September 2020 is another "busy month" for China's head of state diplomacy.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 15th that President Xi Jinping will be invited to attend high-level meetings on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations by video and deliver an important speech.
Five years ago, from September 26 to 28, 2015, President Xi Jinping attended a series of summits on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in New York.
Three days and two nights, start the hectic "United Nations time"——
As the head of the founding member states of the United Nations, delivered an important speech at the United Nations Development Summit and the General Debate of the General Assembly;
As the specially invited chair of the head of state, presided over the South-South Cooperation Roundtable and the first phase of the Global Women’s Summit;
As the leader of an important participant, attended the UN Climate Change Leaders Luncheon and the UN Peacekeeping Summit and made key speeches;
Meet the then UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the leaders of seven countries respectively;
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On the multilateral diplomatic stage of the United Nations, President Xi explained to all parties China’s propositions on international order and the future and destiny of mankind, and put forward a series of pragmatic and cooperative Chinese initiatives and measures, which left a deep impression on the participants and gained international attention. Widely praised by the society.
"The First Report" selects 3 of these shots to take you back to the "United Nations Time" of President Xi 5 years ago——
Scene 1
Leaders of many countries line up to shake hands and congratulate
"President Xi arrived in New York in the early morning of September 26, local time, and appeared in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters at 10 am that day. The United Nations Development Summit is the first event President Xi attended at the United Nations." Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Jianmei participating in the report Recalled.
When the President of the General Assembly announced that the President of the People's Republic of China was invited to speak, President Xi took steady steps to the United Nations forum, and warm applause sounded in the General Assembly Hall.
How to solve the various global challenges facing mankind?
President Xi pointed out: "We must hold on to the key to development."
At the summit, President Xi expounded the development concept centered on fairness, openness, comprehensiveness, and innovation, and put forward a series of development cooperation measures: establishing a South-South cooperation assistance fund; increasing investment in least developed countries; Developed countries, landlocked developing countries, and small island developing States have unpaid intergovernmental interest-free loan debts as of the end of 2015; set up an international development knowledge center; discuss building a global energy Internet... When President Xi announced the above measures, the venue The warm applause of the audience repeated.
Wu Hongbo, then UN Deputy Secretary-General, said that when President Xi stepped off the podium, twenty or thirty leaders of other countries lined up to shake hands with him to congratulate him, and the corridors were full.
"This is the first time since the opening of the United Nations Development Summit a day and a half, a head of state has lined up to shake hands with another head of state," said Wu Hongbo.
Shot 2 20 minutes of speaking and 15 applause
September 28, 2015, the first day of the general debate of the 70th United Nations General Assembly.
Leaders from all over the world gathered together to discuss plans for peaceful development.
At 11:25 in the morning, in the eyes of everyone, President Xi took to the UN forum.
As an on-site French translator, Christian Landhan witnessed this "Chinese moment".
“Before President Xi’s speech, many dignitaries, reporters, and staff were seated in advance. There were a lot of people in the venue, and some of them could only stand.” Lang Dehan said.
In his speech, President Xi reviewed the development of the United Nations, reviewed the spirit of the United Nations Charter, and put forward the Chinese initiative of "joining hands to build new partners for win-win cooperation and building a community with a shared future for mankind."
"The ideas and propositions put forward by President Xi in his speech are highly consistent with the values pursued by the United Nations, and his firm support for multilateralism is particularly impressive to me." Landhan recalled.
"Standing in front of the podium with a dark green marble background, President Xi issued a call for the establishment of a new type of international relations." The American journalist Bill Riley present still remembered President Xi's speech.
Riley said: "I remember he said that all countries in the world are equal, and the big can not be used to overpower the small, the strong to bully the weak, and the rich to bully the poor. These words were deeply agreed by the participants."
On the road, the world is the public.
The wisdom and responsibility of China's propositions aroused widespread resonance among the audience.
"Speaking in 20 minutes, 15 rounds of applause!" Xu Jianmei recorded in the report at that time.
Shot 3 unveiled the "Peace Zun"
On the morning of September 27, 2015, accompanied by the shutter sound of "Ka Ka", President Xi and the then Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon slowly pulled down a piece of red silk cloth. The main color "Peace Zun" is displayed in front of the world.
"Peace Zun" is a gift given to the United Nations by China to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. It is made of Chinese intangible cultural heritage cloisonne craftsmanship. The design is exquisite and rich in meaning: the dragon on the top symbolizes peace on the watch, and elephant heads and phoenix birds on both sides It means peace in the world and well-being of the people.
The seven doves of peace flying high, representing the 70 years of the United Nations' struggle for world peace.
Ban Ki-moon delivered an enthusiastic speech at the scene.
He said that "Peace Respect" represents the common values and close cooperative relationship between China and the United Nations, and thanked China for its contribution to the cause of world peace and development.
China's support for the United Nations has always been consistent; China's commitment to the world is a promise.
——China's 8,000-strong peacekeeping standby force and 300-strong standing peacekeeping police have completed registration with the United Nations;
-The China-United Nations Peace and Development Fund has carried out more than 80 projects;
-The South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund has implemented more than 80 projects in more than 30 developing countries;
-Donate 10 million US dollars to UN Women;
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In the past five years, President Xi’s initiatives and measures put forward during the series of summits on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations have been implemented.
At present, the world’s century-long changes are accelerating and evolving, and various global challenges are coming one after another. To maintain peace, promote development, and promote cooperation, the international community is even more looking forward to China’s plan and China’s contribution.