Initiatives unveiled for Pacific countries

China announced on Wednesday a list of initiatives for promoting its cooperation with Pacific Island countries in fields including climate change response, disaster prevention and mitigation, maritime trade and other priority areas.

The announcement came after Foreign Minister Wang Yi and high-level officials from 11 Pacific Island countries having diplomatic ties with China, as well as the representative of the Pacific Islands Forum, gathered in Xiamen, Fujian province, for the third China-Pacific Island countries foreign ministers' meeting.

"We aim to fulfill our commitments to our friends in Pacific Island countries through concrete actions," Wang said when he and Kiribati's President and Foreign Minister Taneti Maamau jointly met with the media after co-chairing the meeting.