More support pledged as GDI marks fifth year

Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers remarks while attending the High-level Meeting on the Global Development Initiative in Beijing on Tuesday. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY

China has called for efforts to steadily align the Global Development Initiative with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in order to create a better future for a world that remains volatile and turbulent and faces mounting development challenges, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.

Addressing the High-level Meeting on the Global Development Initiative in Beijing, Wang said the initiative has become increasingly significant as the UN 2030 Agenda faces serious delays, the North-South development gap widens and global development is confronted with grave challenges.

Wang called for pooling efforts to accelerate progress toward the UN's sustainable development goals.

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the GDI, which was proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2021.