XI'S OUTLOOK ON DEVELOPMENT
Sharing his view on the post-2015 development agenda, Xi called for an equitable, open, all-round and innovation-driven development path.
"We need to ensure equitable development to make access to development more equal," Xi told the audience at Saturday's Sustainable Development Summit.
He called for improving global economic governance, increasing the representation and voice of developing countries, and giving all countries equal right to participating in international rule-making.
"We need to ensure open development to deliver its benefits to all parties," Xi said, noting that all countries should uphold the multilateral trade system, build an open economy and come to share its benefits through mutual consultation and joint collaboration.
The president also asked for ensuring "all-round" development to make the groundwork of development more solid, stressing the need to uphold equity and social justice, and to achieve harmonious coexistence between man and society and between man and nature.
"We also need to ensue innovation-driven development to fully tap the development potential," Xi said.
All countries should look to reform and innovation for ways to bring out their development potential, build stronger engines for growth, and cultivate core competitive edge that they have not had before, he said.
To well implement the post-2015 development agenda, Xi put forward a four-point proposal for the international community: building up the development capacities; improving the international environment for development; updating the partnership for development; and strengthening the coordination mechanisms for development.
"The international community has a duty to help developing countries with capacity building and provide them with support and assistance tailored to their actual needs," the president noted.
COMMUNITY OF SHARED FUTURE
During the some-20-minute speech at Monday's general debate, Xi elaborated on how to better promote world peace and development in the 21st century as these goals of peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom "are far from being achieved."
"We should renew our commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, build a new type of international relations featuring win-win cooperation, and create a community of shared future for mankind," Xi told the audience.
President Xi made a five-point proposal on how to achieve the goal of forging the new type of international relations.
First, Xi suggested that the international community build partnership in which countries treat each other as equals, engage in mutual consultations and show mutual understanding.
"We should forge a global partnership at both international and regional levels, and embrace a new approach to state-to-state relations, one that features dialogue rather than confrontation, and seeks partnership rather than alliance," Xi noted.
Secondly, Xi warned of Cold War mentality and hoped for a security architecture featuring fairness, justice, joint contribution and shared benefits.
"We should foster a new vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, give full play to the central role of the UN and its security council in ending conflict and keeping peace," said Xi.
Thirdly, Xi insisted an open, innovative and inclusive development that benefits all.
Fourthly, Xi looked to increasing inter-civilization exchanges to promote harmony, inclusiveness and respect for difference.
"Different civilizations should have dialogue and exchanges instead of trying to exclude or replace each other, we should respect all civilizations and treat each other as equals," he said.
Fifthly, Xi proposed building an ecosystem that puts mother nature and green development first, expecting all members of the international community to work together to build a sound global eco-environment.
"China will shoulder its share of responsibility and continue to play its part in this common endeavor," said Xi.
"We also urged developed countries to fulfill their historical responsibility, honor their emission reduction commitments and help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change," the president added.
