China and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Original, , 01-28-2016
The United Nations is very concerned about China's attitude and proposals, and China also attaches great importance to the UN post-2015 agenda. China works together with UN agencies and brings forward China's views on the priority choosing, basic principles and other issues of the new agenda. Under the support of the United Nations Development Programme, in November 2012, December 2012 and March 2013, United Nations Association of China held three informal national-level consultations in Beijing, Kunming and Beijing respectively, in order to listen to views of all sectors about the post-2015 agenda, more than 75% of participants being from social groups. They had a very extensive discussion on post-2015 agenda, which focus on six main areas, namely, poverty reduction and inclusive growth, environmental protection and green development policy, global health, women and children, education and international cooperation. During this period, China's Foreign Ministry also held an informal multi-ministerial consultation, discussing post-2015 agenda related issues. On September 22, 2013, Chinese Foreign Ministry issued China's Position Paper on the Development Agenda beyond 2015, which explained China's views and positions about the basic guiding principles, key areas, priorities and implementation mechanisms of post-2015 agenda. On May 21, 2015, China released another position paper, which reiterated the basic positions in 2013 paper and highlighted the construction of global partnership for development, development financing, global economic governance, the subsequent implementation and regulatory issues, etc. The position paper clearly elaborates on China's expectations and recommendations on post-2015 agenda, which indicates that China has been fully aware of its strength and the enhanced international status, and tries to take greater initiative in international development affairs.
If the position paper outlines a bright future for the global development beyond 2015, China's performance and commitments on the 70th session of the UN General Assembly and its series of summits are the actions China intend to take in achieving this bright future. These actions fully show that China's willingness to be a responsible power and contribute more to the international community. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the UN Summits and made substantial commitments on the issues of environment, society, peace and security, and international cooperation. Specifically, in the area of environment, Xi Jinping stressed that the international community should walk hand in hand on the road to global ecological civilization, proposed to construct global energy network, and promoted to meet the global demand for energy in a clean and green way. China will further increase efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions, and tries to reduce carbon intensity by 40% to 45% by 2020. China is willing to take international responsibility in accordance with its national conditions, stage of development and actual capacity. China will promote the early operation of China Climate Change Fund for South-South Cooperation, supporting other developing countries to cope with climate change. In terms of social development, Xi Jinping attended the Global Summit of Women and put forward four-point proposal on the promotion of gender equality and women's full development. He promised that China will donate $ 10 million to UN Women for the implementation of related targets on post-2015 agenda. In the next five years, China will help developing countries implement 100 maternal and child health projects and 100 happy campus projects, invite 30,000 women from developing countries to China for training and train 100,000 local women staff for developing countries. In terms of peace and security, China thinks that the UN and its Security Council should play a central role in peacekeeping. China will always be peace builder, firmly take the road of peaceful development, never seek hegemony, never expand, and never seek spheres of influence. China gave a Zun of Peace to the UN as a gift and promised to set up a China-UN peace and development fund with 10-year total of $ 1 billion to support the work of UN and promote multilateral cooperation projects. China will join the new United Nations Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System, form standing peacekeeping police force and build 8,000 peacekeeping standby force. In the next five years, China will provide a total of $ 100 million free military assistance to AU to support the construction of African crisis response standing army. In terms of international cooperation, Xi Jinping made it clear that China will play a role which is different from the USA and other developed countries in the UN. China will be the leader and supporter of the developing world and China's voting power in the UN will always belong to developing countries. China is increasing aid commitments to developing countries and hopes to play a greater role in the international community. More importantly, China has taken a series of practical actions. For example, China announced that it would set up a South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund to provide a first phase $ 2 billion to support the implementation of post-2015 agenda in developing countries. China will continue to increase investment in LDCs and strive to reach 12 billion US dollars in 2030. China will exempt the overdue intergovernmental interest-free loan debt with the end of 2015 as the deadline for the LDCs, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states. Knowledge Center for International Development will established with other countries in exchange for development theories and practices of different nations. China is ready to work with relevant parties to promote the construction of "One Belt One Road" and to promote the operation of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Development Bank of the BRICS countries, in order to contribute to the economic growth and people's livelihood in developing countries.
Among the heads of state attending the UN 70th anniversary celebrations, Chinese President Xi Jinping's activities were the most abundant, covering the widest issues, mentioning the most topics, making the most commitments and having the most fruitful results. These statements and commitments once again refute the false statements that China evades international responsibility and pursues freeriding in the international system, fully demonstrate China's spirits as a global power, and show that China has become a prominent contributor to global development. There is no doubt that China will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the development agenda after 2015, and will have major impacts on the promotion of the common development of the world.
Original, , 01-28-2016
The United Nations is very concerned about China's attitude and proposals, and China also attaches great importance to the UN post-2015 agenda. China works together with UN agencies and brings forward China's views on the priority choosing, basic principles and other issues of the new agenda. Under the support of the United Nations Development Programme, in November 2012, December 2012 and March 2013, United Nations Association of China held three informal national-level consultations in Beijing, Kunming and Beijing respectively, in order to listen to views of all sectors about the post-2015 agenda, more than 75% of participants being from social groups. They had a very extensive discussion on post-2015 agenda, which focus on six main areas, namely, poverty reduction and inclusive growth, environmental protection and green development policy, global health, women and children, education and international cooperation. During this period, China's Foreign Ministry also held an informal multi-ministerial consultation, discussing post-2015 agenda related issues. On September 22, 2013, Chinese Foreign Ministry issued China's Position Paper on the Development Agenda beyond 2015, which explained China's views and positions about the basic guiding principles, key areas, priorities and implementation mechanisms of post-2015 agenda. On May 21, 2015, China released another position paper, which reiterated the basic positions in 2013 paper and highlighted the construction of global partnership for development, development financing, global economic governance, the subsequent implementation and regulatory issues, etc. The position paper clearly elaborates on China's expectations and recommendations on post-2015 agenda, which indicates that China has been fully aware of its strength and the enhanced international status, and tries to take greater initiative in international development affairs.
If the position paper outlines a bright future for the global development beyond 2015, China's performance and commitments on the 70th session of the UN General Assembly and its series of summits are the actions China intend to take in achieving this bright future. These actions fully show that China's willingness to be a responsible power and contribute more to the international community. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the UN Summits and made substantial commitments on the issues of environment, society, peace and security, and international cooperation. Specifically, in the area of environment, Xi Jinping stressed that the international community should walk hand in hand on the road to global ecological civilization, proposed to construct global energy network, and promoted to meet the global demand for energy in a clean and green way. China will further increase efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions, and tries to reduce carbon intensity by 40% to 45% by 2020. China is willing to take international responsibility in accordance with its national conditions, stage of development and actual capacity. China will promote the early operation of China Climate Change Fund for South-South Cooperation, supporting other developing countries to cope with climate change. In terms of social development, Xi Jinping attended the Global Summit of Women and put forward four-point proposal on the promotion of gender equality and women's full development. He promised that China will donate $ 10 million to UN Women for the implementation of related targets on post-2015 agenda. In the next five years, China will help developing countries implement 100 maternal and child health projects and 100 happy campus projects, invite 30,000 women from developing countries to China for training and train 100,000 local women staff for developing countries. In terms of peace and security, China thinks that the UN and its Security Council should play a central role in peacekeeping. China will always be peace builder, firmly take the road of peaceful development, never seek hegemony, never expand, and never seek spheres of influence. China gave a Zun of Peace to the UN as a gift and promised to set up a China-UN peace and development fund with 10-year total of $ 1 billion to support the work of UN and promote multilateral cooperation projects. China will join the new United Nations Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System, form standing peacekeeping police force and build 8,000 peacekeeping standby force. In the next five years, China will provide a total of $ 100 million free military assistance to AU to support the construction of African crisis response standing army. In terms of international cooperation, Xi Jinping made it clear that China will play a role which is different from the USA and other developed countries in the UN. China will be the leader and supporter of the developing world and China's voting power in the UN will always belong to developing countries. China is increasing aid commitments to developing countries and hopes to play a greater role in the international community. More importantly, China has taken a series of practical actions. For example, China announced that it would set up a South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund to provide a first phase $ 2 billion to support the implementation of post-2015 agenda in developing countries. China will continue to increase investment in LDCs and strive to reach 12 billion US dollars in 2030. China will exempt the overdue intergovernmental interest-free loan debt with the end of 2015 as the deadline for the LDCs, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states. Knowledge Center for International Development will established with other countries in exchange for development theories and practices of different nations. China is ready to work with relevant parties to promote the construction of "One Belt One Road" and to promote the operation of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Development Bank of the BRICS countries, in order to contribute to the economic growth and people's livelihood in developing countries.
Among the heads of state attending the UN 70th anniversary celebrations, Chinese President Xi Jinping's activities were the most abundant, covering the widest issues, mentioning the most topics, making the most commitments and having the most fruitful results. These statements and commitments once again refute the false statements that China evades international responsibility and pursues freeriding in the international system, fully demonstrate China's spirits as a global power, and show that China has become a prominent contributor to global development. There is no doubt that China will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the development agenda after 2015, and will have major impacts on the promotion of the common development of the world.
