Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Beijing on Friday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that ESCAP is the most important regional cooperation mechanism of the United Nations in the Asia-Pacific region and has had fruitful cooperation with China over the years.
"What the Asia-Pacific needs is development, not turbulence. The emphasis should be on cooperation, not division," noted Wang, adding that China is ready to strengthen solidarity and coordination with ESCAP, jointly uphold genuine multilateralism, advance high-quality cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative, deepen regional economic integration, and enhance the synergy between the Global Development Initiative and ESCAP's implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
China is ready to advance cooperation with ESCAP in such areas as digitalization, intelligentization and green transformation, support inclusive and balanced development in the Asia-Pacific region, inject new impetus and enrich new content into Asia-Pacific cooperation, and make greater contributions to the building of an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future, Wang said.
Alisjahbana expressed great appreciation for China's contribution to promoting economic integration and regional connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region.
She said ESCAP is willing to further deepen cooperation with China to jointly promote the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and promote development and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Foreign diplomats impressed by traditional culture, high
Hybrid rice market expands in Asia
Tensions between Beijing, Washington biggest worry for US companies in China
Oracle bone script art exhibition unveiled in South Africa
Brewers' Jakob Junis hit in neck by line drive in batting practice, taken to hospital
Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut
Matthews scores as Maple Leafs beat Bruins 3
China ready to strengthen high
Man charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers, prosecutors say
Who is Humza Yousaf's wife Nadia El
As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge