China: Contributing to World Peace and Development

China: Contributing to World Peace and Development
October 1, 2020, Chinese people celebrated the 71st anniversary of the
founding of the People’s Republic of China, and 2020 is also an extraordinary
year for China. On the 73rd World Health Assembly held in May and the
Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19 held in June,
H.E. President Xi Jinping announced a series of international cooperation
against COVID-19, including pledging that once the development and
deployment of COVID-19 vaccine are completed in China, African countries will
be among the first to benefit, which demonstrates China’s sincere desire to
build a community with a shared future for mankind.
China will achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all
respects; win the battle of poverty eradication in an all-round way, realizing
the goal of lifting all the rural poor out of poverty under the current standards.
As the country with the largest poverty reduction in the world, China has
solved the problem of food and clothing for 1.4 billion people. It is also the first
developing country to achieve the poverty reduction goal of the UNMDGs,
contributing more than 70% to global poverty reduction. Winning the battle of
poverty eradication is a solemn commitment made by the CPC to the Chinese
people, and it is also a concentrated embodiment of the advantages of the
leadership of the CPC and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. It
also contributes to Chinese wisdom and the Chinese approach to the cause of
global poverty reduction.
From next year, China will implement the 14th five-year plan for national
economic and social development and enter the first five years of a new

journey to build a socialist modernized country in an all-round way. China will
reach a new stage of development; promote the formation of a new
development pattern with domestic circulation as the mainstay and domestic
and international circulation reinforcing each other. China will generate new
development momentum with scientific and technological innovation,
stimulate new development vitality by deepening reform, foster new
advantages of international cooperation and competition with high-level
opening-up, build a new situation of social development through joint
governance and sharing, and will pay more attention to safeguarding social
justice and fairness, promote all-round human development and all-round
social progress.
China will continue to be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global
development, and a defender of international order. H.E. President Xi Jinping
stressed China is the largest developing country in the world, taking the road of
peaceful, open, cooperative, and common development. China will never seek
hegemony, expansion, or seek a sphere of influence. It has no intention of
fighting a hot or cold war against any country. It insists on bridging differences
through dialogue and resolving disputes through negotiation.
China will not seek vicious competition or engage in a zero-sum game or
develop behind closed doors. It will gradually form a new development pattern
with domestic circulation as the mainstay and domestic and international
circulation reinforcing each other. This will create more space for China’s
economic development and add impetus to the recovery and growth of the
world economy. China will provide another 50 million US dollars to the UN
COVID- 19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan.
China will provide the third phase China-FAO Trust Fund for South-South
cooperation for 50 million US dollars. The China-UN Peace and Development
Fund will be prolonged for 5 years after it expires in 2025. China will set up UN
Global Geographic Information and an Innovation Center and International
Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development, to facilitate the
implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Enhancing solidarity and cooperation with African countries has always been
the cornerstone of China’s independent foreign policy of peace, as well as
China’s firm and longstanding strategic choice. Under the new circumstances,

China will adhere to the principles of its African policy—sincerity, practical
results, affinity, and good faith, uphold the values of friendship, justice and
shared interests, and push for new leapfrog growth of its friendly and mutually
beneficial cooperation with Africa.
The core principle of upholding the values of friendship, justice, and shared
interests is to connect assistance to developing countries, including those in
Africa, for their self-sustainable development with China’s own development,
achieve win-win cooperation and common development, and promote more
balanced, inclusive and sustainable development of the world at large. China
will never travel the beaten path of colonialism in its cooperation with Africa
and never pursue development at the cost of Africa’s natural and ecological
environment or long-term interests.
This year marks not only the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s
Republic of China but also the 27th anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between China and Eritrea; our two countries are forging
ahead on their respective development paths. While the Socialism with
Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the Chinese Communists have
been remaining true to their original aspiration and keeping their mission
firmly in mind, which is seeking happiness for the Chinese people and
rejuvenating the Chinese nation, and have led the Chinese people to forge
ahead in realizing the “two centenary” goals and the Chinese Dream of the
great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Under the leadership of H.E. President Isaias, the people of Eritrea have made
great efforts in an independent way, and these efforts have led to remarkable
progress in various areas and made important contributions to peace, stability,
and development of the region.
China and Eritrea share similar experiences and profound traditional
friendship. Over the past 27 years, our two countries have always respected
each other, treated each other as equals, and supported each other on issues
concerning our respective core interests and major concerns, cooperation has
been fruitful in many areas. China is willing to work with Eritrea to deepen
friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation by engaging in the Belt and Road
cooperation and implementing the follow-up actions of the FOCAC Beijing
Summit to the greater benefit of the two peoples.

Source: Eritrea Ministry of Information.