China stands ready to work with the rest of the world to tackle development difficulties and foster new growth drivers, so as to achieve shared development and prosperity in the process of building a community with a shared future for mankind, said Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang in Beijing on Friday.
Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with foreign representatives attending the second High-Level Conference of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development that was held in Beijing on Friday.
Ding said the China-proposed Global Development Initiative (GDI) has gained extensive support and positive response globally.
Thanks to the concerted efforts of all parties, the GDI cooperation has achieved a series of important outcomes over the past three years, according to Ding.
Ding expressed China's willingness to work with other countries to resolve global development challenges, foster new development momentum, and promote open development, thus achieving shared development and prosperity in the process of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
The foreign representatives extended congratulations on China's success in hosting the meeting.
They spoke highly of China's role in leading shared development across the globe, adding that they are willing to work together to push for solid progress of the GDI and provide important impetus for accelerating the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Chinese vice premier calls for combined efforts to push for shared development
Chinese vice premier calls for combined efforts to push for shared development
China and Russia have evolved their historical alliance to become modern builders of peace as they work together to advance the development of multilateral institutions such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), according to Sergey Sanakoev, deputy chairman of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a four-day state visit to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, and on Friday attended the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.
Xi's visit underscores the deepening comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era between the two nations and their shared focus on historical remembrance and global cooperation.
In an interview with the China Global Television Network (CGTN), Sanakoev pointed to the important context of the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, and said that as the two countries that bore the heaviest losses in terms of total casualties in World War II, Russia and China have now learned unforgettable lessons about peace.
"I think that Russia and China have a similar contribution to the victory in the Second World War. If we remember that Soviet people lost 27 million people in this World War. And China, as we know now, the new figure is more than 30 million people lost in this World War, [who died] in this World War. Certainly, we are two countries who know much better than any other country in the world what is the lessons of the Second World War. And if we don't like to have the Third World War, we should keep the results, and we should keep our memory of this victory. And all these [will] keep our understanding of the results of the Second World War. If we change this situation, we will have another World War," he said.
Sanakoev also noted how China and Russia are now leading multilateral groups to create a fairer, more stable international system that makes global war unthinkable in the nuclear age.
"We should take care for our relationship between any other countries. First of all, we should be more honest, more respectful to each other. And this is the new world order, which Russia and China together shows to the world. It's multilateral. It's more fair. And certainly, that's why a lot of countries are trying to join us, to join Russia and China in this movement for the future, for the bright future. That's why we can see how the changes to the memberships of BRICS countries or the Shanghai Cooperation Organizations countries, G20, etc. In these kinds of formats, we are leaders, Russia and China together are leaders," he said.
China, Russia working together to build more fair, multilateral world order: expert
