2021-01-17 08:14:24 GMT2021-01-17 16:14:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
People unload medical materials donated by China in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Jeffrey Wong/Xinhua)
HONG KONG, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) This year marks the 30th anniversary of the dialogue relations between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The past three decades have seen China-ASEAN relations grow closer and stronger despite trials and hardships. At present, joint steps by China and ASEAN member states to build a community with a shared future are opening a new chapter toward China-ASEAN common prosperity. Since its launch, China-ASEAN cooperation has always been results-oriented, pioneering and responsive to the trend of the times, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in an interview with Xinhua earlier this month. It has become the most successful and vibrant example of regional cooperation.
International Forum on New Inclusive Asia 2020 held
December 17, 2020
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The International Forum on New Inclusive Asia 2020 was held on Thursday under the theme “BRI- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic changing reality and the way forward”.
The Forum was co-organized by the Islamabad-based Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Malaysia’s Center for New Inclusive Asia, and Sri Lanka’s Verite Research Strategic Analysis in partnership with the Institute of the Belt and Road Initiative, Tsinghua University.
The Forum was supported by BRSN, the official international network of more than 100 BRI think tanks worldwide.
A panel of 16 distinguished experts/scholars from eight Countries participated at IFNIA 2020 including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Maldives, China, Japan, Thailand, and Bangladesh.
· 2020-12-10 · Source: Xinhua News Agency
Tourists shop at a duty-free shopping mall in Sanya City, Hainan Province in south China,on October 5(XINHUA)
In its latest Economic Outlook report, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) predicted that China will be the only major economy to record positive performance in 2020 with a 1.8-percent growth.
By the end of 2021, global gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to reach pre-pandemic level, with China expected to account for over a third of world economic expansion, according to the report released on Dec. 1.
These heartening figures reflecting the vitality and resilience of the Chinese economy have uplifted international agencies and foreign experts, who believe China, with a fresh development blueprint and unremitting efforts to forge a new growth pattern, will continue driving global growth in the post-pandemic era.
The pandemic has inhibited investments and impeded flows of goods and personnel, precipitating the worst recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
The world economy will shrink by 4.2 percent this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exert a substantial toll on economies and societies, according to the OECD report.
The contribution of Europe and North America to global growth, the OECD said, will remain smaller than their weight in the world economy. In the United States, the GDP is expected to contract by 3.7 percent this year and the eurozone will witness a 7.5-percent contraction.
Under such circumstances, China s outstanding rebound and sustained momentum for growth have offered the world a silver lining and helped brighten the bleak global economic landscape.
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