I. On  24 June 2022, the High-level Dialogue on Global Development was held on  the margins of the 14th BRICS Summit. It was chaired by President Xi  Jinping of the People’s Republic of China and attended by President  Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  of the Republic of India, President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of  South Africa, Vice President Hamilton Mourão of the Federative Republic  of Brazil, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of the People’s Democratic  Republic of Algeria, President Alberto Fernández of the Republic of  Argentina, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of the Arab Republic of  Egypt, President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia, President  Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President Macky  Sall of the Republic of Senegal, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the  Republic of Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Hun Sen of the Kingdom of  Cambodia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of the Federal Democratic  Republic of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama of the  Republic of Fiji, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob of Malaysia, and  Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of the Kingdom of Thailand.

II. Under  the theme “Foster a Global Development Partnership for the New  Era to Jointly Implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”,  the leaders discussed global development issues of common interest and  reached extensive consensus. As Chair of the Dialogue, China will, based  on the discussion of the meeting, implement the Global Development  Initiative and make joint efforts with attending countries  and the broader international community for common development around  the world.

Committed to multilateralism. Uphold the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,  safeguard the international system with the UN at its core, uphold the  international order underpinned by international law and adhere to the  principles of sovereign equality and non-interference in other  countries’ internal affairs. Follow the historical trend of world  multipolarity and greater democracy in international relations, build a  new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness,  justice and win-win cooperation, and jointly oppose hegemonism and power  politics. Uphold humanity’s common values of peace, development,  equity, justice, democracy and freedom, promote a global governance  vision that emphasizes extensive consultation, joint contribution and  shared benefits, guide reforms of the global governance system with the  principle of fairness and justice, and increase the representation and  say of emerging markets and developing countries in international  affairs, institutions and mechanisms. Work to build an open world  economy, step up macro-economic policy coordination, jointly uphold the  stable and sound operation of the international economic and financial  systems, promote the steady recovery of the world economy, and create a  peaceful, stable, open and inclusive environment for international  development.

Committed to development. Put  development front and center on the international cooperation agenda,  stay committed to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development, and foster united, equal, balanced and inclusive global  development partnerships, to usher in a new era for global development  featuring balance, benefits shared by all, coordination, inclusiveness,  win-win cooperation and common prosperity.

Committed to a people-centered approach. Proceed  from the wellbeing of humanity, actively respond to the call of people  from across the world for strengthening international development  cooperation and achieving common sustainable development, improve their  wellbeing, ensure and improve livelihoods through development, pursue  people’s well-rounded development, and give everyone the equal  opportunity to fulfill their full potential with dignity in a healthy  environment and enjoy the benefits of development in an equitable  manner.

Committed to inclusiveness and benefits for all. Respect  the development paths independently chosen by people of different  countries, respect the right of all countries to equal participation and  equal development, take seriously and address development concerns of  developing countries with concrete actions, and reduce inequality among  and within countries, leaving no country and no person behind.

Committed to innovation-driven development.  Seize the historic opportunities created by the latest round of  technological revolution and industrial transformation, speed up efforts  to harness scientific and technological achievements to boost  productivity, and unleash new impetus for innovation-driven growth.  Promote innovation in development philosophy, institutions and science  and technology, enhance developing countries’ capacity for development  and contribute to their leapfrog development.

Committed to harmony between human and nature. Abide by the targets, principles and framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and  of its Paris Agreement, improve global environmental governance,  actively respond to climate change, accelerate transition to green and  low-carbon development, enhance climate adaptation, meet humanity’s  demands for a beautiful environment and achieve higher-quality and more  sustainable development.

Committed to results-oriented actions. Take  stronger actions, with both the immediate and long-term interests and  both challenges and opportunities in mind. Strengthen communication and  coordination on development policies, and deepen international  development cooperation, including North-South cooperation, South-South  cooperation and triangular cooperation. Support the UN in coordinating  global effort for the 2030 Agenda, enhance the monitoring and review of  its implementation, encourage UN development agencies and international  financial institutions to play their due roles, and coordinate  development cooperation at the global, regional and national levels to  generate synergy.

III. China will carry  out practical cooperation with international partners, particularly  developing countries, in the eight areas of poverty reduction, food  security, pandemic response and vaccines, financing for development,  climate change and green development, industrialization, digital  economy, and digital-era connectivity.

1. Improve  global governance mechanisms for poverty reduction, and draw greater  international attention to poverty reduction. Deepen policy exchanges,  experience sharing and practical cooperation on poverty reduction and  expand partnerships to eradicate extreme poverty, address pandemic- or  conflict-induced poverty and relapse into poverty and multidimensional  poverty, promote full employment, and help groups such as youth and  women get out of poverty. Strengthen coordination on energy policies,  keep energy supply chains secure and stable, and ensure  access to affordable energy in developing countries.

2. Enhance  cooperation in such areas as food production, storage, transport,  processing, and food loss and waste reduction, and improve food  self-sufficiency of developing countries, especially the least developed  countries. Make the international order for food trade more just and  equitable, and keep industrial and supply chains stable and smooth.  Deepen cooperation on agricultural technologies, promote transformation  of the food system, and realize green and sustainable development of  agriculture and rural areas.  

3. Deepen  anti-pandemic cooperation, step up cooperation on vaccines  innovation, research and development as well as joint production and  technology transfer, ensure vaccine accessibility and affordability in  developing countries, and build a global immunization shield. Promote  medical and health cooperation, help developing countries strengthen  primary-level public health systems, enhance public health emergency  preparedness, and deepen cooperation on communicable disease prevention  and treatment and on maternal and child health.

4. Increase financing  for sustainable development, urge developed countries to fulfill ODA  commitments to developing countries, fully harness the role of  multilateral development banks and other international financial  organizations to provide more development resources to developing  countries, strengthen developing countries’ capability of  independent development and better match development resources with the  actual development needs of developing countries.

5. Enhance  international cooperation on climate change, help developing  countries to deal with the impact of climate change and increase  adaptation capabilities. Strengthen cooperation on ecological and  environmental protection and governance, technology transfer and  sharing, as well as  capacity building, and enhance developing  countries’ capability of green development and green finance. Deepen  cooperation on renewable energy and clean energy, strengthen technology  transfer and sharing, and promote the transformation and upgrading of  energy mix and energy consumption pattern.

6. Enhance  cooperation on industrialization and industrial development, help  developing countries improve industrial production capacity and  manufacturing, and support the industrialization process in Africa.  Strengthen industrial resilience and cooperation on industrial and  supply chains, and promote international cooperation on  smart manufacturing and green industrialization to achieve a new type of  industrialization and leapfrog development.

7. Strengthen  digital capacity building and bridge the digital divide. Promote  international cooperation on digital industries development and  digitalization of traditional industries, promote the integration of  digital technology and the real economy, empower the transformation and  upgrade of traditional industries with digital technology, bolster  pandemic response  and economic recovery and growth through digital  means, and enhance coordinated digital and green transformation and  development. Harness digital technology to promote poverty reduction,  and conduct cooperation in such areas as e-commerce for farmers.

8. Promote  digital-era connectivity. Strengthen cooperation on customs services  digitalization. Promote “Smart Customs, Smart Borders, Smart  Connectivity” to enhance connectivity among customs authorities and  other stakeholders along supply chains. Improve the level of  digitalization in provision of public services, and  strengthen international cooperation in such areas as online education.  Step up data cooperation and sharing for sustainable development goals  monitoring and evaluation to promote more science-based implementation  of the 2030 Agenda. Strengthen knowledge sharing and development policy  communication and encourage people-to-people exchanges, including those  among youth and women, to create strong synergy for the implementation  of the 2030 Agenda.

IV. China will take a  series of concrete actions under the framework of the Global  Development Initiative as deliverables of this Dialogue (list attached),  including upgrading China’s South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund  into the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund, with an  additional input of US＄1 billion on top of the existing US＄3 billion,  enhancing support for the United Nations Peace and  Development Trust Fund established by China, issuing a Global  Development Report, and establishing a Global Development Promotion  Center and a Global Knowledge Network for Development. We welcome the  participation of all attending countries and the broader international  community.

V. The participating leaders  expressed appreciation to China for hosting the High-level Dialogue  on Global Development and issuing the list of deliverables, and  expressed readiness to strengthen cooperation on accelerating the  implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achieving common sustainable  development.

Deliverables of the High-level Dialogue on Global Development 

China will take the following measures in collaboration with partners to support global development:

1. Setting up a Global  Alliance for Poverty Reduction and Development (GAPRD) to  promote sharing of best practices and international cooperation on  poverty reduction.

2. Launching an International NGOs Network for Poverty Reduction Cooperation.

3. Carrying out  a series of dialogues on development experience sharing to  help developing countries enhance capacity building for sustainable  development.

4. Deepening the  collaboration between China and the United Nations Office for  South-South Cooperation on the Seminar Series on “South-South  Cooperation in Cross-Border E-commerce for Poverty Eradication and  Global Sustainable Development”.

5. 100,000  training opportunities to be provided by China for other developing  countries to facilitate post-COVID economic recovery and social  development.

6. Launching a Food  Production Enhancement Action, to further agricultural production and  technical cooperation between China and other developing countries to  help improve their food production capacity and enhance food  self-sufficiency.

7. Holding the World  Conference on Globally Important Agriculture Heritage Systems (GIAHS),  and launching an initiative for agrarian civilization protection.

8. Implementing the  Chemical Earth Big Science Program, to jointly build a Global  Geochemical Baselines Network with other developing countries, which  will provide big data support for protecting and utilizing green land  and increasing the output and quality of agricultural products in these  countries.

9. Training programes for  Pacific Island Countries on food production, eco-agriculture  and other areas via the China-Pacific Island Countries Demonstration  Center for Agricultural Cooperation to help enhance food security in  relevant countries.

10. Establishing  an International Vaccines Research, Development and Innovation Alliance,  to deepen research and development cooperation on vaccines to improve  vaccines self-sufficiency of developing countries.

11. Continuing  with China’s Brightness Action, the Heart-to-Heart Journey and other  “small but beautiful” free medical programs for other developing  countries, and stepping up cooperation between paired-up hospitals in  China and Africa. By 2030, China will send 5,000 professionals of China  Medical Team to other developing countries in need to help build  up their capacity in infectious diseases response and medical treatment.

12. Making  full use of relevant funds to support United Nations development  agencies in carrying out practical projects in developing countries to  accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development.

13. Officially launching the China-FAO South-South Cooperation Trust Fund Phase III of US＄50 million.

14. Upgrading China’s  South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund into the Global Development and  South-South Cooperation Fund, with an additional input of US＄1 billion  on top of the existing US＄3 billion, to support Global Development  Initiative cooperation to accelerate the implementation of the 2030  Agenda for Sustainable Development in developing countries.

15. Enhancing  support for the United Nations Peace and Development Trust  Fund established by China to support Global Development  Initiative cooperation. 

16. Promoting  to establish the Global Clean Energy Cooperation Partnership. China  will hold the International Forum on Energy Transitions and explore the  establishment of the International Coalition for Energy Transitions.

17. Promoting  the Blue Partnership. China will hold a series of events, and support  sustainable use of marine resources and capacity building in other  developing countries.

18. Jointly  launching the Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic Initiative with  International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR) to reduce plastic  pollution and address climate change.

19. Establishing the Global Network for Sustainable Forest Management to promote ecosystem conservation and forest economy.

20. Advancing the  Partnership for New Industrial Revolution to help improve developing  countries’ capacity to seize the opportunities brought about by the  Fourth Industrial Revolution.

21. Launching a World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference and establishing a World TVET League.

22. Launching  the ICT Capacity Building Programs for Developing Countries, with a  view to improve application of information technology and capacity of  telecommunications technology of relevant countries.

23. Holding the Global  Development Initiative Digital Cooperation Forum and the 2022 Global  Digital Economy Conference to advance cooperation on digital technology  application.

24. Hosting the United Nations World Data Forum 2023 by China.

25. Launching a Digital Literacy and Skills Improvement Initiative.

26. Working  with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the  Pacific (UNESCAP) to implement projects on accelerating the transition  to electric mobility for public transport and Smart Cities Innovation  Lab.

27. Carrying out cooperation on  “Smart Customs, Smart Borders, Smart Connectivity” to promote  connectivity among customs authorities and other stakeholders  along supply chains.

28. Launching a  Sustainable Development Satellite Constellation Plan, developing and  sharing data and information for Sustainable Development Goals  monitoring.

29. Holding a World Youth Development Forum and jointly initiating the Action Plan for Global Youth Development.

30. Setting  up a Global Development Promotion Center, developing a project pool and  holding a Forum on Global Action for Shared Development.

31. Issuing a Global Development Report.

32. Establishing a Global Knowledge Network for Development and holding a Global Development Forum.

(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)