China News Service, May 8th. According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi presided over the high-level meeting of the UN Security Council on the 7th. He stated that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. A new journey for a modern socialist country.
This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations.
These 50 years have been the 50 years that China has actively practiced multilateralism, the 50 years that China has fully participated in and supported the cause of the United Nations, and it has also been the 50 years that China has continued to contribute to world peace and development.
Wang Yi said that in order to maintain peace, China has always been committed to politically solving hotspot issues. So far, it has participated in more than 30 UN peacekeeping operations and has become the largest peacekeeping contributor among the permanent members of the Security Council.
In order to promote development, China fully implements the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, achieves poverty reduction goals 10 years ahead of schedule, promotes high-quality co-construction of the “Belt and Road”, and injects impetus into global development.
In order to protect the ecology, China has promoted the conclusion of the Paris Agreement on climate change and announced that it will achieve the peak of carbon emissions and carbon neutrality at a much shorter interval than in developed countries.
In response to the epidemic, China launched the largest emergency humanitarian operation in the history of the People's Republic of China, providing vaccines as a global public product to developing countries, helping global solidarity fight the epidemic.
Wang Yi said that standing at a new historical starting point, China will continue to hold high the banner of multilateralism, firmly implement the major initiatives announced by Chairman Xi Jinping at the series of high-level meetings on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations last year, and continue to take practical actions to support the United Nations as its core. Work in multilateral mechanisms and continue to be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, a defender of international order, and a provider of public goods.
China is willing to work with all parties to promote multilateralism and set sail again, to promote the reorganization of the United Nations and the establishment of a community with a shared future for mankind.