Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a special summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) leaders on the new crown pneumonia on March 26. On the 25th, Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu was interviewed by People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television, and China Daily to introduce the background of the summit and China's expectations.
Ma Zhaoxu said that the special summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) leaders to cope with the new crown pneumonia will be held on March 26, and President Xi Jinping will attend the summit. G20 members, guests and leaders of relevant international organizations will attend the meeting. This will be the first summit video of leaders in G20 history and the first major multilateral event attended by President Xi Jinping since the outbreak.
Ma Zhaoxu said that at present, the epidemic of new crown pneumonia has spread at many points around the world, with serious political, economic and social impacts. The international community is eager to strengthen cooperation to fight the epidemic. G20 is an important platform for global crisis response and economic governance, bringing together major developed economies and emerging market economies, and played an important role in responding to the 2008 international financial crisis. At this critical moment, the G20 held a special summit on the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and it was of great significance to communicate and coordinate the response to the spread of the epidemic and stabilize the world economy.
Ma Zhaoxu said that under the personal command and deployment of President Xi Jinping, China's epidemic prevention and control has achieved remarkable results and has been highly praised by the international community. President Xi's attendance at the special summit demonstrated China's firm determination to fight the epidemic with the international community, China's role as a major country in promoting international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic, and China's positive attitude in supporting the G20 to strengthen coordination and cooperation and stabilize the world economy. We expect the following from this special summit:
The first is to strengthen unity. The virus has no national borders, and no country can stand alone in the face of the epidemic. Only by working together can we overcome the epidemic, stabilize the economy, and restore order. G20 members need to strengthen solidarity, release a strong signal to jointly meet challenges, and boost the confidence of the international community.
The second is to strengthen cooperation. Facing the rapid spread of the global epidemic, international cooperation is essential. While doing its best to prevent and control the country, China will provide timely help to countries in need. We share experiences with all parties, jointly strengthen capacity building, provide urgently needed medical supplies, and facilitate the procurement of various countries in China. It is hoped that the G20 members will help each other and cooperate closely to jointly safeguard international public health security.
The third is to strengthen coordination. The epidemic has had a severe impact on the global economy. On the premise of ensuring good prevention and control, China's resumption of production and production is proceeding in an orderly manner, which plays an important role in stabilizing the global industrial chain and supply chain. We expect all parties to strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination, adopt necessary fiscal, monetary and structural policies, promote market opening, ensure the opening, stability, security and smooth operation of the global supply chain, and play a constructive role in boosting market confidence.
In short, China is willing to work with other members of the G20 to promote positive results of this special summit.