On the evening of June 24, President Xi Jinping hosted a high-level dialogue on global development via video.
This is his third important event during the BRICS meeting.
"Development" is the theme of this dialogue, and President Xi talked about it the most: "We must recognize the general trend of world development, strengthen our confidence, and take action", "We must put development at the center of the international agenda", "We must seek development sincerely and work together to promote development."
At a critical moment when human society is facing an unprecedentedly serious "development deficit", this is a Chinese voice worth listening to carefully.
Unusual Dialogue: From "BRIC+" to "Cloud Group Photo"
The Chinese venue of the High-level Dialogue on Global Development is located in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
The flags of participating countries and the red carpet reflect the enthusiasm of the conference.
△Beijing, the Great Hall of the People.
(Photographed by CCTV reporter Zhao Hua)
Five years ago, during the Xiamen meeting, President Xi Jinping invited five leaders to attend the Dialogue between Emerging Market Countries and Developing Countries, launching a new "BRICS+" cooperation model.
At that time, the "+" were from five representative countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and other regions: Thailand, Tajikistan, Guinea, Egypt, and Mexico.
President Xi has repeatedly expressed the original intention of "BRICS+": to make the circle of friends of the BRICS become larger and wider, and the network of partners will become wider and wider.
△The scene before the start of the Global Development High-level Dialogue.
(Photographed by CCTV reporter Zhang Yu)
On May 19 this year, President Xi said in his speech at the opening ceremony of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting that the five countries should conduct dialogues and exchanges with more emerging market countries and developing countries, "to make the cake of cooperation bigger and bigger, and let the progressive The more the power is gathered, the stronger.”
At the BRICS meeting on the evening of June 23, the leaders of the five countries agreed to carry out "BRICS+" cooperation at more levels, in a wider field and on a wider scale.
△ This year’s dialogue meeting continued to use the main pattern of the monogram of the dialogue meeting five years ago.
(Photographed by CCTV reporter Huang Jinghui)
Therefore, at this year's dialogue meeting, the "BRICS+" lineup is even stronger.
In addition to the BRICS, the number of invited participating countries has increased from 5 to 13, and they have stronger representation and coverage.
Among them, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Fiji, Argentina, and Senegal are the rotating presidencies of G20, APEC, ASEAN, CIS, Pacific Islands Forum, CELAC, and AU.
△In the golden hall, the national flags of the 18 participating countries are displayed.
(Photographed by CCTV reporter Shi Cheng)
At around 8 p.m. that night, the conversation will begin.
Leaders from different time zones first watched a short video together.
At the end of the short film, a "cloud group photo" photo of the leaders of 18 countries was frozen.
At the dialogue meeting, President Xi delivered an important speech, and the leaders also spoke separately.
The dialogue meeting issued a presidential statement and achieved fruitful results.
At 22:32 that night, this conversation will end.
It is late at night in Beijing.
Development: From a past event to a major initiative
At the dialogue meeting on the evening of June 24, President Xi Jinping first talked about a past event.
"In the late 1960s, when I worked as a farmer in a small village on the Loess Plateau of China, I experienced the hardships of the people's crops and food and clothing, and their desire for a better life was deeply imprinted in my mind."
△Xi Jinping delivered an important speech here.
(Photographed by CCTV reporter Huang Jinghui)
This past event, President Xi has talked about many times.
In 2015, he brought the story of the small village to international occasions twice.
One was a welcome banquet when he visited the United States in September of that year, and the other was the 2015 High-level Forum on Poverty Reduction and Development in October of that year.
Just before the Spring Festival that year, President Xi returned to that small village, Liangjiahe.
The mountains and villages have undergone great changes, and I am deeply moved by it.
Behind the past is a profound revelation.
At this dialogue, President Xi said, "I deeply feel that only continuous development can realize the people's dream of a healthy life and a peaceful society."
It was also at the United Nations Development Summit held in 2015 that President Xi Jinping and leaders of various countries unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, opening a new voyage of international development cooperation.
It has been more than seven years since the adoption of the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development".
In recent years, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has swallowed up the achievements of many years of global development.
Some countries that voted "support" in the past have politicized and marginalized development issues.
Driven by many factors, the Human Development Index fell for the first time in 30 years.
The world is changing, but China's original aspirations remain the same.
Leaders who know the pain of poverty also know that development is the door to happiness.
In September last year, President Xi solemnly proposed the "Global Development Initiative" at the 76th UN General Assembly, calling for the implementation of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
During this year's BRICS meeting, President Xi will talk about development at every event.
Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is facing unprecedented challenges and time is running out!
At the dialogue meeting on the evening of the 24th, President Xi stressed that it is necessary to "twist into a single rope and join forces to promote global development and jointly create a development pattern of inclusiveness and balance, coordination and inclusiveness, win-win cooperation, and common prosperity."
Xi Jinping: "We must put development at the center of the international agenda"
President Xi Jinping put forward four propositions in his speech: We should jointly build an international consensus on promoting development, jointly create an international environment conducive to development, jointly cultivate new momentum for global development, and jointly build a global development partnership.
Political consensus is important.
President Xi said that we should put development at the center of the international agenda, implement the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and build a political consensus that everyone attaches importance to development and that all countries seek cooperation.
The global development initiative proposed by President Xi aims to push the international community to refocus on development issues.
Some countries politicize and marginalize development issues, engage in "small court with high walls" and limit sanctions to artificially create division and confrontation.
They can't go the other way.
It is important to meet each other.
President Xi said that developed countries should fulfill their obligations, developing countries should deepen cooperation, and the North and the South should meet each other halfway to jointly build a global development partnership that is united, equal, balanced and beneficial to all, so that no country or individual will be left behind. .
"Building a global development partnership in the new era and jointly implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" is the theme of this dialogue.
As President Xi said, all countries in the world are riding on a big ship with a shared destiny. To cross the stormy seas and sail towards a bright future, they must work together in the same boat. It is unacceptable to try to throw anyone into the sea.
It is a wise move to share destiny and walk towards each other.
Solidarity is important.
At the dialogue meeting in 2017, President Xi pointed out that "South-South cooperation should be carried out on a larger scale and in a wider field, to jointly address various global challenges, cultivate a chain of interconnected development, and achieve unity and self-improvement."
At this year's dialogue meeting, President Xi made the following judgment when analyzing the development situation: "The will of emerging market countries and developing countries to unite and strengthen themselves is stronger."
From unity and self-improvement to unity and self-improvement, "One arrow is easy to break, but ten arrows are hard to break"!
China's pragmatic measures to help global development
"BRICS countries are not mediocre chat halls, but action teams that combine knowledge and action." At this dialogue, President Xi said that we will take practical measures to continue to support the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
China's pragmatic measures have always kept its word and taken solid steps.
△ This is the gavel that Xi Jinping knocked when he issued the presidential statement at the dialogue meeting that day.
(Photographed by CCTV reporter Shi Cheng)
Give two examples.
One is the "South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund".
In September 2015, President Xi announced at the United Nations Development Summit that China would set up a "South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund" with an initial provision of US$2 billion.
In 2017, during the "Belt and Road" Forum for International Cooperation, President Xi said that the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund would be increased by US$1 billion.
At the dialogue meeting on the evening of June 24, President Xi announced that the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund will be integrated and upgraded to the "Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund", and the capital will be increased by 1 billion US dollars on the basis of 3 billion US dollars.
Another is to strengthen development experience exchange and capacity building cooperation.
At the United Nations Development Summit, President Xi announced the establishment of the China International Development Knowledge Center.
In August 2017, the Knowledge Center was officially established, and President Xi sent a letter of congratulations.
Before this year's dialogue, the center released its first "Global Development Report" to provide intellectual support for the cause of global development.
At the dialogue meeting, President Xi further announced that China will build a platform for the exchange of international development knowledge and experience, establish a global development promotion center, establish a global development knowledge network, and hold the World Youth Development Forum.
The dialogue on the same day also released a list of outcomes of 32 initiatives, covering poverty reduction, food security, anti-epidemic and vaccines, financing for development, climate change and green development, industrialization, digital economy, and connectivity in the digital age. It will inject strong impetus to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
"Agreeing with one mind, everything can be achieved." As long as we sincerely seek development and make concerted efforts to promote development, as long as we adhere to the heart of the people and the interests of the world, we will surely be able to promote global development into a new era and bring benefits to the world. people of all countries.
The sound of BRICS is soothing.
Action BRICS, Bless the people.
In this turbulent and changing world, "fire sees real gold".
Producer丨Shen Yong Gong Xuehui
Planning丨Peng Na
Chief Writer丨Liu Ruilin
Editor in charge丨Yu Zhenyi
Reporter丨Huang Jinghui, Zhang Yushicheng, Zhao Hua
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Editor丨Wang Zun