CIDCA chairman delivers video speech at 3rd China and International Development Forum

The third China and International Development Forum was held on Dec 2, 2022. Luo Zhaohui, chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), attended the forum via video link and delivered a speech titled "China's contribution to the world on philosophy and practice of international development cooperation in the new era".

Luo said that China is a developing country that attaches great importance to both its own development and global development cooperation. The past decade marked China's leading role in shaping up international development cooperation with its most active and effective efforts and biggest contributions ever. China has put forward ground-breaking ideas such as "a community with a shared future for mankind", the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Global Development Initiative (GDI). Aligned with the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the GDI promotes cooperation in eight priority areas that are of vital concern to all countries, including fight against COVID-19, poverty reduction, food security, and green development, so as to pool development consensus, tackle development dilemmas, and bring development issues back to the core of the international agenda. 

Luo reiterated that China not only advocates for international development cooperation, but also takes earnest actions. China has provided Chinese wisdom, solutions, and strength to global development cooperation via high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, full implementation of the GDI, deepening of international cooperation on the COVID-19 response, sharing of governance experience and expanding of multilateral and tripartite cooperation, he added.

Noting that international development cooperation epitomizes North-South relations and South-South cooperation, which is critical to the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Luo said it draws increasing attention and competition among major global forces, while South-South cooperation has a bigger share, and the role of multilateral platforms has become prominent.

Luo pledged that China will continue to play a leading role in international development cooperation, and will continue to firmly implement the idea of a community with a shared future for mankind, promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and implement the GDI. Instead of slowing down, China will speed up the upgrading from "painting the broad strokes" to "refining the details" by fleshing them out with concrete actions, he said.

Jointly hosted by the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation and the China office of the United Nations Development Programme, the forum focused on accelerating the implementation of the GDI from the perspectives of global development prospects, solutions and cooperation routes.