Xi stresses placing development at center of intl agenda

Xi: China to allocate more resources for global development cooperation

China will upgrade the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund to a Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund, and add $1 billion to the fund on top of the $3 billion already committed, Xi said.

China will also increase input to the UN Peace and Development Trust Fund. Such efforts will further support cooperation under the Global Development Initiative, Xi added.

Xi says China to work with all sides to advance cooperation in key areas

China will deepen global cooperation in reducing and eliminating poverty, increase capacity of grain production and supply, and advance clean energy partnership, said Xi.

Efforts will be made to strengthen innovative research and development as well as joint production of vaccines, and to promote ecological protection and sustainable utilization of land and sea, Xi said.

China will work to boost connectivity in the digital era so as to inject new impetus into the development of countries all over the world, Xi added.