BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Saturday morning after attending the 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and the 19th G20 Summit and making state visits to Peru and Brazil. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during a briefing with accompanying reporters at the end of the trip.
During his 11-day trip from November 13 to 23, 2024, President Xi attended nearly 40 bilateral and multilateral events. More than 60 cooperation documents have been concluded. This not only promoted the healthy and stable development of relations between major countries, but also led southern countries to unite and strengthen each other, Wang said.
The trip also enriched new practices of building a community with a shared future for mankind and innovated major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, Wang noted.
Over the past 35 years, APEC has fueled rapid regional development, making the Asia-Pacific region the most dynamic sector of the global economy, Wang said.
President Xi attended the 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on November 16 in Lima, Peru, and offered to uphold an inclusive and universally beneficial vision for Asia-Pacific development.
Thanks to the joint efforts of all parties, a new document was adopted at the meeting to guide the process of building a free trade zone in the Asia-Pacific region, giving new impetus to our efforts in for an open economy in Asia-Pacific, Wang said. .
China has always been an active promoter and leader of Asia-Pacific regional cooperation. China will continue to join hands with regional partners, adhere to true multilateralism and open regionalism, and jointly usher in another 30 golden years of development for the region, Wang said.
Faced with the global changes of the century, the Global South is experiencing strong growth while the global governance system lags behind changes occurring in the international balance of power. Issues such as the widening North-South divide and the digital divide have not been effectively addressed.
This year’s 19th G20 Summit chose the theme “Building a just world and a sustainable planet” and decided to create a Global Alliance against hunger and poverty, which reflects the desire of the South to achieve development and prosperity as well as continued modernization. Wang said.
China’s successful experience in poverty alleviation was highlighted by President Xi at the meeting based on his personal experience, emphasizing that China’s history is proof that developing countries can eliminate poverty, provided you have endurance, perseverance and a spirit of effort. If China can do this, other developing countries can also do it. This is what China’s fight against poverty tells the world.
President Xi stressed at the meeting that China will always be a member of the Global South, a doer and a go-getter working for the cause of global development. China will work hand in hand with southern countries to advance the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction, Wang noted.
