CIDCA vice-chairman meets with UNOPS executive director 

Zhao Fengtao, vice-chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), met with Jorge Moreira da Silva, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), in Beijing on June 26.

Zhao said that facing the complex and volatile international situation, the international system with the United Nations at its core is an important guarantee for the cause of human progress. He added that as a stable anchor and active player in international development cooperation, China is willing to establish a partnership with the UNOPS and carry out practical cooperation to jointly assist other developing countries in implementing the Global Development Initiative (GDI) and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to inject strong impetus into building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Moreira da Silva spoke highly of the CIDCA's contributions in leading and advancing South-South cooperation under the GDI framework. He pledged to leverage the UNOPS' strengths in project design, implementation and procurement, enhance strategic coordination and cooperation with the CIDCA, and jointly assist the Global South to transform development goals into valid practices based on their actual needs and guided by effective actions.