Chinese vision to help tackle global challenges

In the 10th year since President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, the greatest global development endeavour in history, the world stands at a crossroad. In one direction are geopolitical competition, zero-sum games, conflicts and instability; in the other direction are win-win cooperation, peace and equitable development.

Despite a massive vilification campaign led by certain Western forces against it, China has signed cooperation documents on the BRI with more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations, which represent a healthy certificate of the initiative's performance.

The world is still fraught with existential threats, natural and manmade, and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals are being pushed farther and farther into the future. China and its Belt and Road Initiative alone cannot overcome all these challenges.