BEIJING cheap nike air max 97 womens , Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's proposals on eradicating global poverty through sustainable development have been lauded by various leaders and experts worldwide as a key, very feasible and effective way to overcome the long-standing problem on our planet.
During the annual session of the UN General Assembly in New York in late September, Xi advocated an equitable, open, all-round and innovation-driven development path to relieve poverty worldwide, stressing that no country should be left behind.
Among other endeavors cheap nike air max 97 mens , Xi pledged a fund with an initial contribution by China of 2 billion U.S. dollars to support South-South cooperation and assist developing countries in implementing the Post-2015 development agenda adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit.
Delivering a keynote speech at the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum in Beijing on Friday, Xi announced that the Chinese government will enact more policies to lift the country's 70 million poor people out of poverty by 2020.
The forum gathered around 300 worldwide representatives to share their experience in combating poverty, while Saturday marks the 23rd International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and China's second National Poverty Relief Day.
Xi said at the forum that China will prioritize poverty alleviation as a major part of national post-2015 agenda.
China is recognized by the world as the country which has best met the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Since 1978, when the reform and opening up policy was first adopted in China, the country has lifted more than 700 million of its citizens out of poverty, becoming the first developing country to meet the MDGs of reducing poor population by half by 2015.
While striving to reduce poverty at home cheap nike air max 97 white , China has also been actively supporting the cause in other developing countries. Over the past 60 years, China has provided 166 countries and international organizations with nearly 400 billion yuan of assistance.
In a video message for Friday's forum, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised China's remarkable achievements in poverty alleviation, saying the UN welcomes the significant and generous proposals of Xi and looks forward to further progress with an indispensable partnership with China.
Since the adoption of the MDGs, China has contributed to global endeavor for poverty eradication, accounting for two-thirds of the world's reduction in extreme poverty cheap nike air max 97 black , Wu Hongbo, UN under-secretary-general for economic and social affairs, told Xinhua.
"We can say that without China's contribution, the international community could hardly achieve the target of halving the extremely poor population by 2015," Wu said.
In addition, it is widely recognized that China has been offering its support to countries in need to promote global sustainable development cheap nike air max 2018 womens , he noted. "And I believe in the future China will continue to help developing countries within its capacity."
UN Development Program Chief Helen Clark said China's ideas and successful experience can be shared by other countries facing similar challenges.
"China has been a very proactive developmental state. The policy of the state is development