International Dialogue on Development and Cooperation in the Global South Was Held in Beijing

Siddharth Chatterjee presided over the meeting

On September 23, the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in China (UNRCO) and the International Cooperation Center Joint Council (ICC) co-hosted the International Dialogue on Development and Cooperation in the Global South at the United Nations compound in Beijing, which chaired by Siddharth Chatterjee, UN resident coordinator in China. Christina Duarte, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa to the UN Secretary-General delivered a video address. Ma Shengrong, Chief Expert of the ICC and former Vice President and Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Xinhua News Agency attended and addressed the meeting. Pan Biling, Vice Chairman of Hunan Provincial CPPCC and President of Xiangtan University, delivered a keynote speech. Zhang Zhixiang, member of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the ICC and Zhang Yu, Director of the Steering Committee of the ICC attended the meeting.

Christina Duarte delivered address online

Ma Shengrong delivered address

Pan Biling made keynote speech

The international dialogue meeting is scheduled to take place after the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and at the same time as the ongoing United Nations Summit of the Future at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. According to the conference study, after more than 30 years of ups and downs, developing countries have returned to the center of the world stage, and the rise of the "global South" has attracted world attention. Emerging markets and developing countries now account for nearly 40 percent of global GDP and 80 percent of world economic growth, becoming the main driving force behind global economic growth. This historical process not only reflects the leap in the economic strength of developing countries, but also shows the trend of diversification of the global power structure, and is an important embodiment of the "re-globalization" that benefits all, inclusiveness and balance. The century-old changes in the world are accelerating, and the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. The sluggish recovery of the world economy has brought unprecedented challenges to human society. The international community needs to focus on accelerating the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals, strengthen support for South-South cooperation, encourage all parties to further build broad consensus under the UN framework, and promote the development of countries in the global South through strengthening capacity building.

Tang Ying, Director of Global Development Promotion Center, CIDCA made a speech

Ibrahima Sory Sylla, H.E.Ambassador of Senegal to China 

Panel discussion by the guests

Jeffrey Sachs joined online

Representatives from the National Development and Reform Commission, the China International Development Cooperation Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; representatives from the UNRCO and the ICC, and their special guests; 21 Ambassadors, 20 DCMs & ministers, 30 counsellors and diplomats to China from more than 70 embassies attended the meeting. Jeffrey Sachs, a renowned expert on global development and professor of economics at Columbia University, was invited to attend and delivered online.