The GDI seeks to implement the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through international cooperation.

Its priority areas include poverty reduction, food security, innovation, climate change, and sustainable development.

Xi affirmed at the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in India that over those five years, his country has carried out more than 2,000 cooperation projects with several partners and trained over 200,000 professionals from 120 countries.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently noted that the initiative has evolved from Beijing’s proposal into an international consensus.

Over the last five years, China has proposed four major global initiatives: the Global Development Initiative in 2021, the Global Security Initiative in 2022, the Global Civilization Initiative in 2023, and the Global Governance Initiative in 2025.

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