How is China Promoting Peace and Multilateralism at the UN?

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CGTN Europe spoke to Dr. Wang Huyao, founder of Center for China and Globalization, about China's Premier Li's UNGA speech in which he reaffirmed China's commitment to peace, prosperity, and multilateralism.

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00:00Let's bring in Wang Huyao, founder of the think tank, the Center for China and Globalization.

00:06Doctor, thank you so much for your time. What's your sense of Premier Li's speech?

00:12Well, I think this is a great speech actually just made by Premier Li Chang a while ago,

00:17and he actually really took this great opportunity to reiterate China's strong stand for peace,

00:27prosperity, unity, and, of course, development.

00:32And so I think that China is a great peace promoter, and China actually can promote peace and talks,

00:40particularly, you know, Ukraine and also Middle East, and China can play an enormous role in keeping the peace and also maintain the peace.

00:50So, of course, he warned that unilateralism is not going to go anywhere, and then the world is at the crossroads,

00:56and we have to really maintain this multinationalism in our multi-polar world.

01:03So I think giving this big assembly gathering here, you know, in New York, actually,

01:09that Chinese Premier has been speaking about China's role, Chinese determination to maintain its global development,

01:18and also he emphasized China's contribution to the prosperity and stability,

01:23and China's economy is really going to keep going as well. So that's what he basically said.

01:29Yeah, it was interesting how he was, you know, saying that we need to stick to the rules.

01:35We have a rules-based world, and we need to work together. We need to have dialogue.

01:39We shouldn't be polarizing, either in terms of trade and our economies, or indeed around the issues of conflict.

01:47I'm pointing back, of course, to 80 years ago. We ended World War II with a promise, really,

01:53that we would never go into that situation again.

01:56What role do you see for China in an institution such as the UN Security Council?

02:02It's so important. You know, the UN, it's still, it's the backbone of the current global order, basically.

02:11And, of course, it needs to be improved, enhanced, and enlarged, supporting the more rights for the developing countries

02:20and more saying for global south countries in the UN system.

02:24And, of course, also that the UN has an enormous role, an important role to maintain peace.

02:30And also, I remember, particularly Premier Li mentioned about China is the second largest peace building,

02:38peace budget contributor to the UN, and the largest peace-sending country of the P5 member countries.

02:45So that shows how China is really supportive of the peacekeeping mission of the UN,

02:51and also China is the second largest donor to the United Nations as a whole.

02:55So it just shows that China is very, very strongly supporting the UN, multilateralism,

03:01and wants to see this system work.

03:03We talk about rule-based international order.

03:06We really talk about UN rule-based international order, not other G7 or other rules.

03:11So I think it's important that we maintain this global platform and governance that's really good,

03:18not only for developing countries, but for the whole world.

03:20Thank you so much for your views.

03:22Really appreciate it.

03:23That is Dr. Wang Huyao, founder of the think tank, the Center for China and Globalization.

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