China News Service, Beijing, July 29. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the video conference of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on the 28th, which aroused the attention of overseas public opinion.
Many foreign media have paid attention to and reported on China's support for multilateralism and strengthening regional cooperation as explained in Xi Jinping's speech.
The Russian Satellite News Agency and others noted that Xi Jinping proposed in his speech to build the AIIB into a new type of multilateral development bank that promotes common global development, a new type of development practice platform that keeps pace with the times, a new type of high-standard international cooperation organization, and a new type of international multilateral cooperation. model.
Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao reported that Xi Jinping stated in his speech that to resolve the contradictions in the process of economic globalization, countries should strive to form more inclusive global governance, more effective multilateral mechanisms, and more active regional cooperation. Xi Jinping said that China has always supported multilateralism, practiced multilateralism, and pursued common development with all countries in the world in the spirit of openness, cooperation and win-win.
Reuters also reported on the concept of multilateralism explained in the speech under the title "Xi Jinping said that China always supports multilateralism and countries should strive to form more active regional cooperation."
Many overseas media have also paid attention to the role played by the AIIB in the global response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
The Nikkei Asian Review reported on the content of the speech about openness and inclusiveness and international multilateral cooperation, and quoted analysts as saying that in view of the economic losses caused by the pandemic to emerging Asian economies, the AIIB is a source of infrastructure funding. The importance is increasing day by day.
The Russian Satellite News Agency reported that in April this year, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced that it would set up a new crown pneumonia crisis recovery fund with an initial amount of 5 billion US dollars to provide rapid financing to public and private sector institutions severely affected by the epidemic. In addition, the AIIB also issued the first panda bond of RMB 3 billion in China's inter-bank bond market in June this year, and the funds raised will be used to respond to the epidemic.
Reuters quoted Xi Jinping’s speech as saying that the AIIB should become a new platform to promote the common development of members and build a community with a shared future for mankind. The AIIB should be committed to serving the development needs of all members and providing more high-quality, low-cost, and sustainable foundations. Investment in facilities must support both traditional infrastructure and new infrastructure. (Finish)