An indispensable member of Global South

It is not difficult to understand that the Global South refers to developing and least-developed countries.

Yet with the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly debating about global development, which countries belong to the Global South has become an issue. This is because Washington has been trying to exclude China from the ranks of developing countries in a bid to undermine China's leadership role of the Global South.

However, despite the fact that China is the world's second-largest economy, its per capita GDP was $12,741 in 2022, only one-fifth that of developed countries, and just one-sixth that of the US. China's per capita national income ranked 68th in the world in 2021. This indicates clearly that China is still a developing country, and, as such, is a member of the Global South.