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At the invitation of President Jokowi of the Republic of Indonesia, President Xi Jinping will attend the 17th G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, from November 14 to 17. The G20 is a major forum for international economic cooperation and an important platform for global economic governance. At present, the global fight against the epidemic and economic recovery is in a critical period. President Xi Jinping's attendance at the 17th G20 Summit will certainly provide the international community with a new consensus on jointly addressing challenges, promoting post-epidemic recovery, injecting new impetus and pointing out a new path.
We advocate solidarity and cooperation in the G20
"The G20 carries the expectations of all countries in the world and has a great mission. We must strive to build the G20 well and grasp the general direction for world economic prosperity and stability. President Xi Jinping emphasized this in his opening speech at the G20 Hangzhou Summit.
Since 2013, President Xi Jinping has continuously attended or chaired the G20 Leaders' Summit. Focusing on the development of the times and grasping the general trend of history, President Xi Jinping made a series of important speeches on promoting G20 cooperation and strengthening international macro policy coordination. The G20 stage has left a strong mark on China.
This is China's proposition of taking charge of the situation and strategizing the economy and latitude -
G20 members bring together the world's major advanced economies and emerging market economies, accounting for about 85% of the world's economy. At a critical stage in the transformation of the international system, the importance and urgency of strengthening policy coordination and cooperation in the G20 continues unabated.
"We must build the G20 into an important force for stabilizing the world economy, building an international financial safety net, and improving global economic governance"; "Truly become a stabilizer of the world economy, a catalyst for global growth, and a promoter of global economic governance, so as to better benefit the people of all countries"; "The G20 needs to set goals, chart direction, and exercise, and exercise"... President Xi Jinping has put forward a series of initiatives and propositions, advocating the G20 to achieve a medium- and long-term policy transition and a long-term governance mechanism.
Based on equality, guided by openness, driven by cooperation, and aimed at sharing. China adheres to the concept of global economic governance and promotes a fair, open, comprehensive and innovative development path.
John Cotten, co-director of the G20 and BRICS Research Program at the University of Toronto, Canada, said: "China has contributed an important role to the sustainable development of the G20 mechanism and played a key role in improving global economic governance. ”
This is the Chinese wisdom of seeing the clouds and moving forward courageously——
At present, the global development dilemma needs to be solved urgently. The growth momentum brought about by the last round of scientific and technological progress has gradually declined, the new round of scientific and technological and industrial revolution has not yet formed momentum, and the world economy is facing the problem of "open source"; Major economies have successively entered an aging society, the population growth rate has declined, and the economies of various countries have encountered "pressure" challenges; Economic globalization has experienced twists and turns, protectionism and inward-looking tendencies have risen, the multilateral trading system has been impacted, and international economic cooperation is facing the pressure of "revitalization".
"Building an innovative world economy and opening up a source of growth", "Building an open world economy and expanding development space", "Building a linkage world economy and cohesion and interaction", "Building an inclusive world economy and laying a solid foundation for win-win results";
"Adhere to reform and innovation to tap growth momentum", "Persist in advancing with the times and improving global governance", "Persist in facing difficulties and solving development bottlenecks", "Adhere to the spirit of partnership and properly handle differences";
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China stands for basing itself on the present as well as the long term.
Georges Zogopoulus, a scholar at the Institute of European Studies in Nice, France, believes that China's plan is effective, reflects China's ability to follow the trend and take responsibility, and provides important ideas for the world to get out of the current economic predicament.
This is China's responsibility to share the same boat and benefit the world at the same time——
The global spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has brought great threats to people's lives and health, brought great challenges to global public health security, and also caused a comprehensive impact on global production and demand.
Since March 2020, President Xi Jinping has attended more than ten multilateral summits such as the G20 Leaders' Special Summit on Responding to the New Coronavirus Pneumonia, profoundly expounded the concept of a community of human health, and put forward a series of major initiatives and measures. China has carried out large-scale global humanitarian operations and put into practice the concept of a community of human health with practical actions. China's ideas and actions demonstrate the firm will and strong strength of unity and cooperation to overcome difficulties together.
Patricio Giusto, executive chairman of the China-Arab Strategic Cooperation Observation Center in Argentina, said that in the context of the continuous spread of the global epidemic, China has provided medical material assistance to Argentina and many other countries, shared diagnosis and treatment plans, and actively participated in international cooperation on vaccines, which has played an important role in building the global anti-epidemic firewall.
Open development and consolidate the foundation for world economic recovery
For some time, economic globalization has encountered "headwinds and adverse currents", the "world openness index" has continued to decline, and the global consensus on openness has weakened. We should deeply realize that when a big river rushes to the sea, it will always encounter a countercurrent, but no countercurrent can stop the river from going east. Openness and cooperation are still the trend of history, and mutual benefit and win-win results are still the aspiration of the people.
At the opening ceremony of the 2016 G20 Business Summit, President Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out the importance of opening up to promote world economic development: "The history of world economic development proves that openness brings progress, and closure leads to backwardness. ”
Adhering to the general direction of building an open world economy is an important experience of the G20 in coping with the international financial crisis and an important path to promote world economic growth.
From St. Petersburg to Brisbane, from Antalya to Hangzhou, from Hamburg to Buenos Aires to Osaka, China's determination and actions to promote the building of an open world economy have been consistent.
In the face of the challenges brought about by the intertwining of the century-old changes and the century epidemic, President Xi Jinping put forward the important initiative of "smoothing the operation of the world economy" at the G20 Riyadh Summit, and put forward the important proposition of "strengthening coordination and promoting recovery" at the G20 Rome Summit, pointing out the direction for promoting the economic recovery of countries as soon as possible, and gathering broad consensus and injecting strong impetus into the realization of global inclusive and sustainable development under the haze of the epidemic.
To promote the construction of an open world economy, China is not only an active advocate, but also a staunch activist. From building a high-standard free trade zone network facing the world, accelerating the construction of the pilot free trade zone and Hainan free trade port, to holding the Expo, Service Trade Fair, Canton Fair and Consumer Expo; From the promulgation and implementation of the Foreign Investment Law, the reduction of the negative list of foreign investment access for five consecutive years, to becoming a major trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions, the total trade in goods ranks first in the world, and the attraction of foreign investment and foreign investment ranks first in the world... The formation of a new pattern of all-round, multi-level and wide-ranging opening up has accelerated, and opening up has become a distinctive symbol of contemporary China.
Jeon Byung-rui, director of the China Institute of Economics and Finance in South Korea, said that China's call for upholding WTO principles such as openness, inclusiveness and non-discrimination will help protect the development interests and policy space of developing countries and promote global common prosperity.
Shoulder responsibility and promote the reform of the global governance system
Sorting out the coordinates of time, China's image as a participant, promoter and leader in the process of global governance reform is becoming clearer. China actively participates in the reform and construction of the global governance system, practices the global governance concept of consultation, co-construction and sharing, and promotes the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction.
Strengthen global economic governance and provide a strong guarantee for the world economy to return to the growth track and achieve medium- and long-term stable development.
In September 2016, the G20 Hangzhou Summit comprehensively explained China's concept of equality, openness, cooperation and sharing in global economic governance for the first time, took innovation as the core achievement for the first time, put development issues in a prominent position in global macro policy coordination for the first time, formed a global multilateral investment rule framework for the first time, and put green finance on the agenda of the G20 for the first time... Many "firsts" highlight China's plans and actions to promote the reform of the global governance system.
At present, global economic governance is entering a critical stage, and the problems of incompatibility and mismatch have become more prominent with the spread of the epidemic. President Xi Jinping stressed: "We should follow the principle of consultation, co-construction and sharing, adhere to multilateralism, adhere to openness and inclusiveness, adhere to mutually beneficial cooperation, and adhere to advancing with the times." At the 15th G20 Leaders' Summit, President Xi Jinping made a comprehensive exposition on global economic governance, and put forward a series of important propositions in clarifying guiding ideology, improving rules and mechanisms, and coping with risks and challenges.
Alexandre Figueiredo, director of the Brazilian Institute of Global South, said that China's promotion of a more just and reasonable global economic governance system has always been an important force in practicing multilateralism, promoting democracy in international relations, and defending international law.
Strengthen global environmental governance and create a fair, reasonable, win-win global environmental governance system.
From actively promoting the G20 Hangzhou Summit to issue the first presidential statement on climate change, to holding a small-scale meeting on climate change with France and the United Nations during the G20 Buenos Aires Summit, to support the global response to climate change with practical actions; From putting forward a three-point proposition at the G20 Riyadh summit on the theme of "Protecting the Earth", to reaffirming that China will strive to achieve carbon peak before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060; From emphasizing that the G20 should uphold the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities", to putting forward important propositions such as "adhere to green development" and "harmonious coexistence, green sustainability"... As the largest developing country, China has taken into practice and participated more actively and constructively in global climate governance, and vigorously promoted the international community to work together to address climate change.
John Cobb Jr., a member of the National Academy of Humanities, pointed out: "China has brought a ray of hope to the construction of a global ecological civilization. ”
Strengthen global health governance and build a community of human health.
China adheres to multilateralism, promotes the strengthening of the global public health system, promotes global disease pandemic preparedness and response, firmly maintains the fence of human health and security, and contributes to building a community of human health.
"Solidarity and cooperation are the most powerful weapons" and "G20 members should shoulder their responsibilities in global anti-epidemic cooperation"... President Xi Jinping's important speech shows China's firm will to overcome difficulties with other countries and demonstrates its responsibility to work together to fight the epidemic.
It was the first to propose that the new crown pneumonia vaccine should become a global public good, joined the "new crown pneumonia vaccine implementation plan", and proposed a global vaccine cooperation action initiative... China has taken every step to strengthen global health governance and bridge the "immunization gap" with determination and force.
"Each generation is judged by whether they have confronted the greatest and most important problems of human society." Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said China actively participates in global governance and "strives to steer the way" and "builds a new, powerful and peaceful force in the international community."
Work hard and act hard to unite the joint force of global prosperity and development
"It is better to commit a thousand than to implement one. We should make the G20 an action team, not a talking house. "Only when there is consensus in ideas, plans in action, and guarantees in mechanisms can G20 cooperation open up a new path for global growth and comprehensively enhance the medium- and long-term growth potential of the world economy."
China has implemented the new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing in a complete, accurate and comprehensive manner, adhered to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world, firmly pursued the strategy of opening up for mutual benefit and win-win results, and continuously provided new opportunities for the world with China's new development.
After 9 years of hard work, from ramming the foundation and pillars and beams to taking root and sustainable development, the "Belt and Road" has made solid and heavy achievements. Pakistan's power projects have turned on thousands of homes; Mozambican farmers growing Chinese hybrid rice have enjoyed bumper harvests and improved lives; Algerian Chinese Enterprise Worker Training Center and Djibouti Luban Workshop have given more and more locals the opportunity to change their fate through education... According to a World Bank study, if all transport infrastructure projects under the Belt and Road framework are implemented, it is expected to generate $1.6 trillion in global benefits per year by 2030, accounting for 1.3% of the global economy, of which 90% of the benefits will be shared by partner countries, with low- and lower-middle-income countries benefiting the most.
President Xi Jinping said that the global development initiative launched by the United Nations is highly consistent with the purpose and key direction of the G20 to promote global development, and welcomes the active participation of all countries.
Since its inception more than a year ago, the Global Development Initiative has received support from more than 100 countries and international organizations, and the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative" established on the United Nations platform has grown to more than 60 members. The establishment of an international non-governmental poverty reduction cooperation network, the establishment of the World Alliance for the Development of Vocational and Technical Education with 150 institutions in nearly 40 countries and regions, the China-Pacific Island Countries Climate Change Cooperation Center has been launched, and more than 1,000 capacity-building projects have provided more than 40,000 training sessions for developing countries... China has solidly promoted its global development initiatives.
Kleshi, President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that the global development initiative proposed by China will help accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Gu Qingyang, associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, believes that the global development initiative is of positive significance and meets the concerns and needs of developing countries.
In the coordinate system of human development, China has always closely linked its own destiny with the destiny of the peoples of the world, always integrated the interests of the Chinese people with the common interests of the people of all countries, and gathered the great force of win-win cooperation with the spirit of hard work and the spirit of dedication.
The world is watching and looking forward to China's wisdom and China's strength
The theme of this year's G20 Leaders' Summit is "Together for a Strong Recovery". The history since the international financial crisis has fully demonstrated that the establishment of a cooperative partnership between the G20 will convey confidence in the recovery of the world economy and provide impetus for global development cooperation.
President Xi Jinping stressed: "The world is so big and there are so many problems, the international community looks forward to hearing China's voice and seeing China's plan. "At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading around the world, and the world economy urgently needs to recover from stagnation and recession. The international community generally expects that China will provide more market opportunities, investment opportunities and growth opportunities for its partners through the G20 platform, and continue to provide a driving force for global economic recovery and growth.
Kofi Kuaku, a senior researcher at the Center for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, said that in the complex and turbulent international situation, China has always adhered to promoting the construction of a more just and reasonable international order. "I believe that at this year's G20 summit, China will play a more important role and inject more positive energy into global governance."
Dealing with complex situations requires political foresight and innovative wisdom. Dino, founder of the Indonesian Foreign Policy Association, said: "President Xi Jinping proposed 'inclusive and inclusive common development' at last year's G20 leaders' summit. Indonesia strongly agrees. The pandemic has brought many problems and challenges between and within countries. The world needs inclusive and more sustainable development. We expect China, as an important engine of world economic growth, to strengthen cooperation with all parties in the fields of scientific and technological innovation and green transformation, and contribute to jointly addressing challenges. ”
"China has always been committed to promoting world peace and development. It is expected that China will guide all parties to build consensus, focus on common challenges, and build a more inclusive and cooperative world at the G20 Summit. Wesley Douglas, a former South African MP, said.
Looking far away, you can know that the wind and waves are small, and the volley is always aware of the flat sea. By conforming to the general trend of peace and development, aligning the direction of the world economy and global governance, uniting and helping each other and working together, all countries in the world will surely be able to overcome the difficulties together and build a better future together. This is the call of the times and the expectation of the world.
People's Daily (November 13, 2022 Edition 02)
Source: People's Daily - People's Daily