Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia

● Five years ago, at the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Development Initiative. Since then, he has proposed the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative. These initiatives provide strategic guidance for the building of a community with a shared future for humanity. ●It has mobilized over US$23 billion and carried out more than 2,000 projects under the Global Development Initiative, and it has granted zero-tariff status to all the African countries and least developed countries having diplomatic relations with it to empower the Global South in pursuing modernization. ●China has been a progressive force in an era of change. China has always spoken up for the Global South, stood up for the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries, and continued to work toward a more just and equitable global governance system. --Experts from Statement by H.E. Han Zheng, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China at the General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Full text: fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/zyxw/202… #UNGA #GDI #SDGs #GlobalSouth #ZeroTariffPolicy