It is widely recognized that China has been offering its support to countries in need to promote global sustainable development, said Wu Hongbo, UN under- secretary-general for economic and social affairs.
"When I was in Ethiopia for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, I saw China constructing a railway road in that land-locked country all the way to port of Djibouti," Wu told Xinhua in a recent interview. "That impressed me a lot."
Sharing his experience in Ethiopia, Wu mentioned that China has also been helping the country with several infrastructure projects such as construction of highway, wind power plants and also urban light rail, which have provided the country with fundamental support.
"These are quite common in China, but they are all new to this African country," he said, adding that China's presence in Ethiopia is just part of its contribution to the world's sustainable development under the framework of South-South cooperation.
China will continue to help other developing countries within its capacity, said Wu, who suggested China further cooperate with them to achieve sustainable and inclusive industrialization.
China is now currently undergoing industrial transformation with excess capacity, and thus there are plenty of opportunities emerging for China and other developing countries, especially countries in Africa, to cooperate to upgrade industrial levels, he explained.
"We have witnessed a lot of examples of win-win cooperation," Wu said. "And they are welcomed by developing countries."
Wu insisted the momentum of South-South cooperation development remains strong; however, he stressed that regardless of the success of South-South cooperation, developed countries still bear the main responsibility to help developing countries with their development.
"North-South cooperation is the mainstream of global partnerships today," he said. "South-South cooperation is just a supplement."
