On 9 December, Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the ‘1+10’ Dialogue in Beijing with the heads of major international economic organizations.
Participants included:
Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank;
Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank;
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund;
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization;
Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development;
Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization;
Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements;
Klaas Knot, Chair of the Financial Stability Board;
Jin Liqun, President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank;
Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD.
During the dialogue, Premier Li said that President Xi Jinping’s Global Governance Initiative offers Chinese wisdom and solutions for the international community as it navigates global transformations and addresses pressing challenges. China, he said, has consistently been a firm practitioner and promoter of openness and cooperation. Despite various challenges, China’s economy has achieved fresh progress this year and is on track to meet its annual development targets.
Li added that China will continue to deepen its opening-up and encourage more foreign enterprises to invest in the country. China stands ready to work with all parties to strengthen a mutually beneficial global economic and trade architecture, advance deeper economic globalization, reinforce the authority and effectiveness of multilateral mechanisms, and mobilize broader efforts to promote shared development.
Leaders of international economic organizations noted that China’s 15th Five-Year Plan will inject confidence and new momentum into global development. They emphasized that China’s firm support for multilateralism, its commitment to advancing the development of the Global South, and its efforts to build a community with a shared future for humanity set an important example for the world.
Source: China Media Group