Dubai, December 2 (Xinhua) -- On December 2, Ding Xuexiang, Special Representative of the President, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Vice Premier of the Communist Party of China, attended the "Group of 77 and China" Climate Change Leaders' Summit held in Dubai and delivered a speech.
Ding Xuexiang said that at the historical moment of the first global review of the Paris Agreement, Cuba, the presidency of the Group of 77, advocated the hosting of this summit, which is of great significance. As the largest developing country in the world, China has always walked with the vast number of developing countries. ** The Chair stressed that the Group of 77 and China was an important platform for cooperation among developing countries. In recent years, China has actively and steadily promoted carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and while shouldering its own international obligations, it has made efforts to provide assistance to developing countries in coping with climate change. China's solid progress in South-South cooperation on climate change and the green Belt and Road Initiative have been widely welcomed by developing countries.
Ding Xuexiang stressed that there is still a long way to go to improve global climate governance, and the G77 and China should further raise their common voice and safeguard their common rights and interests. It is necessary to jointly promote sustainable development, strengthen the synergy between green transformation and development strategies, strengthen mutual assistance, and explore new paths for synergy between development and protectionJointly defend multilateralism and firmly uphold the goals and principles set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement;We will work together to promote fairness and justice, make substantial progress in implementing climate finance and forming a framework for global adaptation goals, and give full play to the newly established role of loss and damage. China is ready to stand together with developing countries through thick and thin, work closely together, and work together towards a green and low-carbon future.
Cuba's Díaz Canel, Brazil's Lula, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered speeches at the summit.
On the same day, Ding Xuexiang had a brief conversation with Geingob, Namibia, and met with Sultan, President of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai and UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Bill Gates, Co-Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Association of the United States.
During the meeting with Sultan, Ding Xuexiang congratulated the UAE on the fruitful results of the meeting. He said that China and the UAE are both developing countries and chairs of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Climate Change, respectively, and the two sides should strengthen communication and coordination to jointly promote the establishment of a fair, reasonable and win-win global climate governance system. Sultan expressed his gratitude to China for its strong support to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, appreciated China's important contributions to global sustainable development, and looked forward to China's continued leading role in international cooperation on climate change.
During the meeting with Gates, Ding Xuexiang said that China and the United States are both important participants in global climate governance, and the two sides have jointly promoted the conclusion and entry into force of the Paris Agreement, and recently reached the "Sunshine Country Statement on Strengthening Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis", which has been widely praised by the international community. China is ready to strengthen cooperation with Gates and make more contributions to the global green transition and global development. Gates said that he is willing to work more closely with China in the fields of climate change, agriculture, health and health, enhance R&D and innovation capabilities, and achieve more practical results.
Ding Xuexiang came to the "China Corner" set up by the Chinese delegation at the venue, visited the exhibition of China's policies and actions on climate change, interacted with the staff, and encouraged everyone to make full use of new methods to promote China's innovative measures and remarkable achievements in addressing climate change, and actively promote international cooperation on green and low-carbon transformation. The China Corner opened on November 30 and will last for 11 days with more than 100 events. (ENDS).