China continues to contribute to global economic security, sustainable development( 二 )
The late agronomist Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice," set a target to develop 6.67 million hectares of saline-alkali tolerant rice within one to 10 years so as to feed 100 million more people, making new contributions to food security in China and even the world, said Zhao Bingran, a professor at the China National Rice R&D Center, at a food security sub-forum.
China's contributions to assisting other countries fight against the COVID-19 pandemic also gained recognition at the forum.
By mid-September, China had provided close to 1.2 billion doses of finished and bulk vaccines to over 100 countries and international organizations.
"When we were desperate for COVID-19 tests and vaccines were only a distant fantasy, China came to our aid," said Andrew Forrest, founder and chairman of the Australian company Fortescue Metals Group, at the plenary of the forum.
CLOSER INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
COVID-19 continues to impact global economic and social development, posing unprecedented challenges to global economic recovery and sustainable development, and exposing many weaknesses in the global governance system, said BFA Secretary-General Li Baodong at a press conference.
Massimo Bagnasco, vice president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, said that many governance goals need to be achieved on a global scale rather than by one single country. Every country needs to cooperate in a better way and work together to achieve these goals.
On Tuesday, the China Import and Export Fair, or the Canton Fair, concluded in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. It had gathered purchasers from 228 countries and regions both online and offline, attracting 600,000 people to its exhibition halls.
"The Canton Fair is conducive to helping stabilize the global supply chain and industrial chain, and is timely rain for purchasers," said fair spokesperson Xu Bing.
"China is committed to expanding opening-up and promoting free trade," Xu said.
The 4th China International Import Expo (CIIE), slated to be held offline in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10, also demonstrates China's commitment to global trade and win-win cooperation.
Facing the raging COVID-19 pandemic, frequent extreme weather events and the loss of biodiversity, countries across the world need to realize that no nation can remain immune and that international cooperation is the only way out, said Zhou Xiaochuan, vice chairman of the BFA.
The international community should make joint efforts to promote development and security through win-win cooperation and governance, so as to achieve higher-quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable and safer development, and to jointly build a community with a shared future for humanity, said Zhang Qingli, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
(Video reporters: Li Ziwei, Ding Chunyu, Yaoyu, Cheng Jian; video editors: Chen Sihong, Cao Ying, Zhang Yuhong)
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