Consolidate consensus and gather strength

Join hands to open up a bright future for global development

——State Councilor Wang Yi's speech at the 2021 Sustainable Development Forum

　　ladies and gentlemen,

　　ladies and gentlemen!

　　I am very pleased to attend the 2021 Sustainable Development Forum to discuss international development cooperation plans with you and seek common sustainable development strategies.

The forum will conduct in-depth discussions on the theme of "people-centered sustainable development", and it is believed that it will contribute insights to the international community to achieve post-epidemic recovery and promote international development cooperation.

　　Development is the eternal pursuit of human society.

At present, the epidemic of the century and the changes in a century are superimposed and resonant. The recovery of the world economy is unbalanced. The epidemic has swallowed the achievements of global poverty reduction in the past 10 years. The total number of hungry people has reached about 800 million. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is facing new challenges.

At the crossroads where the cause of international development is facing, President Xi Jinping solemnly proposed the "Global Development Initiative" when attending the General Debate of the 76th UN General Assembly, calling on the international community to speed up the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and promote a stronger, greener and healthier one Global development and build a global development community.

This major initiative drew a blueprint for the development of various countries and international development cooperation, and pointed out the direction for advancing the cause of global development and international development cooperation.

　　The "Global Development Initiative" upholds the core concept of putting people at the center.

The proposal takes the promotion of people’s well-being and the realization of human’s all-round development as the starting point and goal, the yearning of people from all countries for a better life as the goal, and firmly grasps development as the master key to solve all problems, and makes every effort to solve development problems and create more. Develop opportunities and strive to achieve the goal of not leaving any country or individual behind.

　　The "Global Development Initiative" follows a practical and cooperative action guide.

Promoting the cause of international development cannot be justified, it is necessary to start and act.

It is proposed to grasp the pulse of global development and urgent needs, and put poverty reduction, food security, anti-epidemic and vaccines, development financing, climate change and green development, industrialization, digital economy, and interconnection as key cooperation areas, and propose cooperation ideas and plans to develop The consensus has been transformed into pragmatic actions, injecting new impetus into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

　　The "Global Development Initiative" advocates an open and inclusive spirit of partnership.

Achieving sustainable development requires the pooling of wisdom and efforts.

The initiative is an important public product and cooperation platform provided by China to the international community. It is open to the world and all countries are welcome to participate.

The initiative will jointly build the "Belt and Road", the African Union’s "2063 Agenda", the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and other synergies, through the United Nations, the G20, the BRICS and other multilateral cooperation mechanisms, and various regional and subregional platforms. Consolidate consensus and form a strong synergy.

　　Ladies, gentlemen, friends!

　　The epidemic has brought multiple crises and challenges to the international community, especially developing countries, including economy, public health, food, and society. The importance of implementing the 2030 Agenda is not weakened, but strengthened. The urgency of deepening international development cooperation is not It has fallen, but it has risen.

We call for the implementation of the "Global Development Initiative" as an opportunity to strengthen political commitment and take pragmatic actions to advance the cause of international development.

　　We must deepen cooperation in the fight against the epidemic and jointly overcome the challenges of the epidemic.

The virus is still mutating, and the epidemic is still spreading.

Multiple lines of defense against the epidemic should be built to prevent the virus from spreading across borders to the greatest extent, adhere to scientific traceability, and oppose politicization and stigmatization.

It is necessary to ensure vaccine research and development, production and fair distribution, ensure vaccine accessibility and affordability, and bridge the "immune gap."

　　We need to strengthen macro policy coordination and promote economic recovery.

Economic growth is an important foundation for promoting development.

Facing the severe situation of fragile recovery of the world economy, countries, especially major economies, should adopt responsible macroeconomic policies, close policy communication and coordination, and help achieve stability and growth.

We must seize the historic opportunity of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, persist in innovation-driven, deepen cooperation in digital technology, and help developing countries achieve better and faster industrialization and modernization.

We must work together to build an open world economy and promote globalization toward a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced, and win-win direction.

Using the epidemic to engage in "de-globalization", isolation and decoupling, and protectionism will harm people and ourselves. It is a dead end that cannot be walked out. It will also create new obstacles for the world to achieve sustainable development goals.

　　We must persist in being green and low-carbon, and actively respond to climate change.

Green and low-carbon is the most sustainable development driver, and a good ecological environment is the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being.

It is necessary to seize the opportunities of technological development and economic transformation, take the road of green development, and accelerate the optimization and upgrading of the economic, energy, and industrial structure.

It is necessary to strengthen the systematic protection of nature, promote global ecological environmental governance, realize the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and build a clean and beautiful world.

We must adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, fully implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, strengthen global climate environmental governance, and build a global ecological civilization.

　　We must uphold fairness and justice and create a sound development environment.

Regarding the development path of various countries, there is no golden rule or one-size-fits-all development model. Each country should walk its own path based on its own national conditions.

We must abide by international law and the basic norms of international relations, promote actions to eliminate gunshots, maintain world peace and security, promote human rights, especially the right to development, and create a sound environment for the development of all countries.

The world must be fair, not overbearing.

We must respect the paths and systems independently chosen by all countries, treat each other as equals, learn from each other, and oppose bullying that is imposed on others and grossly interferes in the internal affairs of other countries.

　　We must adhere to true multilateralism and deepen the global partnership for development.

Sustainable development is true development, and development together is good development.

We must practice the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, safeguard the international system with the United Nations as its core, give play to the overall coordination role of the United Nations in the sustainable development process, place development in a prominent position in global macro policies, and strengthen North-South cooperation. Deepen South-South cooperation.

We must provide developing countries with more development resources, strengthen their independent development capabilities, eliminate the "development gap", and join hands to build a global development community.

　　Dear colleagues,

　　China always regards development as the top priority for governing and rejuvenating the country, and attaches great importance to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

China has historically eliminated absolute poverty, built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and is moving towards the second centenary goal of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

We have built the world's largest social security and compulsory education system. Hundreds of millions of people have entered the middle-income group, and the people's sense of happiness, sense of gain, and satisfaction have increased significantly.

We uphold the concept of a community of human and natural life, coordinate the management of landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, grass, sand and ice, actively implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, continuously optimize the industrial energy structure, and take the path of green and low-carbon circular development.

We are building the "Belt and Road" with 141 partner countries to drive common development through interconnection.

The China-Europe Railway Express is heading against the wind in the epidemic, and the construction of the Green Silk Road, the Digital Silk Road, and the Healthy Silk Road is in the ascendant. Take a solid step.

President Xi Jinping announced at the general debate of the UN General Assembly a few days ago that China will strongly support the green and low-carbon development of energy in developing countries and will no longer build new overseas coal power projects.

This is another important decision that China has made independently in response to global climate change.

We will use our actions to make new contributions to the promotion of global green development.

　　As the largest developing country, China has always been helping other developing countries, actively promoting South-South cooperation, and providing development assistance to more than 160 developing countries.

In the face of the epidemic, we implemented the largest global humanitarian action since the founding of New China, fulfilled China’s solemn promise of vaccines as a global public product, and provided more than 1.25 billion doses of vaccines to the world.

President Xi Jinping announced a few days ago that China will provide 2 billion doses of vaccines throughout the year. On the basis of donating 100 million US dollars to the "New Crown Vaccine Implementation Plan", another 100 million doses of vaccines will be donated to developing countries within the year to build a global immune barrier. Make a major contribution.

China has released the "Report on China's Progress in Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2021)" and the "Report on the Sustainable Development Goals Supported by Big Earth Data (2021)", which I believe will provide a useful reference for the international community to implement the 2030 Agenda.

　　"A gentleman is responsible for the foundation, and the foundation is based on the moral."

China is willing to work with all parties to continue to promote the "Global Development Initiative", make positive contributions to accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, benefiting people of all countries, and making unremitting efforts to jointly open up bright prospects for international development cooperation and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. .

　　thank you all.