-- China will provide another one billion doses to African countries, including 600 million doses as donations, and will also donate 150 million doses to ASEAN countries.
-- Xi pledged at the virtual meeting to work with all partners to jointly translate the Global Development Initiative into concrete actions and make sure that no country is left behind in this process.
-- Xi said that China will pursue high-quality development, and reform and opening-up, while staying committed to promoting ecological conservation.
BEIJING, Jan. 17 -- At the virtual session of the 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF), Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to embrace cooperation on jointly overcoming the pandemic and champion economic globalization, and reaffirmed China's commitment to pursuing high-quality development, reform and opening-up, as well as ecological conservation, to create a better post-COVID-19 world.
To meet the severe challenges facing the world, Xi called on the world to "do everything necessary to clear the shadow of the pandemic and boost economic and social recovery and development, so that the sunshine of hope may light up the future of humanity."
The WEF will hold a series of virtual plenaries from Jan. 17 to Jan. 21, 2022, which will gather world leaders to discuss the global situation and share their insights and plans regarding the most urgent global issues.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a special address at the 2022 World Economic Forum virtual session, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
SOLIDARITY AGAINST THE PANDEMIC
As COVID-19 is resurging with more variants and spreading faster than before, President Xi stressed the importance of fully leveraging vaccines as a powerful weapon and ensuring the equitable distribution of vaccines to close the global immunization gap.
"China will provide another one billion doses to African countries, including 600 million doses as donations, and will also donate 150 million doses to ASEAN countries," Xi said, adding that China has already sent over 2 billion doses of vaccines to more than 120 countries and international organizations.
With the COVID-19 pandemic posing a serious threat to people's safety and health, and exerting a profound impact on the global economy, it has become an urgent and important task for the international community to defeat the pandemic at an early date. President Xi pointed out that the only correct path is one of strong confidence and cooperation.
